sound (MATLAB Functions)

Convert vector into sound

Syntax

```
sound(y,Fs)
sound(y)
sound(y,Fs,bits)
```

Description

sound(y,Fs), sends the signal in vector y (with sample frequency Fs) to the speaker on PC and most UNIX platforms. Values in y are assumed to be in the range . Values outside that range are clipped. Stereo sound is played on platforms that support it when y is an n-by-2 matrix.

Note The playback duration that results from setting Fs depends on the sound card you have installed. Most sound cards support sample frequencies of approximately 5-10kHz to 44.1KHz. Sample frequencies outside this range may produce unexpected results.

sound(y) plays the sound at the default sample rate or 8192 Hz.

sound(y,Fs,bits) plays the sound using bits number of bits/sample, if possible. Most platforms support bits = 8 or bits = 16.

Remarks

MATLAB supports all Windows-compatible sound devices.

See Also

auread, auwrite, soundsc, wavread, wavwrite

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