Sound files not recorded

[chicagojimmyjames]

I'll answer my own question.

rt:aud,rec,5000,clear-1

NO SPACES between the values.

[jarvis24]

Does this mean the sound files are being saved now--as a function of having no spaces in the syntax?

[chicagojimmyjames]

Yes, that's right. It works when there are no spaces.

[heathmatheson@dal.ca]

Hi all,

Yes this worked for me too!

I two more questions related to this:
a) There appears to be no way to record a voice response for a period of time but simultaneously make the image disappear as soon as the RT is triggered. Is this correct?

b) During sound check there is a reported 'RT sensitivity'. Is this value related to the actual Db of the voice in any straight forward fashion?

Thank you so much for the replies.
Heath

[jarvis24]

Heath,

Glad that worked for you also. As for your other questions... 1. do you mean having an image appear, starting a voice response, and having the image clear from the screen *while* the voice response is occurring? Kind of like the "clear" function works when waiting for a key response?

And 2. The value in the RT sensitivity is not a measure of decibel level although that would be a sensible conversion for us to do (it's just not really doable for a number of reasons). Lower numbers simply mean that the microphone will be set off more easily. Every computer ought to be tested as various hardware factors can influence incoming how loud the computer "perceives" the sound to be.

[heathmatheson@dal.ca]

Hello,

Thanks for your responses again! As for your question....

"1. do you mean having an image appear, starting a voice response, and having the image clear from the screen *while* the voice response is occurring? Kind of like the "clear" function works when waiting for a key response? "

.......Yes. It seems the image has to remain on the screen while the voice is being recorded?

Heath

[jarvis24]

Have you tried using an "rt:aud,clear1000" kind of approach? e.g., asking to have the screen cleared 1000ms into the audio RT? The "clear" function may not be applicable to audio RTs yet but it'd be worth a try. Otherwise, the only workaround I can think of would be to convert the image to a video/movie/animated gif file that lasts the desired length you are looking for. Show the movie and THEN take the voice RT with the 0ms TIME value delay between. That way the image will simply clear on its own without any help need from DirectRT--it will simply be "done and gone" if the RT has not yet occurred by the time it ends.