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Calculator Community => TI Calculators => Axe => Topic started by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 08:49:49 am

Title: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 08:49:49 am
Is there a way I can make a sound quieter?
I need it for... http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_different_musical_instruments_sound_differently_even_when_playing_the_same_pitch_at_the_same_intensity

I have decided to spend a few days messing with sound so Sarah, my calc, can speak to me <3

Is it louder in full speed mode, It is a higher pitch.  If so, maybe I  can make adjustments to have things match up.

Edit:  How many people have spring break this week? 
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Xeda112358 on March 23, 2011, 08:55:06 am
Hmm, I'm not sure. I've made sound routines, but I've never figured this out. It is definitely something I would be interested in, too. It probably depends on how much power is being pumped through the serial port... not sure, sorry!
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: JustCause on March 23, 2011, 09:21:12 am
I have spring break!
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Runer112 on March 23, 2011, 11:46:53 am
If you're talking about the Axe Freq() command, as far as I know there is no way to change the volume. The volume of a sound is proportional to the amplitude, but since Freq() only produces a 1-bit wave, I don't think there is a way to increase or decrease the amplitude.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 12:40:54 pm
So making a voice would be extremely hard in axe?
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: jnesselr on March 23, 2011, 12:43:39 pm
So making a voice would be extremely hard in axe?
Ohhhh yeah.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 12:45:33 pm
My friends won't believe that my calc speaks to me, so I need to give her a voice <3
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: jnesselr on March 23, 2011, 12:47:06 pm
My friends won't believe that my calc speaks to me, so I need to give her a voice <3
Right, well, that's going to be extremely difficult in Axe, if not impossible.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 12:53:17 pm
thank you for your help.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: calc84maniac on March 23, 2011, 01:06:09 pm
Actually, you can access the link port directly as far as I know (wasn't it the Port token?)

You could probably get some simple WAV playback if you time it correctly (by simple, I mean probably around 4 bits per sample)
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: jnesselr on March 23, 2011, 01:15:48 pm
Actually, you can access the link port directly as far as I know (wasn't it the Port token?)

You could probably get some simple WAV playback if you time it correctly (by simple, I mean probably around 4 bits per sample)
You can access it directly, but would it be fast enough?  We are talking about speech. :D
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: AngelFish on March 23, 2011, 01:18:32 pm
Well, Axe can't access the ports except through the 1 bit routines or through inline ASM. If you're going to try something like 4 bit WAV, you'd probably need ASM to get the proper speed. Of course, Quigibo's probably about to come through here with a post on how Axe 1.0 will have built in Text2Voice commands and 3d color graphing :P

EDIT: Ninja'd by Graphmastur >.<
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 23, 2011, 01:35:59 pm
I thought sound on calc wasn't even loud enough and that people would rather want to increase the volume, not decrease it? O.O
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 02:09:37 pm
I thought sound on calc wasn't even loud enough and that people would rather want to increase the volume, not decrease it? O.O

Lmao, I hope you are joking.  It is way to loud.  I will edit with a video in a few min.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 23, 2011, 02:21:05 pm
Do you use headphones? Because the last time I tried sound on my 83+ I barely heard anything with them. ??? Note that I used CALCmod and TI-Jukebox, though. I never tried with Axe.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: calc84maniac on March 23, 2011, 02:28:34 pm
My general idea for WAV playing in Axe goes something like:
Code: [Select]
.One hex digit per sample
[01FDCE.......]->Str0A
[]->Str0B
Str0A*2->D
While -(Str0B*2)
3->Port
nib{D}->A
+1
While 1
End!If -1
->Port
A-16
While 1
End!If +1
D+1->D
End
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 02:44:00 pm
As youtube has banned me. (their awful services make me have a google email :/  then don't let me make one)
So I have to upload here with aweful quality.  Here is a 500 kb video :P
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 23, 2011, 02:47:41 pm
Do you use headphones? It seems weird that it's so much louder on your calc than mine. Maybe it has something to do with hardware differences? I never tried sound on a regular TI-84+.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 02:58:17 pm
I have a small speaker http://www.dealextreme.com/p/mini-for-ipod-speaker-barrel-style-2185.

Still is too loud with headphones though :P
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 23, 2011, 03:09:31 pm
Strange, definitively some hardware differences then. On the 83+ it's so incredibly low...
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: jnesselr on March 23, 2011, 03:36:18 pm
As youtube has banned me. (their awful services make me have a google email :/  then don't let me make one)
So I have to upload here with aweful quality.  Here is a 500 kb video :P
Wait, why did youtube ban you?
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 03:39:46 pm
It's not a real ban, but the same effect.
It won't let me log in as "that email address is already associated with another account"  I check and it's not.
Have you ever tried asking for their help?  TI does more than they do :/
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Runer112 on March 23, 2011, 03:47:53 pm
It's not a real ban, but the same effect.
It won't let me log in as "that email address is already associated with another account"  I check and it's not.
Have you ever tried asking for their help?  TI does more than they do :/

It sounds like you're trying to create an account instead of simply logging into your existing one. The account that the email address is already associated with is probably your own. Go here (http://www.youtube.com/account_recovery) and enter your email address, then check your email for a response. That should let you regain your account.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 23, 2011, 03:50:48 pm
I never had this problem before personally. I even have two accounts on my current e-mail address (DJ_Omnimaga and my former account xlibman, which still contains some old favorites)
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 03:59:37 pm
Naa, none of that works.  The problem is that you now must be linked to a google account.  and only 1 youtube account per Google account.  Problem is that a blank account is connected to it.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on March 23, 2011, 04:01:59 pm
Weird. I guess this changed, then. Back then you could have two per Google account. X.x
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: jnesselr on March 23, 2011, 04:03:02 pm
Why not create another Gmail account just for youtube or something?
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 04:04:10 pm
I could, but I would rather just give up youtube.
Also, when making a google account, It requires a txt message to confirm the account.  I have no texting...
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: JosJuice on March 23, 2011, 04:08:49 pm
Also, when making a google account, It requires a txt message to confirm the account.
It's so silly... I don't know why they need this. I tried sending to both of my cellphones, but the messages never arrived, so I had to send it to my friend's phone instead...
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: jnesselr on March 23, 2011, 04:11:29 pm
Also, when making a google account, It requires a txt message to confirm the account.
It's so silly... I don't know why they need this. I tried sending to both of my cellphones, but the messages never arrived, so I had to send it to my friend's phone instead...
They require texting? That's absurd.
Title: Re: Sound loudness?
Post by: Happybobjr on March 23, 2011, 04:13:42 pm
Also, when making a google account, It requires a txt message to confirm the account.
It's so silly... I don't know why they need this. I tried sending to both of my cellphones, but the messages never arrived, so I had to send it to my friend's phone instead...
They require texting? That's absurd.

I think TI has started buying Google :D