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* When prompted to enter a file in the '''Pick A File''' window, navigate through your folders and pick '''force.wav''' or '''Force.wav''', which ever way you named it.
 
* When prompted to enter a file in the '''Pick A File''' window, navigate through your folders and pick '''force.wav''' or '''Force.wav''', which ever way you named it.
 
* Make sure the speakers are on so that you can hear your computer play the file.  Don't worry about making sounds in this lab: this is what this lab is about!
 
* Make sure the speakers are on so that you can hear your computer play the file.  Don't worry about making sounds in this lab: this is what this lab is about!
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==Visualizing the Waveform of the Sound File==
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* Once you have played a sound in JES you can access its waveform using the '''Sound Tool''' of the '''MediaTools''' menu at the top of the window (or the screen).
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* Open the Sound Tool.  This is what you should see:
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<center>[[SoundToolTheForceWillBeWithYou.png]]</center>
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Revision as of 19:50, 25 February 2014

--D. Thiebaut (talk) 18:16, 25 February 2014 (EST)


JES


SoundWave.jpg


Download JES

JESicon.png
  • Download JES 4-3 to your computer from https://code.google.com/p/mediacomp-jes/downloads/list.
  • If you are running Windows, pick jes-4-3.exe. Once downloaded, click on the exe file to start JES.
  • If you are running Mac OS X, pick jes-4-3-mac.zip, click on the downloaded zip file. Then click on the extracted file to start JES.





Download a Sound File


  • Download the following file to your computer:


Writing Your First JES Program


  • Open JES
  • Type the following program in the top window:


file = pickAFile()
sound = makeSound( file )
blockingPlay( sound )


JES1.png


  • click on "Load Program" and save the program in the folder of your choice (a good place would be where you saved the Force.wav file).
  • When prompted to enter a file in the Pick A File window, navigate through your folders and pick force.wav or Force.wav, which ever way you named it.
  • Make sure the speakers are on so that you can hear your computer play the file. Don't worry about making sounds in this lab: this is what this lab is about!


Visualizing the Waveform of the Sound File


  • Once you have played a sound in JES you can access its waveform using the Sound Tool of the MediaTools menu at the top of the window (or the screen).
  • Open the Sound Tool. This is what you should see:


SoundToolTheForceWillBeWithYou.png