Plugins-soundmanager

Follow this link for some simple example code using the soundmanager plugin.

And from the Matlab help file ("help @soundmanager/SoundManagerSection"):

% [] = SoundManagerSection(obj, action, [arg1], [arg2], [arg3])
%
% This plugin helps to manage sounds sent to the SoundServer.
% (@RTLSoundMachine; or, in a virtual rig, @softsound). The plugin stores
% soundwaves (identifying them by name, so they are easy to id), sends them
% to the SoundServer, and keeps track of which sounds have been sent and
% which haven't, so they aren't sent again if that is unnecessary.
% 
% The plugin acts as a clean wrapper to the SoundServer; it is easier to
% use than the native SoundServer commands, and if you use it, you need 
% never know about the native commands.
%
% This plugin has no GUI elements. This plugin requires Dispatcher.
%
% 
%
% PARAMETERS:
% -----------
%
% obj      Default object argument.
%
% action   One of:
%
%    'init'    Initializes the plugin. Sets up internal variables
%              and initalizes the RT Linux SoundServer.
%
%    'initialize_machine'   Delete all existing sounds from the RT Linux SoundServer
%              and from the plugin; reinitialize the RT Linux SoundServer. 
%
%    'get_sample_rate'  Returns the sample rate used by the RT Linux
%              SoundServer. This information is crucial when you are going
%              to synthesize the sound waveforms that will be sent to the
%              RTL SoundServer.
%
%    'declare_new_sound'  name   [waveform]  [loop_fg=0]
%              This action defines a new name that can be used to identify
%              sounds. This action requires at least one further argument,
%              name, which should be a string. The next argument is
%              optional; this argument, waveform, if provided, should be a
%              numeric matrix that defines the sound waveform associated
%              with the name. waveform can be a vector, in which case the
%              sound will be mono (sound will be played on both speakers).
%              If waveform has either two columns or two rows, then it is
%              interpreted as two vectors, one for the Left speaker, and
%              one for the Right speaker. The first row (or column) is for
%              the Left speaker; the other for the Right. If the waveform
%              is not provided, then action='set_sound' (see below) must be
%              called before the newly declared sound can be used. The last
%              argument is also optional; if loop_fg is non-zero, then the
%              sound will loop until explicitly turned off. If loop_fg is
%              zero (the default) then the sound stops after being played
%              once. NOTE: LOOP_FG NON-ZERO IS ACCEPTED, BUT
%              NON-FUNCTIONAL, IN THE @SOFTSMMARKII EMULATOR
%
%    'set_sound'  name  waveform [loop_fg=0]
%              Set the waveform of a previously declared sound. This action
%              requires two additional arguments: name, the string that is
%              used to identify the sound; and waveform, which should be a
%              numeric matrix that defines the sound waveform associated
%              with that name. waveform can be a vector, in which case the
%              sound will be mono (sound will be played on both speakers).
%              If waveform has either two columns or two rows, then it is
%              interpreted as two vectors, one for the Left speaker, and
%              one for the Right speaker. The first row (or column) is for
%              the Left speaker; the other for the Right. The last
%              argument is optional; if loop_fg is non-zero, then the
%              sound will loop until explicitly turned off. If loop_fg is
%              zero (the default) then the sound stops after being played
%              once. NOTE: LOOP_FG NON-ZERO IS ACCEPTED, BUT
%              NON-FUNCTIONAL, IN THE @SOFTSMMARKII EMULATOR
%
%    'send_not_yet_uploaded_sounds'      Any sound that has been newly
%              declared, or for which the waveform has been set using
%              'set_sound' since the last call to
%              'send_not_yet_uploaded_sounds', will be uploaded to the RTL
%              SoundServer. Sounds that were already uploaded and didn't
%              have their waveform set since they were uploaded will not be
%              uploaded again, to save time.
%
%    'get_sound_id' name
%              The RTLSM triggers sounds in the SoundServer using integer
%              ids, not sound names. This action returns the sound id
%              associated with a particular name. (You will need this
%              information, for example, when using the
%              @StateMachineAssembler to define a state that triggers a
%              sound). If no sound with this name has been declared, an
%              error will occur.
%
%    'get_sound_duration'  name
%              Returns, in seconds, the duration of the indicated sound.
%              name should be a string. If no sound with this name has been
%              declared, an error will occur.
%
%    'get_sound'  name
%			   Returns the sound wave of the specified sound.
% 			   added by jerlich, July 2007
%
%    'sound_exists' name
%              Returns either 1 or 0: a 1 if a sound with the indicated
%              name has been declared (see 'declare_new_sound' above), 0 if
%              it hasn't.
%
%    'play_sound' name
%              If the sound with this name hasn't been uploaded yet, upload
%              it to the SoundServer; after that, tell the SoundServer to
%              play it asap. No real-time guarantees here.
%
%    'get_sound_machine'   Returns the sound machine object, which will
%              either be an @RTLSoundMachine or an @softsound, depending on
%              whether you are on a physical rig (first case) or a virtual
%              rig (latter case). This action is provided for completeness,
%              but if you are using this plugin, there is nor eason you
%              should ever need direct access to the SoundServer.
%
%    'reinit'  Delete all of this plugin's data, and reinit from scratch.
%