is it possible to take data from incoming audio [adc~]? I want to use the signal from a microphone to trigger samples, but i can't get numbers from anything with a ~

is there a way of measuring audio - it's frequency, dB/rms, duration?

or just using audio as a trigger - can audio trigger a [bang]?

anything you've got on this would be a great help.

thanks, liam

these are a lot of questions....
if you only want to convert audio to a control signal, use the [snapshot~] object, or the [unsign~] abstraction. check out the help patches and use the pd help browser, chapter "3. audio.examples".
of course there are ways of measuring audio dB, rms and also converting db to rms, midi pitch to frequence and viceversa.....
make a right mouseclick in an empty patch, choose help and look for "MATH" --> "convert acoustical units"....there are also ~-objects available like [dbtorms~],...
if you want to use audio signals as a trigger maybe [bonk~] would help u and also have a look at [fiddle~]....

[env~] is the basic amplitude envelope follower.

also check [fiddle~] to have frequency information and [bonk~] for detecting attacks for percussive audio input.

Just in case this is where you're at....

Start with [adc~]

That's "Audio to Digital/Data Conversion""

Good luck, and keep well ~ Shankar