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Specify and auto-save a buffer content

Ricardo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:51:42 +0000

I was wondering if anyone knows how to specify where buffer saves its content? I know that if you use the message “write” the dialog box opens, but if you provide the the message “write” with a symbol it just auto-saves in the default folder. Usually where the patch is saved. But what i was wondering was if there is a way to change that default folder so it auto-saves to another folder?

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Re: Specify and auto-save a buffer content

goodparleyandorfing — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:35:39 +0000

just specify the filepath after the write command.
write “Macintosh HD:/Users/roadrunner/Desktop/beepbeep.wav”

Re: Specify and auto-save a buffer content

Ricardo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:51:10 +0000

hmmmm, yes it works, except that my .aiff files becomes plain text files. I cant open them as sound files.

Any thoughts?

And thanks a bunch for looking at this problem for me.

Re: Specify and auto-save a buffer content

Ricardo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:54:30 +0000

Figured it out. THanks again.

Re: Specify and auto-save a buffer content

Luke Hall — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:57:52 +0000

This sounds like a system issue rather than a max issue. If you’re on a mac then right click one of your .aiff files and select “Get Info”. Then in the “Open With” section select your chosen audio program like QuickTime or iTunes etc and make sure that it says “Use this app to open all similar files” (or some such phrase). That should fix the problem. I’m sure there is an equivalent method if you’re using windows too.

Re: Specify and auto-save a buffer content

Ricardo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:16:23 +0000

It was a typo. I wrote “.aiff” instead of “.aif”.

Here is the working code.
I’v implemented a “#0″ so it can be loaded into bpatches without the possibility of generating an equal file name.

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Re: Specify and auto-save a buffer content

Ricardo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:29:10 +0000

SORRY! HERE IS THE CORRECT CODE:

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Re: Specify and auto-save a buffer content

Luke Hall — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:30:39 +0000

Check out the [date] object if you want a way of automatically including it in your file names.

Re: Specify and auto-save a buffer content

Ricardo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:32:45 +0000

Thanks. I will.