createWavList {locaR}

Create a list of Wave objects.

Description

This function reads in portions of a set of synchronized .wav files. It is intended to be used to load sounds of interest for localization.

Usage

createWavList(
  paths,
  names,
  from,
  to,
  buffer,
  adjustments,
  channels,
  index = "unknown"
)

Arguments

paths

Character vector. File paths to the set of .wav files to be read.

names

Character vector. Station names for the files. Must have the same length and the names must occur in the same order as the paths variable.

from

Numeric. Start time, in seconds, of the sound of interest, relative to the start of the file.

to

Numeric. End time, in seconds, of the sound of interest, relative to the start of the file.

buffer

Numeric. Amount of blank space around each sound of interest to be read.

adjustments

Numeric vector. Amount, in seconds, to adjust the start times of recordings, if not already synchronized. Vector must be of the same length as the paths variable. If not specified, default is no adjustment.

channels

Numeric vector. The channel to be read from each .wav file. Left = 1, Right = 2. If missing, default is left channel (channel 1) for all recordings.

index

Numeric. If using this function within a loop, pass the index i to the function, which can help with troubleshooting if an error occurs.

Value

Named list of Wave objects.

Examples

    #list example mp3 files.
    wavs <- list.files(system.file('extdata', package = 'locaR'),
                       pattern = 'mp3$', full.names = TRUE)
    #get names of mp3 locations.
    nms <- substr(basename(wavs), 1, 4)
    #create wave list.
    wl <- createWavList(paths = wavs, names = nms, from = 1, to = 2, buffer = 0.1)