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read

Read next consecutive audio file

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Syntax

data = read(ADS)
[data,info] = read(ADS)

Description

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data = read(ADS) returns audio extracted from the datastore. Each subsequent call to the read function continues reading from the endpoint of the previous call.

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[data,info] = read(ADS) also returns information about the extracted audio data.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Specify the file path to the audio samples included with Audio Toolbox™. Create an audio datastore that points to the specified folder.

folder = fullfile(matlabroot,'toolbox','audio','samples');
ADS = audioDatastore(folder);

While the audio datastore has unread files, read consecutive files from the datastore. Use progress to monitor the fraction of files read.

while hasdata(ADS)
    data = read(ADS);
    fprintf('Fraction of files read: %.2f\n',progress(ADS))
end
Fraction of files read: 0.03
Fraction of files read: 0.05
Fraction of files read: 0.08
Fraction of files read: 0.11
Fraction of files read: 0.14
Fraction of files read: 0.16
Fraction of files read: 0.19
Fraction of files read: 0.22
Fraction of files read: 0.24
Fraction of files read: 0.27
Fraction of files read: 0.30
Fraction of files read: 0.32
Fraction of files read: 0.35
Fraction of files read: 0.38
Fraction of files read: 0.41
Fraction of files read: 0.43
Fraction of files read: 0.46
Fraction of files read: 0.49
Fraction of files read: 0.51
Fraction of files read: 0.54
Fraction of files read: 0.57
Fraction of files read: 0.59
Fraction of files read: 0.62
Fraction of files read: 0.65
Fraction of files read: 0.68
Fraction of files read: 0.70
Fraction of files read: 0.73
Fraction of files read: 0.76
Fraction of files read: 0.78
Fraction of files read: 0.81
Fraction of files read: 0.84
Fraction of files read: 0.86
Fraction of files read: 0.89
Fraction of files read: 0.92
Fraction of files read: 0.95
Fraction of files read: 0.97
Fraction of files read: 1.00

Specify the file path to the audio samples you want to include in the audio datastore. In this example, the samples are located on a local desktop. Create an audio datastore that points to the specified folder.

folder = 'C:\Users\audiouser\Desktop';
ADS = audioDatastore(folder,'LabelSource','foldernames');

When you read data from the datastore, you can additionally return information about the data as a structure. The information structure contains the file name, any labels associated with the file, and the sample rate of the file.

[data,info] = read(ADS);
info

info = 

  struct with fields:

    SampleRate: 44100
      FileName: 'C:\Users\audiouser\Desktop\Turbine-16-44p1-mono-22secs.wav'
         Label: Desktop

Input Arguments

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Specify ADS as an audioDatastore object.

Output Arguments

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Audio data, returned as a M-by-N matrix, where:

  • M –– Total samples per channel in file.

  • N –– Number of channels in file.

Information about audio data, returned as a struct with the following fields:

  • FileName –– Name of the current file.

  • Label –– All labels of the file.

  • SampleRate –– Sample rate of the file.

Version History

Introduced in R2018b

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