psychtoolbox-3-common 3.0.9+svn2579.dfsg1-1 / usr / share / psychtoolbox-3 / PsychDemos / BasicSoundOutputDemo.m

function BasicSoundOutputDemo(repetitions, wavfilename)
% BasicSoundOutputDemo([repetitions=0][, wavfilename])
%
% Demonstrates very basic usage of the new Psychtoolbox sound output driver
% PsychPortAudio(). PsychPortAudio is a completely new sound output driver
% for Psychtoolbox, meant as a better, more reliable, more accurate
% replacement for the old Psychtoolbox SND() function and other means of
% sound output in Matlab like sound(), soundsc(), wavplay(), audioplayer()
% etc.
%
% PsychPortAudio is currently only available for OS/X on Intel based
% Macintosh computers and for Microsoft Windows. OS/X PowerPC and Linux
% will follow in the foreseeable future. The driver is in early beta stage,
% fine-tuning, testing and validation will take some time. If you need
% sound output, give it a try but don't be disappointed if it doesn't work
% perfect, instead report issues to the forum. We don't expect any trouble
% on OS/X, but given the huge variability on the Windows platform (and the
% low quality of many sound drivers on Windows), that may need some tweaking,
% so please provide feedback!
%
% This demo only demonstrates normal operation, not the low-latency mode,
% extra demos and tests for low-latency and high precision timing output will
% follow soon. If you need low-latency, make sure to read "help
% InitializePsychSound" carefully or contact the forum.
% Our preliminary testing for low-latency mode showed that sub-millisecond
% accurate sound onset and << 10 msecs latency are possible on OS/X and on
% some specially configured M$-Windows setups.
%
%
% Optional arguments:
%
% repetitions = Number of repetitions of the sound. Zero = Repeat forever
% (until stopped by keypress), 1 = Play once, 2 = Play twice, ....
%
% wavfilename = Name of a .wav sound file to load and playback. Otherwise
% the good ol' handel.mat file (part of Matlab) is used.
%
% The demo just loads and plays the soundfile, waits for a keypress to stop
% it, then quits.

% History:
% 06/07/2007 Written (MK)

% Running on PTB-3? Abort otherwise.
AssertOpenGL;

if nargin < 1
    repetitions = [];
end

if isempty(repetitions)
    repetitions = 0;
end

% Filename provided?
if nargin < 2
    wavfilename = [];
end

if isempty(wavfilename)
    % Ok, assign this as default sound file: Better than ol' handel - we're
    % sick of that sound.
    wavfilename = [ PsychtoolboxRoot 'PsychDemos' filesep 'SoundFiles' filesep 'funk.wav'];
end

if isempty(wavfilename)
    % No sound file provided. Load standard handel.mat of Matlab:
    load handel;
    nrchannels = 1; % One channel only -> Mono sound.
    freq = Fs;      % Fs is the correct playback frequency for handel.
    wavedata = y';  % Need sound vector as row vector, one row per channel.
else
    % Read WAV file from filesystem:
    [y, freq] = wavread(wavfilename);
    wavedata = y';
    nrchannels = size(wavedata,1); % Number of rows == number of channels.
end

% Perform basic initialization of the sound driver:
InitializePsychSound;

% Open the default audio device [], with default mode [] (==Only playback),
% and a required latencyclass of zero 0 == no low-latency mode, as well as
% a frequency of freq and nrchannels sound channels.
% This returns a handle to the audio device:
try
    % Try with the 'freq'uency we wanted:
    pahandle = PsychPortAudio('Open', [], [], 0, freq, nrchannels);
catch
    % Failed. Retry with default frequency as suggested by device:
    fprintf('\nCould not open device at wanted playback frequency of %i Hz. Will retry with device default frequency.\n', freq);
    fprintf('Sound may sound a bit out of tune, ...\n\n');

    psychlasterror('reset');
    pahandle = PsychPortAudio('Open', [], [], 0, [], nrchannels);
end

% Fill the audio playback buffer with the audio data 'wavedata':
PsychPortAudio('FillBuffer', pahandle, wavedata);

% Start audio playback for 'repetitions' repetitions of the sound data,
% start it immediately (0) and wait for the playback to start, return onset
% timestamp.
t1 = PsychPortAudio('Start', pahandle, repetitions, 0, 1);

% Wait for release of all keys on keyboard:
KbReleaseWait;

fprintf('Audio playback started, press any key for about 1 second to quit.\n');

lastSample = 0;
lastTime = t1;

% Stay in a little loop until keypress:
while ~KbCheck
    % Wait a seconds...
    WaitSecs(1);
    
    % Query current playback status and print it to the Matlab window:
    s = PsychPortAudio('GetStatus', pahandle);
    
    % Print it:
    fprintf('\n\nAudio playback started, press any key for about 1 second to quit.\n');
    fprintf('This is some status output of PsychPortAudio:\n');
    disp(s);
    
    realSampleRate = (s.ElapsedOutSamples - lastSample) / (s.CurrentStreamTime - lastTime);
    % lastSample = s.ElapsedOutSamples; lastTime = s.CurrentStreamTime;
    fprintf('Measured average samplerate Hz: %f\n', realSampleRate);
end

% Stop playback:
PsychPortAudio('Stop', pahandle);

% Close the audio device:
PsychPortAudio('Close', pahandle);

% Done.
fprintf('Demo finished, bye!\n');