First time E Prime

[University Student]

Hi, I am just about to attempt to programme E Prime to run an
experiment for the first time. I am wondering if anyone can advise me
how to record audio information into e prime. As part of the
experiment participants need to hear a list of words and then recall
them. Please e mail. Thanks.

[Peter Quain]

use any 3rd part audio software and a decent mic. save files as *.wav
- note, need to have sample rate, and mono or stereo the same as you
will set the sound object in e-prime (find these properties by double
clicking on experiment icon in tree ... the top, or parent object...
and choosing sound properties or similar [i have no e-prime open to
look right now]. Simple approach - place wav files in directory where
*.ebs file is, in *.es file set attribute in trial list (e.g.,
'filename'), set file names for each trial (could nest these
instead...), set stimuli on sound object = [filename], ... and away you go.

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[N Sufrin]

THanks, I'll try it when I get to University!

[matt.l...@gmail.com]

Hello,

Peter's reply was very helpful. I thought I would add more formal
instructions for anyone interested:

In any experiment in which you wish to present sound, the Sound Device
on the Experiment Object of your E-Prime experiment must be configured
for the same audio format as your sound files. Otherwise, a runtime
error will occur.

Please check the audio formats of your wav files. You can do this by
opening the files in Windows Sound Recorder (in XP) and, under the
File menu, selecting Properties. You should choose a format that is
directly supported by E-Prime (8 bit or 16 bit; 11025 Hz, 22050Hz or
44100Hz; stereo or mono), and all of your wav files that will be used
in this experiment should be saved in that format. Note that,
unfortunately, Windows Vista's Sound Recorder does not let you check/
set these properties, so you would need to use a third party
application in this case.

Then, open the Experiment Object (by double-clicking it in the
Structure window of your experiment), click on the Devices tab, and
select the Sound Device. If you click Edit, you will be able to see
the current configuration and make changes to match the audio format
of your wav file(s). Once the settings of your Sound Device and WAV
files match, please try to run your experiment again.

Matt

[puffpast...@googlemail.com]

Hi, I'm currently trying to implement a similar experiment, I have
already got E-prime playing my audio stimuli, but I don't know how to
make it record responses to these (subjects will listen to
mathematical equations being read and speak the answers), ideally I
would like to set this up so that E-prime can also record a reaction
time for the onset of the spoken answer. If anyone has any knowledge
of implementing this kind of task I would greatly appreciate some
help.
Cheers,
Richard

On Oct 25, 3:03 pm, "matt.lenh...@gmail.com" <matt.lenh...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[David McFarlane]

>I have already got E-prime playing my audio stimuli, but I don't know how to
>make it record responses to these

What version of E-Prime are you using? Audio recording was just
added in E-Prime 2.0 (the SoundIn object), it is not available in versions 1.x.

Regards,
-- David

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David McFarlane, Systems Designer
Dept. Psychology, Michigan State University
mcfa...@msu.edu www.msu.edu/~mcfarla9
Voice: (517) 353-0799 Fax: (517) 353-1652

[puffpast...@googlemail.com]

Ah, I'm still on E-prime 1.2x or something, thanks very much for the
response. Do you know if this SoundIn object is present in E-prime 2.0
or just E-prime 2.0 professional?
Cheers,
Richard

On Nov 12, 7:10 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar...@msu.edu> wrote:
> >I have already got E-prime playing my audio stimuli, but I don't know how to
> >make it record responses to these
>
> What version of E-Prime are you using? Audio recording was just
> added in E-Prime 2.0 (the SoundIn object), it is not available in versions 1.x.
>
> Regards,
> -- David
>
> ---
> David McFarlane, Systems Designer
> Dept. Psychology, Michigan State University

> mcfar...@msu.edu www.msu.edu/~mcfarla9

[David McFarlane]

Richard,

>Ah, I'm still on E-prime 1.2x or something, thanks very much for the
>response. Do you know if this SoundIn object is present in E-prime 2.0
>or just E-prime 2.0 professional?

PST web page says that SoundIn is available with both Pro and non-Pro
flavors of 2.0, see here: www.pstnet.com/products/e%2Dprime/.

In case you are thinking of upgrading, you should know that the two
flavors are not compatible -- non-Pro will not use programs made in
Pro, and Pro might use non-Pro versions but only through some
tortuous editing procedures (I will post a separate message about
this to the list soon). PST will not tell you this, at least they
did not tell us, we found out the hard way. When I spoke again to
PST staff today, I learned that the non-Pro version is not a serious
offering, it is only meant for those who really have absolutely no
more money to spend, otherwise you are supposed to buy
Professional. This could create havoc if you ever collaborate with
others who do not use the same flavor of 2.0 as you. Fair warning.

>On Nov 12, 7:10 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar...@msu.edu> wrote:
> > >I have already got E-prime playing my audio stimuli, but I don't
> know how to
> > >make it record responses to these
> >
> > What version of E-Prime are you using? Audio recording was just
> > added in E-Prime 2.0 (the SoundIn object), it is not available in
> versions 1.x.

-- David

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David McFarlane, Systems Designer
Dept. Psychology, Michigan State University

mcfa...@msu.edu www.msu.edu/~mcfarla9