michael.edwards

Hello, I've been unsuccessfully trawling the max/msp mail archives 

trying to find an answer to what I thought other people would have come 

up against already. Apologies if this has been dealt with elsewhere; a 

I have some carefully-crafted sound files that are meant to form a 

seamless loop once they're playing/looping (the last sample in the file 

leads to the first without a pop; if you play the file once from 

beginning to end however you do get pops at start and finish). Using 

wavelab (yes, I'm running Max/MSP (4.5.6) on Windows) or Winamp to play 

the file in loop mode works perfectly. Sadly, using sfplay~ in loop 

mode results in a pop each time the file returns to the beginning. I 

assume this means there are some (silent) samples padded at the end of 

the file, or perhaps it stops before reaching the end?

Does anyone have a solution? I fear looping with a signal into the left 

inlet to control cues might be the only solution but thought I'd ask if 

anyone knows of an easier solution. Seems to me that loop mode should 

simply do what you expect: start with the first sample in the file as 

soon as we get to the last. But maybe I'm missing something.

Michael Edwards Tel. Office: (+44) (0)131 650 2431

Music Technology Email: michael.edwards@ed.ac.uk

MSc in Digital Composition and Performance

Hello, I've been unsuccessfully trawling the max/msp mail archives 
trying to find an answer to what I thought other people would have come 
up against already.  Apologies if this has been dealt with elsewhere; a 
link to a solution would be appreciated.

I have some carefully-crafted sound files that are meant to form a 
seamless loop once they're playing/looping (the last sample in the file 
leads to the first without a pop; if you play the file once from 
beginning to end however you do get pops at start and finish).  Using 
wavelab (yes, I'm running Max/MSP (4.5.6) on Windows) or Winamp to play 
the file in loop mode works perfectly.  Sadly, using sfplay~ in loop 
mode results in a pop each time the file returns to the beginning.  I 
assume this means there are some (silent) samples padded at the end of 
the file, or perhaps it stops before reaching the end?

Does anyone have a solution?  I fear looping with a signal into the left 
inlet to control cues might be the only solution but thought I'd ask if 
anyone knows of an easier solution.  Seems to me that loop mode should 
simply do what you expect: start with the first sample in the file as 
soon as we get to the last.  But maybe I'm missing something.

Michael Edwards                  Tel. Office: (+44) (0)131 650 2431
Music Technology                 Email: michael.edwards@ed.ac.uk
The University of Edinburgh
Programme Director
MSc in Digital Composition and Performance
http://www.ace.ed.ac.uk/Postgraduate/dcp
http://uofe.michael-edwards.org/


sfplay-loop

I don't know about sfplay~, but you may easily do this with buffer~ and either wave~ or groove~

Thanks but the files are too long and too many to be loaded into memory;

I really do want to stream them from disc.

> I don't know about sfplay~, but you may easily do this with buffer~ and either wave~ or groove~

Thanks but the files are too long and too many to be loaded into memory;
I really do want to stream them from disc.

julienbreval wrote:
> I don't know about sfplay~, but you may easily do this with buffer~ and either wave~ or groove~

sfplay~ loop