# Re: \[psychtoolbox\] OSX: snd on mac os x **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 10, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/re-psychtoolbox-osx-snd-on-mac-os-x/980 "2005-03-10T16:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mamassian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@mamassian](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/mamassian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/re-psychtoolbox-osx-snd-on-mac-os-x/980/1 "2005-03-10T16:57:12Z")
Hi Josh, Regarding your request about playing sounds aynchronously, I've been using 'audioplayer' (see some bits of code below). I'd be interested if you or somebody else have a better solution. Best, Pascal Mamassian \*\*\*\*\* sampFreq = 44100; % sample frequency (Hz) beepFreq = 440; % signal frequency (Hz) beepDura = 1.0; % duration (sec) nn = sampFreq \* beepDura; % number of samples tt = linspace(0, beepDura, nn); % time samples myBeep = sin(2\*pi\*beepFreq\*tt); playTest = audioplayer(myBeep, sampFreq); play(playTest); \*\*\*\*\* --- joshigold \<[joshigold@...](mailto:joshigold@...)\> wrote: --------------------------------- Does anybody have any tools for playing a sound asynchronously from Matlab in mac os x? It looks like the psychtoolbox "snd" command for os x (even in the most up-to-date version, 1.0.42) just calls matlab's "sound" command, which blocks until the sound is playing. I've even tried making a little command-line tool for playing .aiff files that I can call from within Matlab & run in the background .. this works but there's a slight delay (~200 ms) in opening the file that I'd like to avoid... Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Josh ------ Joshua Gold University of Pennsylvania Department of Neuroscience 116 Johnson Pavilion 3610 Hamilton Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104-6074 office phone: 215-746-0028 lab phone: 215-746-0168 e-mail: [jigold@...](mailto:jigold@...) Post your message to: [psychtoolbox@yahoogroups.com](mailto:psychtoolbox@yahoogroups.com) Please indicate OS9, OSX, or WIN version, and include your full name. Denis Pelli, David Brainard, and Allen Ingling. [http://psychtoolbox.org](http://psychtoolbox.org) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychtoolbox/](http://groups.yahoo.com/group/psychtoolbox/) To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [psychtoolbox-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com](mailto:psychtoolbox-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com) Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail : 250 Mo d'espace de stockage pour vos mails ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail sur [http://fr.mail.yahoo.com/](http://fr.mail.yahoo.com/)