Resizing Buffer without losing recorded content

    jayrope
    Jan 07 2011 | 12:40 pm
    Is it possible to resize a buffer object without loosing previously recorded audio/content?
    I initially set a buffer to 60000, then would like to resize it later to the exact length of recorded audio (much less than 60.000, but always different) without loosing the audio. Anytime i send a size message to the buffer after recording i am loosing the buffered audio.
    Any help is appreciated very much, thank you in advance.
    • jayrope
      Jan 07 2011 | 2:23 pm
      I might add, that i use the buffer inside a poly~ object. mazbe that is the cause of trouble?
    • Mike S
      Jan 07 2011 | 2:58 pm
      look for the 'crop' message to buffer~
      it does what you want
    • jayrope
      Jan 21 2011 | 11:02 pm
      thank you mike, should have read help files better! thanx again. works fine.
    • negascout
      Jan 25 2011 | 3:59 am
      What about making a buffer larger? I suppose it'd be possible to somehow create a 2nd larger buffer and copy the contents as making a buffer would require reallocating the memory behind it anyway.
    • jayrope
      Jan 26 2011 | 8:36 pm
      i realized, that i need to stick to an initially set large buffer rather than resizing it later, as otherwise memory allocation problems occur, which force me into having to switch audio on/off after resizing a buffer due to destryoed sounding audio.
      @ negascout, how would you copy the contents of say buffer one into buffer two (maybe even multiple times after each other) while audio is on and much faster than real time? my buffers use freshly recorded audio, not files, by the way. i tried using crop as an easter-egged extend message, didn't work. cropping only allows for downsizing the buffer...