ESS R2 Null Pointer

rtavakko

Hi folks,

I started using the ESS sound library to do offline audio spectrum analysis. The code is straightforward but it gives a null pointer error for this function:

fft.getSpectrum(channel.samples,cuepoint);

channel is my audio channel with an mp3 file as its source and cuepoint is the index calculated based on the current frame. Could it be that there is something about the audio file that it does not like?

Cheers

PhiLho

Depends on the exact stack trace you get in the console... Here, we can only guess.
Use println() with fft and channel, to see if one of them is null.

rtavakko

Thanks for the reply! Yes, channel is empty, not sure why though.

This is the full error message: Exception in thread "Animation Thread" java.lang.NullPointerException at krister.Ess.FFT.getSpectrum(FFT.java:107) at Version4.draw(Version4.java:111) at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(Unknown Source) at processing.core.PApplet.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

PhiLho

I don't know ESS nor your code, but from your description, perhaps the MP3 file wasn't found, hence the null channel.

rtavakko

Thanks for the tip. Solved the issue, turns out you have to define the exact path of your file (does not matter if the file is in the same folder):

myChannel = new AudioChannel(dataPath("C:/Users/Desktop/etc.mp3"));

PhiLho

Usually, Processing, and most libraries, just find the files in the data folder inside the sketch folder, without having to specify a path.