Re: [sc-users] buffer

[Mike Whyte <matrix6k@xxxxxxxxxx>]

ok, just so i got this straight- 
when we send a synthdef, that's when it picks the sample buffer ?
i thought maybe i could pick a buffer via pbind (yes, i added the proper argument in msgfunc)
but it seems to only want to play the buffer given when sending the synthdef.

i don't mind making a def for every soundfile i use, but it would be nice
to do - \buffer, Prand([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8],inf)= and have it switch samples randomly....

i thought that the crucial lib had the ability to switch samples like that,
and there's no way it sends a synthdef on every 'spawn' so how does it do that ?

-mike

On Dec 26, 2003, at 6:16 PM, Sergio Luque wrote:

> On Dec 25, 2003, at 8:53 PM, Mike Whyte wrote:
>
> > and i was wondering if there is a more efficient way of 
> > loading soundfiles; 
>
> > closehat = Buffer.read(s,"/Users/blah/desktop/closehat.aif");
> > closebuf = closehat.bufnum; //to get the buffer number for playbuf.
>
> You could use the messaging style:
>
> s.sendMsg("/b_allocRead", 0, "/Users/blah/desktop/closehat.aif");
>
> Buffers are stored in a global array, indexed by integers starting at zero. In this case, I put 0 as the buffer number.
>
>
> Also check the [Server-Command-Reference] helpfile:
>
> /b_allocRead				allocate buffer space and read a sound file.
> 	int - buffer number
> string - path name of a sound file.
> int - starting frame in file (optional. default = 0)
> int - number of frames to read (optional. default = 0, see below)
> bytes - an OSC message to execute upon completion. (optional)
>
>
> Allocates buffer to number of channels of file and number of samples requested, or fewer if sound file is smaller than requested. Reads sound file data from the given starting frame in the file. If the number of frames argument is less than or equal to zero, the entire file is read. 
> Asynchronous. Replies to sender with /done when complete.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Sergio
> http://www.sergioluque.com
>
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