Play audio --> wait a while --> record audio

I'm trying to use a soundcard to oscillate a cantilever at different frequencies, and then record the signal. Since the cantilever needs some time (100 ms) to stabilize its oscillation, I won't sweep the frequency but use distinct sine waves.

How can I make matlab wait a short time after I start playing the signal using the play function? I don't want to use playblocking, since I want to start the recorder after 100 ms, I can't use pause since that will pause the player... I'm really at loss here, there's probably a really easy answer...

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

pause(0.1)

should not pause the player

[Jan]

I don't know why my previous attempts at this failed. I was certain that pause(0.1) would pause the player, but it does not. Thank you!

Answer 2

[Daniel Shub]

You could also start the recording at about the same time as the playback and then disregard the first 100 ms of the recording.

[Jan]

Thank you, this would also have been a good workaround!