I am having a .wav file playback issue on kiosk-style setup using a Tsunami. I have seven, backlit, vendor-machine style buttons, wired in series with a two-wire trigger coming down from each one. I then have the triggers soldered to seven of the input channels on the board (9-15 in this case) and my plan was to audio out through the 3.5mm output on the board, which I can hear activated through the Sony A/V Receiver, pro bookshelf speakers and sub inside of the cabinet.
The idea is to press one the seven buttons to hear a 10sec .wav file audio clip. I reviewed the stereo and mono versions of the files sent to me with Audacity and they apper fine, and I renamed them corresponding to input - 009_Number.wav, 101_Number, etc. I cant get any audible playback from anything, and I tried the Tsunami Wav, Tsunami Stereo and Tsunami Mono versions of the software just in case.
HELP! This is a major corporation and my brand reputation is under a microscope. I had faith that Tsunami would be the perfect solution for this application, but I don’t know what the final piece of the puzzle is that I’m missing.
I’m on the line with Jamie Robertson as well, casting a wide net to get this done! He told me that the file needed to be 44.1kHz, 16-bit mono to play properly as configured with the software, but I’m getting pushback from the client that they don’t want to do that and will bring in someone to replace this solution with an Arduino-driven one. This is a huge hit for the reputation of my company, and I’m mad as heck right now over this!
Gratefully for any help, happy to jump on a call or text, or to send more images or files….Whatever it takes!
Do you have the stereo or mono firmware loaded on the tsunami? Stereo firmware won’t play mono files and the mono firmware won’t play stereo files. The default firmware the board ships with should be the stereo firmware so unless you’ve changed it, you will need stereo files.
Is there any metadata in your files? If there is, they won’t play. The video below shows how to strip out metadata from your files with Audacity.
You might also have a look at the Sparkfun hookup guide and Robertsonics user guide, both have information that should be helpful.
I do have source files provided by the client in both stereo and mono @brow. What I will say about the firmware @YellwoDog is that I haven’t changed it from what it was received with (ordered and shipped about a week ago from SparkFun) and I’ve tried uploading in all three variations of the software, ie: wav, stereo and mono, utilizing the stereo and ono versions of the wav files provided. You may have helped me identify a cause if there is additional metadata in the files, I will look at them in Audacity shortly abd advise appropriately.
I watched the video provided @YellowDog but don’t have an exact match in his reference to saving the file type. Any advice on which one I should select given the lack of a “WAV (Microsoft) signed 32-bit PCM” as the video indicates?
If this were my project, I’d get it to a baseline working state with the stereo FW and the demo wav files. Then, assured that the device & firmware is ok, my focus can remain steady on the client’s file conversions.
