bvoelker@mindspring.com

hi, i am still pretty new to max/msp, and i'm trying to figure out the best way to write short sound files (maybe 60ms or so) in real-time from audio input. i've looked at slice~ and recycle~, but haven't been able to figure out how to use either for what i want to do. at some point i want to be able to add descriptor information to each file that can be searched.

is it better to actually create individual short files that are tagged in some way or to create one large, ever-growing file that can be searched and accessed as it is being created? can anyone point me to examples of patches that do this in a straightforward way or that use either of the objects mentioned above?

i realize i may be getting in over my head, but any help would be appreciated.

beginner-question-writing-sound-files

Try the sfrecord module and tell them how long you want to record

Hello Bradley
you want to record short Audiofiles??
Try the sfrecord module and tell them how long you want to record
thats it
greetz
am.syn


it is not simply that i want to record short sound files, i want (actually, need) to continually record incoming sound into short files, creating a database in real time. and the sounds need to be back-to-back, so to speak. i need to do the same thing to larger, prerecorded sound files. it seems like something that an object like slice~ is designed for, i just haven't been able to figure out how to implement it. has anyone used this object before for this kind of thing?

You could record directly to a buffer~, save the sample ranges of 

each "sound file" to a coll or a table and then later actually write 

Alternatively, you could store the coll and the buffer contents to 

separate files and load them later to use as a database.

You could record directly to a buffer~, save the sample ranges of  
each "sound file" to a coll or a table and then later actually write  
them out.
Alternatively, you could store the coll and the buffer contents to  
separate files and load them later to use as a database.

Its better to record into one single buffer~ and play~ it. Just deal 

with pointers to parts of it. Keep your info about the pointers for 

example in a coll. You can later save the info and the sound to disc.

If you didn't get the meaning of some of the words, look them up in the 

reference manuals and the tutorials and the corresponding help files.

As it seems you want to do some granular techniques (just guessing 

because of the size): Look into anything connected to granular synthesis 

Its better to record into one single buffer~ and play~ it. Just deal 
with pointers to parts of it. Keep your info about the pointers for 
example in a coll. You can later save the info and the sound to disc.

If you didn't get the meaning of some of the words, look them up in the 
reference manuals and the tutorials and the corresponding help files.

As it seems you want to do some granular techniques (just guessing 
because of the size): Look into anything connected to granular synthesis 
easy to find at http://www.maxobjects.com/

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beginner question, writing sound files