playsnd

Scilab Function
Last update : 13/07/2005

playsnd - sound player facility

### Calling Sequence

  `[]=playsnd(y)`
  `[]=playsnd(y,rate,bits [,command])`

### Parameters

- `y`: A matrix. Each line descibe a channel
- `fs`: real number, sampling frequency (default value is 22050).
- `bits`: real number, number of bits (usually 8 or 16). Unused yet.
- `command`: Only used on Unix systems it gives the name of the command to use for playing sound (wav) files. The defaut value is `play`. If set `/dev/audio` then a 8 bits mu-law raw sound file is created and send to `/dev/audio`

### Description

Plays a multi channel signal given by a Scilab matrix were sound is sampled at rate given by `rate`.

### Examples

      // a two channel signal
      y=loadwave('SCI/demos/signal/sound/chimes.wav');
      playsnd(y)

### See Also

`lin2mu`, `wavread`,