audioPlayerRecorder PlayerChannelMapping not working as expected

Hi,

I have encountered a strange behaviour of the audioPlayerRecorder function when using the PlayerChannelMapping feature.

If I set

aPR.PlayerChannelMapping = 1

my mono audio file gets played back on channels 1 AND 2. If

aPR.PlayerChannelMapping = 2 or higher, the function works as expected and plays the audio only on output 2.

I use a Macbook Pro, Matlab 2018b and an RME Babyface PRO Soundcard.

Is this a known issue or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

[Jimmy Lapierre]

The behavior of channel mapping with single channels depends on the driver (for example, it is different for ASIO and DirectSound on Windows). The best way to be sure you get the desired output is to output one channels with zeros instead of relying on the driver’s channel mapping.

xleftonly  = [xmono(:) zeros(length(xmono),1)];
xrightonly = [zeros(length(xmono),1) xmono(:)];