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The sound of a stream of random numbers

When you listen to the WhiteNoise audio file, you hear the result of transforming those random numbers into electricalcurrents that circulate through the computer speakers. That transformation is accomplished by the call to the playOrFileData method as the last statement in the constructor for the MusicComposer04 class in Listing 4 .

Random numbers don't produce a very pleasant sound. Future modules will populate the melody array with values that are somewhat more interesting than random byte values.

Listing 11 also signals the end of the getMelody method and the end of the WhiteNoise class.

Run the program

I encourage you to copy the code from Listing 12 through Listing 16 . Compile the code and execute it. Experiment with the code,making changes, and observing the results of your changes. Make certain that you can explain why your changes behave as they do.

Miscellaneous

This section contains a variety of miscellaneous information.

Housekeeping material
  • Module name: Jbs2010-Your First Sound Program
  • File: Jbs2010.htm
  • Published: 08/26/14
  • Revised: 09/29/15
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Complete program listings

Complete listings of the class files required by this program are provided below.

Listing 12 . The class named AudioPlayOrFile01.
/*File AudioPlayOrFile01.java Copyright 2014, R.G.BaldwinRevised 08/16/14 ******************************************************************************/import javax.sound.sampled.*; import java.io.*;import java.util.*; public class AudioPlayOrFile01{//An object of this class is used to either play the sound in the array // named melody or to write it into an audio file of type AU.//The following are general instance variables used to create a// SourceDataLine object. AudioFormat audioFormat;AudioInputStream audioInputStream; SourceDataLine sourceDataLine;AudioFormatParameters01 audioParams; byte[]melody; String playOrFile;//"play" to play immediately or a fileName to write// an output file of type AU. //-------------------------------------------------------------------------//public AudioPlayOrFile01(AudioFormatParameters01 audioParams,byte[] melody,String playOrFile){//constructor this.audioParams = audioParams;this.melody = melody; this.playOrFile = playOrFile;}//end constructor //-------------------------------------------------------------------------////This method plays or files the synthetic audio data that has been generated // and saved in an array.void playOrFileData() { try{//Get an input stream on the byte array containing the data InputStream byteArrayInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(melody);//Get the required audio format audioFormat = new AudioFormat(audioParams.sampleRate,audioParams.sampleSizeInBits, audioParams.channels,audioParams.signed, audioParams.bigEndian);//Get an audio input stream from the ByteArrayInputStream audioInputStream = new AudioInputStream(byteArrayInputStream, audioFormat,melody.length/audioFormat.getFrameSize()); //Get info on the required data lineDataLine.Info dataLineInfo = new DataLine.Info(SourceDataLine.class, audioFormat);//Get a SourceDataLine object sourceDataLine = (SourceDataLine)AudioSystem.getLine(dataLineInfo);//Decide whether to play the audio data immediately, or to write it// into an audio file of type AU based on the incoming parameter named // playOrFile.if(playOrFile.toUpperCase().equals("PLAY")){ //Create a thread to play back the data and start it running. It will// run until all the data has been played back new PlayAudioThread().start();}else{ //Write the data to an output file with the name provided by the// incoming parameter named playOrFile. try{AudioSystem.write(audioInputStream, AudioFileFormat.Type.AU,new File(playOrFile + ".au")); }catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace(); System.exit(0);}//end catch }//end else}catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace();System.exit(0); }//end catch}//end playOrFileData //===========================================================================////Inner class to play back the data that was saved. class PlayAudioThread extends Thread{//This is a working buffer used to transfer the data between the // AudioInputStream and the SourceDataLine. The size is rather arbitrary.byte playBuffer[] = new byte[16384];public void run(){ try{//Open and start the SourceDataLine sourceDataLine.open(audioFormat);sourceDataLine.start();int cnt; //Get beginning of elapsed time for playbacklong startTime = new Date().getTime();//Transfer the audio data to the speakers while((cnt = audioInputStream.read(playBuffer,0,playBuffer.length)) != -1){ //Keep looping until the input read method returns -1 for empty// stream. if(cnt>0){ //Write data to the internal buffer of the data line where it will// be delivered to the speakers in real time sourceDataLine.write(playBuffer, 0, cnt);}//end if }//end while//Block and wait for internal buffer of the SourceDataLine to become// empty. sourceDataLine.drain();//Get and display the elapsed time for the previous playback. int elapsedTime = (int)(new Date().getTime() - startTime);System.out.println("Elapsed time: " + elapsedTime);//Finish with the SourceDataLine sourceDataLine.stop();sourceDataLine.close(); }catch (Exception e) {e.printStackTrace(); System.exit(0);}//end catch}//end run }//end inner class PlayAudioThread//=========================================================================// }//end AudioPlayOrFile01 class

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