Measuring human capabilities to synchronize in time, adapt to perturbations to timing sequences, or reproduce time intervals often requires experimental setups that allow recording response times with millisecond precision. Most setups present auditory stimuli using either MIDI devices or specialized hardware such as Arduino and are often expensive or require calibration and advanced programming skills. Here, we present in detail an experimental setup that only requires an external sound card and minor electronic skills, works on a conventional PC, is cheaper than alternatives, and requires almost no programming skills. It is intended for presenting any auditory stimuli and recording tapping response times with within 2-ms precision (up to - 2 ms lag). This paper shows why desired accuracy in recording response times against auditory stimuli is difficult to achieve in conventional computer setups, presents an experimental setup to overcome this, and explains in detail how to set it up and use the provided code. Finally, the code for analyzing the recorded tapping responses was evaluated, showing that no spurious or missing events were found in 94% of the analyzed recordings.

测量人类及时同步、适应时序扰动或重现时间间隔的能力通常需要允许以毫秒精度记录响应时间的实验设置。大多数设置使用 MIDI 设备或 Arduino 等专用硬件来呈现听觉刺激，并且通常很昂贵或需要校准和高级编程技能。在这里，我们详细介绍了一个实验装置，它只需要一个外部声卡和少量电子技能，在传统 PC 上工作，比替代品便宜，并且几乎不需要编程技能。它旨在以 2 毫秒的精度（最多 - 2 毫秒的延迟）呈现任何听觉刺激并记录敲击响应时间。本文说明了为什么在传统的计算机设置中难以实现记录对听觉刺激的响应时间的所需准确性，提出了一个实验设置来克服这个问题，并详细解释了如何设置和使用提供的代码。最后，评估了用于分析记录的敲击响应的代码，表明在 94% 的分析记录中未发现虚假或缺失事件。