docs: def sndinfo(path:str) -> SndInfo:
      """
      Get info about a soundfile
  
      path (str): the path to a soundfile
  
      RETURNS --> an instance of SndInfo: samplerate, nframes, channels, encoding, fileformat
      """
      backend = _getBackend(path)
      logger.debug(f"sndinfo: using backend {backend.name}")
      return backend.getinfo(path)