I was thinking about collecting taps for the entire length of the sound file (about 6-10 seconds) and then continuing to collect taps even after the file is over. I want subjects to continue tapping as long as they feel they can accurately remember the rhythm. When the subjects are done, the experiment should play them the next sound file.

After browsing through the forum, I figured that InputRT may be a good way to do this task, as it allows you to launch another program along with it. Currently, I have InputRT launch windows media player along with the sound file I want to be played. It looks like InputRT starts monitoring keystrokes as soon as the file starts to play so it works well. Subjects press Alt-Esc when they're done, after which I manually start the next file.

Is there a way to do this from within DirectRT or MediaLab allowing me to start and stop InputRt and making the process much more streamlined? I tried to do it but wasn't able to get the sound file to start at the same moment that the inputRT starts monitoring keystrokes.

Thanks,

Anil.