I just uploaded a few new abstractions:

http://bitsynthesis.com/pd/

Included are:
-sample player
-a much more comprehensive sampler-slicer-looper
-gui file browser
-modular, multitrack audio recorder

Let me know if you run into any bugs.

thanks, nice and helpful abstractions.

I had a pd freeze in the dt_sampler patch while I mooved the in floating point slider on a value that exceeded the out fp slider...i know there'se no sense in doing this but sometimes it happens...or may be is it just a problem with my pd version?

Pd version 0.40.3-extended-20080721
windows xp

Thanks for the feedback.

I uploaded a new version of the dt_sampler that doesn't allow the "in" to be higher than the "out". This should fix the problem.

Just uploaded bb_mp3caster, a gui abstraction for [mp3cast~] that streams mp3 audio to Icecast, Shoutcast, and Darwin Streaming Servers.

Not that streaming with [mp3cast~] is terribly difficult or complex, but now you don't have to think about it.

Thanks, gui file browser is great !

There's another new one:

[bb_learn]

It adds learnable MIDI input - control and note messages.
Settings can be saved to / loaded from a text file.
Works with Pd-Vanilla.

Thanks for the compliment, diplipito

[bb_filebrowser] has been updated so that it will now accept "load" messages.

This allows you to load directories without having to use the bang and pop-up window approach. Most importantly (imho) you can now [loadbang] a load message so that your [bb_filebrowser] always starts with the same directory loaded.

Hi - thanks for the sync2gui abstraction - I should have figured it out myself, but didn't - real useful.

Hi,

an thanks for your abs. The file browser is really neat.
I found a way to browse a sample directory and loading them into a sample player. It's quite cool.

But is there a way to open a patch in a new window or a way to load an abs in the current patch ?

I should manage with a message of the type :

;
pd open mypatch.pd mypath

but I have trouble parsing patch name and path. Is there a way to do that easily ?

Another question : is there a creation argument to display folders ?

Thanks again for this great browser (i tried to use the pdmtl one but got lost in dependencies )

To open the new patch, do the following:

[bb_filebrowser]
|
[splitfilename /]
| /
[pack s s]
|
[; pd open $2 $1 (

If you want to add an abstraction to the current patch...

[; pd-current_patch.pd obj 10 10 name_of_abstraction(

If the abstraction isn't in a folder listed in your pd paths, you will have to use the full path name (ex: /Users/Me/MyPatch.pd). The 10s are the X and Y values for where the object is created.

There is no creation argument to display an initial folder by default, but bb_filebrowser accepts a [load /my/favorite/directory( message, so you can loadbang this to force an initial directory.

Glad you're finding a use for it! Let me know if you have any more questions, or if I missed something in the above explanation.

thanks again,

that works well, (splitfilname /, of course)

my question about folders was more to create a filter as you can do to only display wav files or else, but this time to display only folders.

that's just because I've got a big folder containing samples (in different formats) and I want only to display folders and wav files.

Hi

I tried to make it possible to navigate through folders within the same browser. Thought it would be a nice extra feature.

I added buttons, one to go back to specified root folder (blue one), and one to go back to previous folder (green).

For now it only works for one level...

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/bb_filebrowser-navigate.zip

I don't think there's a way to differentiate between folders and directories using the [folder_list] object (which is what bb_filebrowser employs).

Interesting concepts. I like the idea of being able to navigate to sub-folders and parent-folders, but without being able to distinguish between directories and files I don't think it is possible. For example, your patch fails whenever you click on a non-directory because it tries to load it as if it were a directory.

You could probably do it using one of the [shell] type objects to check the file type, but then it would no longer be cross-platform. If you figure out another way to differentiate between files and directories, please let me know.

Well I kind of abandoned for now the idea of filtering folders and files.

I've modified your version, and here's the final version that I'm using :

• abilty to navigate downwards through folders, (no parent folder)
• loads a pd patch in a new window when clicked
• once you've load a new path, it is set as default, and can be recalled pressing the home button.

it's not implemented in your abs directly, but as another example patch on how to use

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/bb-filebrowser-br.zip

Hey guys. I was trying to put together a simple gop file browser abstraction myself and came across the [file_type] object. You can use that to differentiate between folders and files.

Nice find!