audio presentation in Eprime, file duration question

[Anya]

Hi
Many thanks, i think this could be it. I will post a reply if i hear
back from the forum.
Thanks again,
Anya

On Oct 24, 6:31 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> Anya,
>
> Stock reminder:  1) I do not work for PST.  2) PST's trained staff
> takes any and all questions athttp://support.pstnet.com/e%2Dprime/support/login.asp, and they
> strive to respond to all requests in 24-48 hours -- this is pretty
> much their substitute for proper documentation, so make full use of
> it.  3) If you do get an answer from PST Web Support, please extend
> the courtesy of posting their reply back here for the sake of others.
>
> That said, here is my take...
>
> On your Word 1 stimulus object, set Duration to (infinite), and End
> Sound Action to Terminate (you may also set Stop After to to No if
> you like, although in this case that will have no effect).
>
> I cover this in lesson 7 of the online video course that we are preparing.
>
> -- David McFarlane, Professional Faultfinder
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> >I have a very simple experiment where people first hear Word 1, then
> >there's a blank, then they hear Word 2, and need to decide if the two
> >words can refer to the same person. The duration of Word 2 is
> >indefinite, until the button is pressed. My question regards the
> >duration of Word 1. I want the duration of this word to be as long/
> >short as the duration of the actual audio file, so short words have
> >the duration of, say, under a second, and the duration of longer words
> >is over one sec. Eprime wants me to set the duration of my Audio out
> >object to something, e.g., indefinite, 1000, 2000 etc. But i don't
> >want to do that, instead i want the duration of each file to depend on
> >the length of the word and thus each duration to be unique. Word 1 is
> >then followed by a 250 ms blank, and then Word 2.
>
> >How do i fix the duration of Word 1? How do i make the word
> >presentation time as long as the actual word is? If i set the duration
> >in Eprime to 1000 ms, then longer words are truncated. If i set the
> >duration to say 1300, then i have lots of silence at the end of
> >shorter words.
>
> >Many thanks in advance!
> >Anya

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