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Acquire Continuous Audio Data

This example shows how to set up a continuous audio acquisition. This example uses a two-channel microphone.
In this example you generate data using the sound card on your computer using a 5.1 channel speaker setup.
Before you begin, verify that your environment is set up so that you can generate data with your sound card. For
more information refer to "Troubleshooting in Data Acquisition Toolbox".
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View available audio devices

Create an audio session
Add DataAvailable listener
Start acquisition
View available audio devices

d = daq.getDevices
d =
Data acquisition devices:
index
Vendor
Device ID
Description
----- ----------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------1
directsound Audio0
DirectSound Primary Sound Capture
Driver
2
directsound Audio1
DirectSound Microphone (High
Definition Audio Device)
3
directsound Audio2
DirectSound HP 4120 Microphone (2- HP
4120)
4
directsound Audio3
DirectSound Microphone (Plantronics
.Audio 400 DSP)
5
directsound Audio4
DirectSound Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
(High Definition Audio Device)
6
directsound Audio5
DirectSound Primary Sound Driver
7
directsound Audio6
DirectSound Speakers (Plantronics
.Audio 400 DSP)
8
directsound Audio7
DirectSound HP 4120 (2- HP 4120)
9
directsound Audio8
DirectSound Speakers (High Definition
Audio Device):1
10
directsound Audio9
DirectSound Speakers (High Definition
Audio Device):2

This example uses a microphone with device ID 'Audio1'.

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dev = d(2)
dev =
directsound: DirectSound Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
(Device ID: 'Audio1')
Audio input subsystem supports:
-1.0 to +1.0 range
Rates from 80.0 to 1000000.0 scans/sec
2 channels ('1','2')
'Audio' measurement type

Create an audio session

Create a session with directsound as the vendor and add an audio input channel to it.

s = daq.createSession('directsound');
addAudioInputChannel(s, dev.ID, 1:2);
Prepare session for continuous operation.

s.IsContinuous = true
s =
Data acquisition session using DirectSound hardware:
Will run continuously at 44100 scans/second until stopped.
Number of channels: 2
index Type Device Channel MeasurementType
Range
Name
----- ---- ------ ------- --------------- ------------- ---1
audi Audio1 1
Audio
-1.0 to +1.0
2
audi Audio1 2
Audio
-1.0 to +1.0

Set up the plot for an FFT of the live input.

hf = figure;
hp = plot(zeros(1000,1));
T = title('Discrete FFT Plot');
xlabel('Frequency (Hz)')
ylabel('|Y(f)|')
grid on;

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type helper_continuous_fft.m
function continuous_fft(data, Fs, plotHandle)
% Calculate FFT(data) and update plot with it.
lengthOfData = length(data);
nextPowerOfTwo = 2 ^ nextpow2(lengthOfData); % next closest power
of 2 to the length
plotScaleFactor = 4;
plotRange = nextPowerOfTwo / 2; % Plot is symmetric about n/2
plotRange = floor(plotRange / plotScaleFactor);
yDFT = fft(data, nextPowerOfTwo); % Discrete Fourier Transform of
data
h = yDFT(1:plotRange);
abs_h = abs(h);
freqRange = (0:nextPowerOfTwo-1) * (Fs / nextPowerOfTwo); %
Frequency range
gfreq = freqRange(1:plotRange); % Only plotting upto n/2 (as
other half is the mirror image)
set(plotHandle, 'ydata', abs_h, 'xdata', gfreq); % Updating the
plot
drawnow; % Update the plot
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end

Add DataAvailable listener

Listener updates the figure with the FFT of the live input signal.

plotFFT = @(src, event) helper_continuous_fft(event.Data,

src.Rate, hp);
hl = addlistener(s, 'DataAvailable', plotFFT);
Start acquisition
Observe that the figure updates as you use the microphone.

startBackground(s);
figure(hf);
Wait for 10 seconds while continuing to acquire data via the microphone.

pause(10);
Stop the session.

stop(s);
s.IsContinuous = false;
delete(hl);

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