Sound Player Tester

The player tester is started with the gpPlayerTester command with no arguments. For example:

  gpPlayerTester

Fig. 1: An example of a player tester window.

The window has two menus Player and Samples. They are used for player and sample operations. Below then there is a list that shows the samples that are currently loaded.

A Player Log Window will pop up also. It will display debug messages from the external player and the java module. You can close it with the close button in the top left. If you want to see it again, select show log window from the player menu.

Fig. 2: An example of a player tester log window.

Player menu

Sample rate:

Some preselected sample rates available are listed. Select desired sample rate from the list to use that rate. Default is 44.1kHz.

Channels:

Select number of output channels, 1, 2, 4 or 8 are listed. The number of channels that is available depends on the audio device used. Default is 2.

Audio device:

The audio device name to use. The default is 'default' which uses the default audio device selected with apanel. Some devices may not be available on your system.

Master volume:

Set player's output level correction. Some preselected choices are listed. The level can be set any time. Default is 0dB.

Virtual players:

Allocate new virtual player with specified number of channels within a real player. The player must be running already for this to work. Example: first start player with 8 output channels via ADAT Out interface. Then allocate four 2-channel virtual players. Now load several stereo samples and assign them to various virtual players (see later).

Launch mode:

Select the mode that the soundplayer communicates with the external player program. The default is 'socket'.

Launch:

Start the player. The player parameters must be before launch to take effect.

Connect:

Connect to a player that is already running and waiting for a connection. You usually should use launch above.

Stop:

Stop and quit player player.

Quit:

Stop and quit player program and exit PlayerTester.

Show Log Window:

Show log window if you have closed it.

Samples menu

Load Soundsample:

Load a sound sample file. It will pop up a file selection dialog to get the file name. It will then load the sample, add the name of the sample to the sample list and starts a sample window for the sample.

Load serialized sample:

The same as above but reads the properties from a serialized file and loads the sample.

Load property sample:

The same as above but reads the properties from a text properties file and loads the sample.

Make parallel:

Create a new parallel sample. First select the samples you want to combine from the sample list and then select 'make parallel'. A new sample window will come up.

Sample window

Fig. 3: An example of a player tester sample window.

The volume of the sample can be changed with the scrollbar on the top left. The 'start' and 'stop' button can be used to start/stop the sample (surprise). On the bottom left is a sample meter that shows the current position in the sample. You can jump to any position on the sample by clicking at a position or dragging and releasing an indicator to desired position. On bottom right is shown which virtual player is used. The default is 'master player' which is the real player. If virtual players have been allocated with the player-menu, you can assign the sample to a virtual player. To unload the sample, close the window with the close-button on the top left.

Parallel sample

Fig. 4: An example of a player tester parallel sample window.