== How do I ...?  ==


==== Make a recording  ====
   * Check availability and book booth in Sound Room via [[http://resources.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/resourcescheduler/| CBU Homepage Administration]]: it works with Internet Explorer.
   * Check availability of recording equipment: email [[mailto:sally.butterfield@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk|Sally Butterfield]]
   * FlashcardRecorders: Flash Card recorders record audio directly to a Compact Flash card which can then be read directly into a desktop computer using either a cable or the flash card reader/writer. The basic recording function is very straight-forward, but the naming of files transferred, erasing and re-numbering tracks less so - consult manual or ask.  Various formats and sampling rates are available: intermittent noise has occurred on some 22.05 kHz mono recordings. Best to check a sample before recording a long session or use 44.1 kHz and down-sample with sound editor.

==== Edit recordings  ====

The first step is to install a waveform editor. The main one we use is Audacity, but you can also use its predecessor !CoolEdit. Both programs can be downloaded from here:
[[attachment:audacity-win-1.2.3.exe | Audacity (local)]]

[[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ |Audacity on SourceForge]]

[[attachment:c96setup.zip | CoolEdit]]


If you want to extract parts of a file (say individual words from a large file), or cross-splice or join files together, you should take a look at ProgramsToManipulateWavFiles. Note that these programs work best under Unix. You can save yourself a lot of effort by combining these programs in a Unix script.

==== Prepare speech and language experiments:   ====
   * EPrime
   * DMDX
   * try looking in SoftwareTools

==== Use the testing booths in room 448  ====
   * book a room for testing via [[http://resources.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/resourcescheduler/| CBU Homepage Administration]]: it works with Internet Explorer.
   * keep the booths cool in the testing area.  There is a sheet of suggestions on the wall.
   * shut down at the end of testing day
   * report problems to [[mailto:maarten.van-casteren@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk|Maarten van Casteren]]

==== Present sound in the scanner  ====
   * MaartensScannerSoftware

=== The F2 Debate and Mixed effects analyses  ===

   * Presentation by Matt Davis and Lotte Meteyard (a brief history of the Items analysis debate and some implications for imaging): 
      see show attachments below

   * Clark (1973) "Language as Fixed Effects Fallacy" JoVLVB (now JML) seminal paper in items analysis debate: see show attachments below
   * [[attachment:The_language_as_fixed_effect_fallacy_Some_simple_SPSS09solutions-1.pdf Brysbaert F2 manuscript]]
   * [[attachment:Files_used_in_Brysbaert_article.zip | Brysbaert F2 Ms associated files]]
   * [[attachment:RaaijmakersCanJP.pdf | Raaijmakers (2003) A Further Look at the "Language-as-Fixed-Effect Fallacy"]]
   * [[attachment:RaaijmakersSchrijnemakersGremmen1999.pdf |Raaijmakers, Schrijnemakers & Gremmen (1999)]]
   * [[attachment:rietveld.brm2007.pdf|Rietveld and van Hout (2007) "Analysis of variance for repeated measures designs with word materials as a nested, random or repeated factor" Behavior Research Methods]]

   * Locker, Hoffman & Bovaird et al (2007) "On the use of multilevel modeling as an alternative to items analysis in psycholinguistic research" BRM accessible summary and introduction to multilevel modelling: see show attachments below.