• derived nodes inherit all messages from their base classes
  
• see reset method for default settings
  
• the volume of a sound is the region in which the sound will play at 100% amplitude(loudness)
  
• falloffDistance is a region outside the volume in which the amplitude is diminished as the user moves further away from the source(volume)
  
• recorded sounds are stored in .aiff (Audio Interchange File Format)
  
• the sound server, snerd, must be run on the a local or remote machine
  
• if the sound file does not exist in YG_PATH, then it will be created in the first directory in the path
  
• sounds under a switch will turn off but must be restarted when the switch is toggled back on
  

constructor soundRecorder

destructor ~soundRecorder

method reset

1 reset recording flag to false
2 set update interval to 0.1
3 if a sample exists then delete it

method message

1 set the name of the sound file
2 start the sound recording
3 stop the recording sound
4 set the update interval for sound server

method setFile

method setDistance

method setAmplitude

method setFalloffDistance

method setAttenuation

method isPlaying

method isPaused

method record

1 if no sample then create a new bergenRecord
2 record the sample
3 generate a heartbeat for the server

method pause

method stop

1 if a sample is playing

1.1 send a stop command to the server

method app

1 if a sample exists

1.1 generate a heartbeat for the server
1.2 if the sample is playing

1.2.1 if update interval has passed then update sound server

1.2.1.1 determine position of this sound
1.2.1.2 get position relative to CAVE