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Release Name: 0.9.4.1
Notes:
================== SOUND RULER ======================
Contents:
1- Sound Ruler release types.
2- System requirements
3- Installation / Uninstallation - Windows stand alone
4- Installation / Uninstallation - Linux stand alone (.rpm or tar.gz)
5- Installation / Uninstallation - M-file scripts
6- Installation troubleshooting
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1- Sound Ruler release types:
There are currently 4 resease types available:
soundruler-x.x.x.windows.zip - Windows stand alone
You do not need Matlab to run it.
soundruler-x.x.x.windows.scripts.zip - Windows M-files script
Requires Matlab 6.x to run.
It contains the Windows source files (m-files).
soundruler-x.x.x.linux.rpm (for RedHat 9.0) - Linux stand alone
soundruler-x.x.x.linux.tar.gz - Linux generic install source.
You do not need Matlab to run it.
soundruler-x.x.x.linux.scripts.tar.gz - Linux M-files script
Requires Matlab 6.x to run.
It contains the Linux source files (m-files).
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2- System requirements:
Sound Ruler itself does not demand many resources, but sound
analysis is very processor intensive. The more extensive and detailed
your analyses are, the more you will benefit from a fast computer.
Although Sound Ruler runs well in a Pentium 2 at 233 MHz, even an
upgrade from a Pentium 4 at 1.7 GHz to a Pentium 4 at 2.4 GHz can
produce pronounced reduction in analysis time.
Stand alone MSWindows version:
Pentium 100 (486 not tested yet)
32 MB of RAM memory
50 MB of free hard disk space
Windows 95 or newer
Stand alone Linux version:
100 MHz processor
32 MB of RAM memory
50 MB of free hard disk space
X windows
M-files script versions:
Matlab version 6.x
5 MB of free hard disk space
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3- Installation / Uninstallation - Windows stand alone
Installation:
1- Unzip the soundruler_windows_0.9xx.zip file to a temporary
folder (you will need a decompression program installed such as Winzip).
2- Run setup.exe (or setup) and follow the instructions on the
screen.
Uninstallation:
1- Go to Start-Settings-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs.
2- Select SoundRuler from the list of programs.
3- If you saved files into the SoundRuler folder, this folder will
not be deleted during the uninstall process.
4- A call to SoundRuler's folder might have been left in your
autoexec.bat file.
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4- Installation / Uninstallation - Linux stand alone
For soundruler-x.x.x.linux.rpm
Installation:
1- su
2- cd folder_where_soundruler-x.x.x.linux.rpm_is
3- rpm -Uvh soundruler-x.x.x.linux.rpm
Uninstallation:
1- su
2- rpm -e soundruler
For soundruler-x.x.x.linux.tar.gz
Installation:
1- su
2- tar -xvzf /path_where_it_is/soundruler-x.x.x.linux.tar.gz.
3- cd soundruler-x.x.x.
4- vi Makefile (to check if the paths in the file are ok for your
system)
5- make install
6- type soundruler or sruler to run it as any user
Uninstallation:
1- Delete SoundRuler's folder (/usr/share/soundruler).
2- Delete soundruler and sruler from /usr/bin.
3- Delete /usr/share/man/man1/soundruler.1.gz.
4- Delete /usr/share/man/pt_BR/man1/soundruler-pt_BR.1.gz.
5- Delete the line export
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/matlablibspath/bin/glnx86 from the
/home/yourusername/.bash_profile or /etc/profile file.
NOTE: The spec file the the generation of RPMs is in
soundruler-x.x.x.linux.tar.gz.
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5- Installation / Uninstallation - M-files script
Installation:
AUTOMATIC SETUP (Windows only)
1- unzip the SoundRuler files into a folder
2- open Matlab
3- enter cd foldername, where foldername is the folder where you
put the SoundRuler files
ex: cd 'c:\program files\soundruler'
4- enter Setupsruler
When done, enter sruler at Matlab's prompt to run SoundRuler
MANUAL SETUP
1- unzip the SoundRuler files into a folder
2- open Matlab
3- add the folder where you put the SoundRuler files and it's
\help folder to Matlab's path or cd into it
4- run soundruler.m
What does the auto setup do?
This is a clean installation.
All it does is to place a sruler.m file in your matlab/work
folder. The /work folder is in Matlabs path by default.
Every time you type sruler, it adds the SoundRuler folder to
Matlabs path and runs soundruler.
Uninstallation:
1- Back up the files that you might have saved into the folder where
you SoundRuler is installed.
2- Delete SoundRuler's folder.
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6- Installation troubleshooting
3.1- Can Sound Ruler coexist with Matlab installations?
If the Matlab version is the same as the libraries that ship with
SoundRuler, you do not need to install the libraries. If they are not the
same version, you just have to make sure that the call to SoundRuler's
folder in your path appears before the call to Matlab's folder and both
should work fine.
3.2- "The ordinal #### could not be located in the dynamic-link library
dforrt.dll".
This is a problem with the installation of Matlab's libraries. Here is the
solution from the Mathworks: locate dforrt.dll or deformd.dll in your
Windows system directory and replace them with the corresponding files
in the <soundruler>\bin\win32 directory, where <soundruler> is the name
of your SoundRuler installation directory.
3.3- "Sorry, the configuration of the path failed". or
"A required .dll file, libmmfile.dll, was not found".
For some reason the installer failed to setup the path. All we need
to do is to inform Windows where the mathematical libraries are.
In Windows98 or Windows95:
Find the file c:\autoexec.bat. If it does not exist, create it. Edit
or add the line that starts with "SET PATH=" and include the call
C:\MyFolder\soundruler\bin\win32; replacing C and MyFolder with the
drive and folder where you installed SoundRuler. (see bottom - FOR ALL).
In Windows2000/NT:
Go to Start - Settings - Control_Panel - System. A window will open
with several tabs on top. Choose Advanced and at the bottom, click on
"Environmental Variables". A screen will open with two boxes. The lower
one, "System variables" , has an item called "Path".
All that needs to be done is to click on "Path" and click the Edit
button to add the path to the mathematical libraries. However, the Edit
button might not be available, if your username does not have
administrative power. If that is the case, log off Windows and log back
on as Administrator.
When you click the Edit button, a little window will open with two
fieds. The lower one "Variable value" is where you want to add
c:\program files\soundruler\bin\win32;
You might have to change "c:\program files\soundruler" to point
to the folder where you installed SoundRuler if you did not use the
default.
FOR ALL: if you have Matlab installed, place the new call into your
path BEFORE the call for Matlab's folder. This should not affect Matlab.
Now reboot the computer and SoundRuler should work fine.
In case it doesn't, there might be a typo in the path. You can
easily check on in by opening a DOS prompt (Start-Run and enter
"command" or "cmd") and entering "path". It will display something like:
PATH=C:\Windows\system32;c:\program files\soundruler\bin\win32;
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2004-03-24
Changes:
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version 0.941 - 2004-08-06
Added templates for exporting graphs.
Improved the Cross Correlation module:
- ability to play and plot sounds
- load calls from file
- load whole folder with files for CCA
- define extra sound or not around the call
- fixed bugs in CCA of oscillograms and filtering
Added control over playback rate, so that fast and high frequency sounds can be heard at slower tempo and lower frequency.
Changed the method of compilation of the executable, turning it simpler, smaller and faster.
Improved the precision of the measurements of energy in the harmonics.
Minor bug fixes.
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version 0.940 - 2004-03-16
Added documentation in Portuguese.
Added extensive graph editing and template creation for batch
graphing.
Redesigned GUI and icon for Linux.
Makefile and RPM packaging for Linux.
Simplified and more powerful manual addition or deletion of
automatically recognized pulses.
Added the ability of recognizing pulses under reduced and variable
amplitude modulation.
Added the possibility of restricting dominant frequency tracking to a
single harmonic when the dominant harmonic varies along the call.
Minor bug fixes.
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version 0.936 - 2003-06-10
Spectrogram figure exports: fixed problem of incorrect labels on the Y
axis.
Amplitude calibration: fixed problem and implemented RMS and Peak
calibration.
Minor bug fixes.
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version 0.935 - 2003-04-09
Fixed problem with stereo files, that caused error in cross correlation
analyses.
Improved the user interface for cross correlation. Calculation effort is
displayed before the analysis starts. It is monitored on the status bar
during the analysis and the calculation time is reported in the result file.
Minor bug fixes.
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version 0.934 - 2003-04-06
Improved the tuning curve filter with bug fixes and more didactic filter
and help files.
Minor bug fixes.
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version 0.933 - 2003-04-01
Separated unix from windows scripts, mostly to make figures display
correctly.
Improved the cross correlation algorithm and implemented 2D spectrogram CCA.
Minor bug fixes.
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version 0.932 - 2003-03-28
First release of the Unix binaries.
Fixed the resource leak in the Windows binaries.
Fixed a path problem in the Windows binaries.
Minor bug fixes.
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version 0.931 - 2003-03-25
First release at SourceForge. Matlab m-files and Windows binaries.
Extensive changes for adjustment to the restrictions of the matlab
compiler.
Incorporated the Tuning Curve filters and Amplitude Calibration as
tools in SoundRuler.
Added the Textpad, SoundMath and CCA.
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version 0.930 and back...
M-file versions for internal use.
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