Semi random song play

[Darina]

That works, thank you very much!

On Jun 5, 2:41 am, "Michiel Sovijarvi-Spape" <msp... at cognitology.eu>
wrote:
> Hi,
> Presumably, there are different, better methods. My first idea is to use a
> nested list, colon syntax, and some consideration of the possible different
> combinations. No inline code necessary.
> 1. Create a list. Within there, make a nested list, say "songs", featuring
> all the songs you have, using one attribute, say, "Songs". Set the nested
> list to randomize.
> 2. Within the trial procedure, have 6 slides (or whatever), one after
> another, (say slide1, slide2, slide3..slide6) with the sounds (as, i think,
> sounddevice sub-objects) playing as you see fit. More importantly, set the
> filename of each of the sounds to be [Song1], [Song2], .. [Song6].
> 3. Again, in the list object (not the nested one), make 6 attributes with
> "Song1", "Song2".. "Song6". Enter, in the triallist, the following trials
> (one column for each attribute):
> [Songs:1] [Songs:2] [Songs:3] [Songs:1] [Songs:2] [Songs:3]
> [Songs:1] [Songs:2] [Songs:3] [Songs:1] [Songs:3] [Songs:2]
> [Songs:1] [Songs:2] [Songs:3] [Songs:2] [Songs:3] [Songs:1]
> [Songs:1] [Songs:2] [Songs:3] [Songs:2] [Songs:1] [Songs:3]
> ... that's it, works.
> You see, WHICH song is the first in the list of songs will be randomised, so
> the first 3 songs only need to be different ones. Thus, in trial 1, SOME
> song is taken from the full list of songs, that is, the first in the
> randomised nested list. The second song will be a different one, and the
> third another different one. The only pre-requisite for the fourth song is
> that it is either the first or second of the played songs, and so on -
> showing that there are, in fact, only 4 combinations possible.
>
> So, may sound like an awkward way of going about these things, but I think
> it's actually quite elegant.
> Best,
> Michiel
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> Of Darina
> Sent: 04 June 2012 18:13
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> Subject: Semi random song play
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> Hello, I am new to E-Prime so I do not know much about coding.
> I need to play 3 songs twice in random order. However, I need the third and
> forth song to be different. How can I do this?
>
> Thank you for any help!
>
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