a script to use jstim for overnight acoustic stimulation experiments

stim.sh

#!/bin/bash

## stim.sh ##
# a script to use jstim for overnight stimulation experiments

# move to source directory
cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit

d=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)


## examples for 9hr, overnight experiments:
# with two stimuli, 230 repeats is 8.3 hours of stimulation
# >>> 2*230*65/60/60.
# 8.3
# for three stimuli, 150 reps is reasonable.
#>>> 3*150*65/60./60
# 8.125

nreps=150
stimuli="*.wav" #specify stimulus files by name, or "*.wav" for all wav files in the same folder as this script.

/usr/local/bin/jstim $stimuli -o system:playback_1 -o system:playback_2 -o system:playback_3  --pulse system:playback_5 -g 60 -r $nreps -S &> stim_$d.log