diff --git a/cmd/soundcheck/main.go b/cmd/soundcheck/main.go
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+/*
+AUTHORS
+  Trek Hopton <trek@ausocean.org>
+
+LICENSE
+  Copyright (C) 2020 the Australian Ocean Lab (AusOcean)
+
+  It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify them
+  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+  Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+  option) any later version.
+
+  It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
+  for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  in gpl.txt.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses.
+*/
+
+// Package soundcheck is a program for switching a transducer from playing to recording audio.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	pTime := flag.Duration("ptime", 60, "duration to play audio")
+	rTime := flag.Duration("rtime", 20, "duration to record audio")
+	path := flag.String("path", "", "path to sound file we wish to play")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	loopCmd := exec.Command("./looper", path)
+	rvCmd := exec.Command("./rv")
+	for {
+		if err := loopCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		time.sleep(pTime)
+		if err := loopCmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("failed to kill process: ", err)
+		}
+
+		if err := rvCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		time.sleep(rTime)
+		if err := rvCmd.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("failed to kill process: ", err)
+		}
+	}
+}