Hello!
I am very new to pd and I am trying to make a drum kit. I am utilizing a raspberry pi and some piezoelectric sensors to make this. Pd detects gpio inputs with WiringPi and does stuff correctly.
As I am making a drum kit, I need 8 samples to be loaded in the ram and played when the appropriate sensor is hit. These samples are very small in size, so I don't think pd will have a problem playing them.

How can I load multiple sounds into pd and play them when needed? Also, I want the sound to stay in the memory after playing once, waiting to be played again.
Please help me.
Shaurya

@flight453 playit.zip
Add more [read_from_abstr x] or remove some to have the correct number for your soundfiles.
They are to be named 1.wav, 2.wav etc. in this example....... and the players for those are [read_from_abstr 1] and [read_from_abstr 2]
David.

Thank you David...
I'll try this patch and let you know!
Shaurya

Hey!
I tried the patch that you provided! I just have some doubts. First, do I have to create more read_from_abstr patches if I want to play 8 sounds???
Second, I want 8 sounds to change collectively (in a group). Say "kit1" has eight sounds, "sound1.wav" to "sound8.wav", mapped to 8 gpio pins, and "kit2" has another eight sounds, "sound9.wav" to "sound16.wav". I have not decided on the number of kits, so it has to be variable. Can I do this with the patch you provided? If so, how can this be done? I am very new to puredata...
Thank you so much.
Shaurya

@flight453 Yes....... if you are numbering the tracks 1-16 and 2 kits...... just put 16 [read_from_abstr] into [playit] with the mumbers 1 to 16.
If you want to load a new kit (abandon the old one) it can be done without much of a change.
It would probably be better to have just [read_from_abstr] 1 to 8 and tell the absractions to read from different sub-directories when changing kits......
Maybe sub-directories kit1, kit2 etc. each containing 1.wav to 8.wav.
Easily done with abstractions..... let me know.
David.

@whale-av Too hot for outside work so..... drumkit.zip
Put as many Kitx (drumkit) folders as you want.
Drums are always 1.wav to 8.wav in each folder.
Message 1 to 8 sent to "playit" message plays the drum.
When you select a different kit the new drums are loaded.
David