Stefan

I apologise for my barrage of posts today but i'm having some really bad last minute problems now my patch is starting to come together. I've got 8 sample playback sections in my drum machine patch each using sfplay~, which is triggered by a step sequencer i made. Is there a less CPU heavy way of playing back samples with the following controls:

2. the ability to set sample start and end points using the waveform object.

play~ does the second but has no pitch control. groove~ does both but only allows you to set start and end points when in loop mode - something i dont want. sfplay~ appears to do both but at the cost of my CPU - when i have 6 of my 8 samples running Max is clocking up over 30% of my CPU and this causes some annoying timing issues.

1. pitch control.
2. the ability to set sample start and end points using the waveform object.

play~ does the second but has no pitch control. groove~ does both but only allows you to set start and end points when in loop mode - something i dont want. sfplay~ appears to do both but at the cost of my CPU - when i have 6 of my 8 samples running Max is clocking up over 30% of my CPU and this causes some annoying timing issues. 

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I think play~ can do what you wan't with a line~ - have a look at the

help file. You'll have to do some math yourself though. info~ will give

you the necessary information like the lenght of your buffer~ and such.

jr.abstractions for MaxMSP - new version (2008-01-15)

I think play~ can do what you wan't with a line~ - have a look at the
help file. You'll have to do some math yourself though. info~ will give
you the necessary information like the lenght of your buffer~ and such.
Hope this helps.

jr.abstractions for MaxMSP - new version (2008-01-15)
http://www.sonicescape.net/maxmsp/

would i be able to get both the start and end point values AND pitch values into the one input of play~? ive attached what i have so far.

> play~ does the second but has no pitch control.

This isn't true, you can pitch control play~, by defining the speed to

> groove~ does both but only allows you to set start and end points

This isn't true, you can start with the startloop message and have some 

detection for finding the end (==~ 1 -> edge~) to stop the playback 

Stefan Scheuregger schrieb:
> play~ does the second but has no pitch control.

This isn't true, you can pitch control play~, by defining the speed to
go from start to end...

> groove~ does both but only allows you to set start and end points
> when in loop mode

This isn't true, you can start with the startloop message and have some 
detection for finding the end (==~ 1 -> edge~) to stop the playback 
without being in loop mode...

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> would i be able to get both the start and end point values AND pitch

> values into the one input of play~? ive attached what i have so far.

I can't read your attachment, please copy paste instead. Should be in 

Stefan Scheuregger schrieb:
> would i be able to get both the start and end point values AND pitch
> values into the one input of play~? ive attached what i have so far.

I can't read your attachment, please copy paste instead. Should be in 
the FAQ...

Thank you for your advice. Using the edge~ object works fine until i adjust the end point of the loop, then it gets stuck in loop mode and i get no bang from edge~. Any ideas?

Here is a solution using play~, better control than with groove~ if you ask me...

> Thank you for your advice. Using the edge~ object works fine until i

> adjust the end point of the loop, then it gets stuck in loop mode and

You have to connect the detection to the right outlet. Its called sync 

outlet for a reason. Study the help files...

Stefan Scheuregger schrieb:
> Thank you for your advice. Using the edge~ object works fine until i
> adjust the end point of the loop, then it gets stuck in loop mode and
> i get no bang from edge~. Any ideas?

You have to connect the detection to the right outlet. Its called sync 
outlet for a reason. Study the help files...

Less CPU heavy form of sample playback