Hi,

I'm trying to figure out how to refer to sound files in pure data. If I have a wav file called synth.wav in my desktop directory and I want to output it to an array to in a read object, would the syntax be 'read ~/desktop/synth.wav array1'? For some reason pd won't let me create that object so I must be doing something wrong.

Thanks

EDIT: Does the sound file have to be in the same directory as the .pd file?

EDIT: Does the sound file have to be in the same directory as the .pd file?

no, it doesnt. but its very handy as you dont need to specify the path then, just filename is enough. thisway your projects get portable.

are you using linux?
maybee you need to add username in front of / Desktop

Oh, I made an object instead of a message. Thanks, I'm going to put the sound files in the same directory for convenience.