ajneye

question from a newbie, thanks for your patience, cooperation and consideration ;-)

For the need of an installation, I want to have a computer (without Max installed) playing randomly a fixed list of 10 defined audio files (1 to 2 minutes of voice content) separated by random length silences (from 30 sec to 2 minutes). Ideally, it would be able not to play a file again before all others have been read, which means storing values somewhere I guess.

- What objects will be useful ? I guess sfplay~ and sflist~ but don't know how to load multiple files on loadbang and change the play order each time all files have been read.

- How to make Max run standalone on a computer ?

Any advise, example patch, link to tutorial or help warmly welcome !

For the need of an installation, I want to have a computer (without Max installed) playing randomly a fixed list of 10 defined audio files (1 to 2 minutes of voice content) separated by random length silences (from 30 sec to 2 minutes). Ideally, it would be able not to play a file again before all others have been read, which means storing values somewhere I guess.
So here I come.
- What objects will be useful ? I guess sfplay~ and sflist~ but don't know how to load multiple files on loadbang and change the play order each time all files have been read.
- How to make Max run standalone on a computer ? 

Any advise, example patch, link to tutorial or help warmly welcome !


random-sample-player

look at [sflist~] and [sfplay~] help files for preloading multiple files,

look at coll for storing your file names, ie [loadbang]-uzi-deferlow-coll-sflist

and [urn] for non-repeating random numbers

https://cycling74.com/docs/max5/vignettes/core/standalones.html

look at [sflist~] and [sfplay~] help files for preloading multiple files,
look at coll for storing your file names, ie [loadbang]-uzi-deferlow-coll-sflist
 and [urn] for non-repeating random numbers
look at this for building a standalone: https://cycling74.com/docs/max5/vignettes/core/standalones.html


I have virtually this same thing in a Halloween sound player. This is hastily extracted so there may be some problems:

2 [groove~] (its end bang can be used to start the next sample) and it can change which file it plays easy

[delay] (between end bang and (0) message to start groove.)

[polybuffer~] (to preload all the samples in a folder)

[combine] and some other bits to make the set messages appropriate to the polybuffer names.

should be fairly easy if you explore around MAX and get the basic concepts

2 [groove~] (its end bang can be used to start the next sample) and it can change which file it plays easy
[delay] (between end bang and (0) message to start groove.)
[random] (to change the delay time)
[polybuffer~] (to preload all the samples in a folder)
[urn] (see post above)
[combine] and some other bits to make the set messages appropriate to the polybuffer names. 

the standalone part i have no idea....:P


Thanks! I am going to try out with the informations here.

Perfect ! I have been able to make (and understand) it. The only thing I don't understand (even with max help etc...) is the function of [deferlow] after the stop message in Chris patch. What is it for ? The patch seems to work without it.

Random sample player