Brennon Bortz

I'm having issues dynamically recording with sfrecord~. In other words, I'd like to send a message which sets the filename of sfrecord~ and can be altered dynamically through an argument. In other words, "open $1-record". This is simple enough, and it works, but when I try a similar message for sfplay~, it can't find the file--it's getting stored in various directories when recording. So, I opted for an absolute path specification. I started with a message which read: "open /Users/blahblah/$1-record.aif" This didn't recognize the argument (variable?) and actually recorded a file named "$1-record.aif". The forward slash seemed to get in the way of the dollar sign. Then, I tried passing "$1-record.aif" to a prepend object with the value "prepend open /Users/blahblah/" This doesn't work either. When I print the output of this object, I get "open /Users/blahblah/ 1-record.aif" It is now recognizing the argument/variable, but adding the trailing space at the end of the prepend message--throwing everything off. What can I do?

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I'm having issues dynamically recording with sfrecord~.  In other words, I'd like to send a message which sets the filename of sfrecord~ and can be altered dynamically through an argument.  In other words, "open $1-record".  This is simple enough, and it works, but when I try a similar message for sfplay~, it can't find the file--it's getting stored in various directories when recording.  So, I opted for an absolute path specification.  I started with a message which read: "open /Users/blahblah/$1-record.aif"  This didn't recognize the argument (variable?) and actually recorded a file named "$1-record.aif".  The forward slash seemed to get in the way of the dollar sign.  Then, I tried passing "$1-record.aif" to a prepend object with the value "prepend open /Users/blahblah/"  This doesn't work either.  When I print the output of this object, I get "open /Users/blahblah/ 1-record.aif"  It is now recognizing the argument/variable, but adding the trailing space at the end of the prepend message--throwing everything off.  What can I do?

dynamic-recording-through-sfrecord

Quote: brennon@brennonbortz.com wrote on Fri, 15 December 2006 00:30

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I started with a message which read: "open /Users/blahblah/$1-record.aif" This didn't recognize the argument (variable?) and actually recorded a file named "$1-record.aif". The forward slash seemed to get in the way of the dollar sign. Then, I tried passing "$1-record.aif" to a prepend object with the value "prepend open /Users/blahblah/" This doesn't work either. When I print the output of this object, I get "open /Users/blahblah/ 1-record.aif" It is now recognizing the argument/variable, but adding the trailing space at the end of the prepend message--throwing everything off. What can I do?

Quote: brennon@brennonbortz.com wrote on Fri, 15 December 2006 00:30
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I started with a message which read: "open /Users/blahblah/$1-record.aif"  This didn't recognize the argument (variable?) and actually recorded a file named "$1-record.aif".  The forward slash seemed to get in the way of the dollar sign.  Then, I tried passing "$1-record.aif" to a prepend object with the value "prepend open /Users/blahblah/"  This doesn't work either.  When I print the output of this object, I get "open /Users/blahblah/ 1-record.aif"  It is now recognizing the argument/variable, but adding the trailing space at the end of the prepend message--throwing everything off.  What can I do?

That will work perfectly...thanks for the direction!

Dynamic recording through sfrecord~