I'm writing a fairly simple patch which involves having the function of two or three soundfiles which play very simply and independently from start to finish after a bang.

It would be useful to be able to see the name of each file that has been loaded on screen while it's playing.

Is the most sensible way of doing this to use a buffer~ with a umenu~ in conjunction with groove~? This obviously gives me a nice drop down menu of file names, but is there a way of always starting playback right at the start of a file and not have it loop?

If this is overly complex for what I'm doing, then would sfplayer~ and sfinfo~ be better? This seems OK except that having multiples of these seems to cause error massages, particularly with the "named" messaging in sfinfo~, even if I give each sfinfo~ it's own name, there seems to be problems.

Is the most sensible way of doing this to use a buffer~ with a umenu~ in conjunction with groove~?  This obviously gives me a nice drop down menu of file names, but is there a way of always starting playback right at the start of a file and not have it loop?

If this is overly complex for what I'm doing, then would sfplayer~ and sfinfo~ be better?  This seems OK except that having multiples of these seems to cause error massages, particularly with the "named" messaging in sfinfo~, even if I give each sfinfo~ it's own name, there seems to be problems.

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i actually have been experimenting with this a bit. the patch below below is from part of an installation patch i did a while back. i just recently solved the problem of being able to use audio files from an external folder. place into presentation mode to see how it works. hope this helps you out.

i actually have been experimenting with this a bit.  the patch below below is from part of an installation patch i did a while back.  i just recently solved the problem of being able to use audio files from an external folder. place into presentation mode to see how it works. hope this helps you out.

That's very neat... what is it that controls the file auto playing when a file is loaded as I'd like to disable this and have it as a manual start and stop controlled by the user.

Also, how do you clear out the files held in the memory? If you switch from one file to another it sometimes seems to hold onto the previous file.

Very useful patch though, thanks very much for sharing it.

Also, how do you clear out the files held in the memory?  If you switch from one file to another it sometimes seems to hold onto the previous file.

Very useful patch though, thanks very much for sharing it.


the red patch chord is the one you would need to disable. i'm actually working on making an abstraction for this right now, so i'll post a much clearer version of this a little later today.

the red patch chord is the one you would need to disable. i'm actually working on making an abstraction for this right now, so i'll post a much clearer version of this a little later today.
-best of luck with your patch.

here is a much more organized and color coded version of the above patch. i think it will be much easier to follow and get you set on the right path. best of luck with your patching.

here is a much more organized and color coded version of the above patch.  i think it will be much easier to follow and get you set on the right path.  best of luck with your patching.


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