Audiorecorder level trigger starting record

Hello everyone I'm trying to use Matlab to record sound from two microphones. I'm using an audiorecorder object to do so

Here's the part of my code concerned :

recObj = audiorecorder(48000,16,2);

recordblocking(recObj, 10);
y=getaudiodata(recObj);

I would like to use a level trigger to start the recording for a fixed time. Is there a function to do it ? instead of using recordblocking

Answer 1

[Brian]

I know this is three years late, but in case anybody else comes here looking for a solution, you can use a combination of record (instead of record blocking), pause, and getaudiodata if you are using an audiorecorder object. The audiorecorder continues to record while you collect and analyze the data. See sample code below.

triggerLevel=1; % Level to trigger the recording
preRecord=0.1; % Time to record prior to peak
postRecord=0.5; % Time to record after peak
fs=96000; nBits=16;
recObj=audiorecorder(fs,nBits,1,0);

record(recObj) % Start recording
pause(0.5) % Wait half a second
tempdata=getaudiodata(recObj); % Grab data

while max(abs(tempdata))<triggerLevel % Check to see if you've hit the trigger level
    pause(0.5) % Keep recording and gathering data if you haven't
    tempdata=getaudiodata(recObj);
end

pause(postRecord) % Pause for the specified time
stop(recObj) % Stop recording

finaldata=getaudiodata(recObj);

[~,I]=max(abs(finaldata)); % Find the location of the peak
windowSamples=fs*[preRecord postRecord]+I; % Get window

dataout=finaldata(windowsamples(1):windowsamples(2));

I would recommend including a timeout function so you don't get into an infinite loop, but this is the guts. I hope to have a function submitted in the File Exchange soon, so I will update if it gets posted.

Answer 2

[Pavel Dey]

I think you may refer to this link , which answers a similar query.