djstanley

The topic title says it all really! I'm writing a patch that allows users to record into a buffer, starting with a toggle on, and ending with a toggle off. This all works fine when specifying the buffer size (buffer myrec~ 10000) but this only allows a limited duration to be recorded.

Initiating the buffer with no duration means that when I record, there is no audio that actually gets recorded into the buffer.

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recording-into-buffer-without-specifying-buffer-size

https://cycling74.com/forums/recording-in-a-buffer-which-size-grows-as-the-recording-lasts/

check this thread :
https://cycling74.com/forums/recording-in-a-buffer-which-size-grows-as-the-recording-lasts/


seems your pasted patch is empty too. Can you verify that you can open the patch above? If it doesn't, try re-copying.

A common strategy is to initialise your buffer with a maximum size at the start of each recording, and then crop it as you need.

This demonstrates the concept, but was a rush job so 

This demonstrates the concept, but was a rush job so caveat emptor and all that!

Perfect work around, the crop message is exactly what I needed. Thankyou both!

Recording Into Buffer (Without Specifying Buffer Size)