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  <name>Audio Output Using LabVIEW's "Play Waveform" Express VI</name>
  <metadata>
  <md:version>1.3</md:version>
  <md:created>2007/06/26 09:24:59 GMT-5</md:created>
  <md:revised>2008/03/17 21:37:59.646 GMT-5</md:revised>
  <md:authorlist>
      <md:author id="doering">
      <md:firstname>Ed</md:firstname>
      
      <md:surname>Doering</md:surname>
      <md:email>doering@rose-hulman.edu</md:email>
    </md:author>
  </md:authorlist>

  <md:maintainerlist>
    <md:maintainer id="doering">
      <md:firstname>Ed</md:firstname>
      
      <md:surname>Doering</md:surname>
      <md:email>doering@rose-hulman.edu</md:email>
    </md:maintainer>
    <md:maintainer id="eluther">
      <md:firstname>Erik</md:firstname>
      <md:othername>B</md:othername>
      <md:surname>Luther</md:surname>
      <md:email>erik.luther@ni.com</md:email>
    </md:maintainer>
    <md:maintainer id="SShearman">
      <md:firstname>Sam</md:firstname>
      <md:othername>D.</md:othername>
      <md:surname>Shearman</md:surname>
      <md:email>sam.shearman@ni.com</md:email>
    </md:maintainer>
  </md:maintainerlist>
  
  <md:keywordlist>
    <md:keyword>audio</md:keyword>
    <md:keyword>Build Waveform</md:keyword>
    <md:keyword>LabVIEW</md:keyword>
    <md:keyword>Normalized frequency</md:keyword>
    <md:keyword>Play Waveform Express VI</md:keyword>
    <md:keyword>Sinusoidal source</md:keyword>
    <md:keyword>soundcard</md:keyword>
  </md:keywordlist>

  <md:abstract>Learn how to play an audio signal (1-D array) using your computer's
soundcard.</md:abstract>
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    <section id="id-0336582312188">
      <name>Overview</name>
      <para id="id11944869">A 1-D array representing an audio signal can be played directly by the computer’s soundcard using the <term>Play Waveform</term> Express VI. The screencast video shows how to listen to an audio signal source (a sinusoid in this example). The 1-D array must first be converted to the <term>waveform</term> data type using the <term>Build Waveform</term> node.</para>
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<caption>
   [video] Listen to an audio signal (1-D array) on the soundcard
</caption></figure>
    </section>
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