This is prob really simple but how do you bring in a wav file into a patch so that you can use the patch to process the file. I'm using a crosss-synthesis patch to play a soundfile but I don't know how to get the sound file in. Any help? Thanks

hello liz

first of all you have to create a table (an array)
table sound-file-array 256 for example
next you have to load a file in that table . to do that you have to use the soundfiler object.
you could do that to choose the file you want to load.:

bang (message type)
'
openpanel (object type)
'
-read -resize $1 sound-file-array (message type)
'
soundfiler

that's all. soundfiler 's outlet outputs the filesize.

if you want to use stereo samples , you have to create two arrays and change the message sent to the soundfiler in that way:

-read -resize $1 sound-file-array.L sound-file-array.R (message type)

(it could also be -read -resize $1 table1 table2 )

at least using that way you 'll be limited to 4mb files . if you want to load huge samples , you should rather send this:
-read -maxsize 1e07 $1 sound-file-array (message type)

that 's the way to do that.

but if you want to apply some fx in realtime you could stream a file directly from the harddisk , using sfplay from zexylib.

to output the file you'll have to use sfrecord , i don't recommend tabwrite for such a function . in my opinion it's easier to bounce the file directly to the hdd. else you have to take care of the filesize and to do a mechanism to record sound in a table and after to export it to the hdd.

let me know if it does the job the way you want.

see ya

OR -

just open the help menu, and look for a sampler,

cut and paste the sampler into one of your own patches, and load the sample into that.

voila!

Or-

you could buy a s6000 sampler akai.

just kiddin...

as hardoff said (in a way...) you should have a look at the audio exemples folder in the doc folder. look for all patch named sampler.