I'm new to pd. I'm running pd extended on Windows.

I am simply trying to create an audio file to record to but when I click on the 'open Example.wav' message nothing happens. If I click the start message in the patch afterwards it says "start requested with no prior 'open'". In the tutorials I've seen a new wav file is created immediately and is ready to record to.

I can open pre-existing audio files and play them so I'm not sure what the problem is.

This is the simple patch I am using...

Any help is appreciated.

Hi Kigaldo, and welcome to the forum,

I can't possibly imagine what is going on as what you describe is the proper way of using [writesf~]: first send it a message [open <filename>( then [start( (which shouldn't give you any error messages) and then [stop( to stop recording. Are you sure you are not sending any other messages to [writesf~] between the [open( and [start( messages?

Another possibility that crosses my mind, though it's just a wild guess as I am not on Windows, but is your patch saved in a folder which you have writing access to? That is, does your OS allow Pd to create the sound file in the current folder you are? Maybe this could be the reason... to test it, save your patch in some "friendly" folder which does not require admin privileges and try again.

Cheers,
Gilberto

It's all working fine now. The files were being created in a different folder to the one where the patches are stored, although I am not entirely sure why.