

#AUDIO BLOCKS PRICING HOW TO#
It would be better to figure out how to prevent the SD card write from masking interrupts, but I'm clearly not quite smart enough.
#AUDIO BLOCKS PRICING UPDATE#
This means that audio updates run every 5.8ms rather than the standard 2.9ms, with the consequence that an SD write can take nearly 12ms before an update is "lost". h files to your Audio library: They should appear as extra tabs in your Arduino IDE, but are only of use for this project and will break other audio applications using SD playback! Technical stuff TweaksĪs noted above, the tweaks work by increasing the number of audio samples in an "audio block" from 128 to 256. You should still use a decent SD card, and format it "properly" - there's plenty of guidance in the Teensy forum.įor most audio projects, leave Audio tweaks set to Normal, as the audio library isn't fully tested with 256-sample blocks.ĭO NOT copy the play_wav_sd.cpp and. If this is present, the tweaks installation is successful, and you should find your audio recordings less prone to glitches and dropouts.
#AUDIO BLOCKS PRICING SERIAL#
Upload as usual, and check that there's a message on the Serial console which says "Audio block set to 256 samples". Open the audio guestbook sketch, ensure you have the correct Teensy options set, and set "Audio tweaks" to the Bigger blocks (256 samples) option. All being well, you will see a new "Audio tweaks" setting available, with options Normal and Bigger blocks (256 samples). Once the configuration files have been amended, run the Arduino IDE and look at the Tools menu. You can either replace the existing platform.txt with the new one, or if the existing one looks very different, try to edit it to include all four references to, in similar locations to those found in the replacement file. The content of should be merged with the existing file if you don't have one, just copy this file in. īefore you do anything else, back up the existing configuration files! Then, make sure all running copies of the Arduino IDE are closed.

These must be used to update your existing configuration files in Windows systems these will typically be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\teensy\avr. The guestbook sketch folder contains two Arduino architecture configuration files, and platform.txt. Unfortunately, "installation" is a bit messy, but you only have to do it once (unless you update your Arduino IDE or Teensyduino). This allows more time for an SD card write before an interrupt is missed and audio data are lost.


The "modifications by h4yn0nnym0u5e, October 27th 2022" work significantly better if the audio library is "tweaked" to use larger data blocks and thus less-frequent audio updates. A suitable message is sent to the serial monitor so you can see when it's been enabled. MTP medium-change checking is thus disabled during recording. In some cases, the MTP capability (allowing file transfer without removing the SD card) seems to interfere with recording. Watch the full step-by-step tutorial on how to use the code here to build your own at The audio guestbook is a converted telephone handset that guests can use to leave recorded messages at weddings, parties and other events, as sold by companies such as "After the Tone", "Fête Fone", "Life on Record", "At the Beep", and others.
