Microphone not recognized by daq.getDevices()

I would like to set up a Continuous Audio Data display as described here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/daq/examples/getting-started-acquiring-data-using-audio-in-session.html

I am attempting to use my built-in microphone, but no devices are recognized:

however it appears the device is visible via SimuLink:

Do you have any advice on what can be done to recognize the microphone?

[Walter Roberson]

Did you install the DirectSound audio support package?

[Simon Jones]

Thanks for the tip Walter! It wasn't that exactly, but it lead me to the Data Acquisition Toolbox Support Package for Windows Sound Cards:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/45171-data-acquisition-toolbox-support-package-for-windows-sound-cards

Everything seems to be working as expected now.

Answer 1

[Gabriele Bunkheila]

Hi Simon,

I have just noticed your question – since I work on Audio Toolbox I thought I'd drop you a line.

If you work with audio inputs on a regular basis, you may want to consider using audioDeviceReader in MATLAB too. The benefits on top of my head include:

• Support for low-latency drivers across the three supported OS – ASIO for Windows, CoreAudio for MacOS, ALSA for Linux. Depending on the sound card and the OS, that could mean down to 3-5ms of round-trip latency
• Support for synchronous acquisition of multiple channels in parallel – multiple-channel sound card are usually unsupported by the standard plug & play drivers except for the first two channels
• Designed (in C++) to execute fast
• Offers a System object interface for continuous streaming, which MATLAB users find simpler than callback-based patterns based on my experience (as in requiring fewer lines of code and less advanced MATLAB expertise)

Good luck with your project!

Gabriele.