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Rhythm sound is no longer Woodblock #15

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Under the latest builds, the sound used for the rhythm experiment is no longer 
a Woodblock. (This is likely due to the new use of Gervill as the synthesizer 
engine.) 

We need to have that sound back, for experimental consistency.

Note from email correspondence: 
"We have started testing the rhythm experiment and so far have not seen the 
silence issue, which is fantastic.  However, it seems like we are now dealing 
with a different set of sounds than before (which was always a woodblock 
sound).  Probably the best way to see this is to use the properties file I 
uploaded under ID 14, in conjunction with Build 151.  It might well be that 
there is a simple change that allows for this that I'm missing, but I just 
wanted to check on this.  My plan is to use the 3 new laptops I recently 
purchased (running 10.8) in conjunction with the new build, so obviously 
getting the silence issue resolved was essential. But we need to compare this 
data with some that we have from past experiments using the old sound world, so 
making sure this is equivalent is crucial."

Original issue reported on code.google.com by zach.br...@datamininglab.com on 29 Oct 2013 at 7:59

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
This issue arises because of the switch to using the Gervill Synthesizer, which 
was done to fix the problem with sound cutting out (Issue 14). 

Because of the switch, the old, default java soundbanks are inaccessible. They 
used a proprietary format that is no longer useable with Gervill. Gervill comes 
with an emergency soundbank, but it lacks the completeness and quality of most 
others. 

This issue cannot be fixed via programmatic change. A new closely matching 
sound must chosen from a new soundbank.

Original comment by zach.br...@datamininglab.com on 6 Nov 2013 at 11:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
 We came up with a testing plan and I thought we had everything worked out for the big trip next week.  Unfortunately it appears that FluidSynth for some reason doesn't work on OS 10.8 (as far as I can tell). 

It works fine on OS 10.5 and 10.6 machines.  But when we try to load it on 10.8 
(and also 10.7.5), we get an error message (attached) and cannot use it. I'm 
not sure if the error is with FluidSynth or with SimpleSynth, but the bottom 
line is that for more recent OSs (which is what all of our testing laptops are 
running) we are not able to access the better sound bank. For what it's worth, 
we found this issue with both a brand new desktop running 10.8.5, and the 
laptops that are a few months old running 10.8.3.

This seems odd though, since I'm pretty sure you guys would be using either 
10.7 or 10.8, so maybe there is something we are missing here.  But we just 
tried the same sequence installing it on a 10.6 machine and it worked fine, so 
it seems like there is a problem with different versions of the OS.

Original comment by schutz.m...@gmail.com on 8 Nov 2013 at 10:55

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Closed because a soundbank must be loaded separately. 

Suggested soundbank: SoftSynth v1.44 found at 
http://www.schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php

Original comment by zach.br...@datamininglab.com on 5 Feb 2014 at 7:32