Recording Audio into data operator

Hi all,

I've been trawling the forums and internet (and tutorials) for an answer, so if I have missed an obvious explanation somewhere I apologise.

I am looking to build a looper / stutter effect completely in gen. My usual msp approach would be groove~ and buffer~, but for the OWL pedal, I need to have nothing outside of gen~, so buffer is out.

What's the easiest way to record into data in a similar way to record~ and buffer~?

An alternative would be delay in a tapin~ fashion, but now I have to know anyway!

Thanks