Hi there,
After trying the delwrite~ suggestion out, it seems I could use a little more help.

I've read the pertinent docs and tried a few things out, and this is the sketch I am currently working with.

Again, my goal is to write only what is in the delay line, at a time of my choosing, to the filesystem. The problem with this sketch is two-fold:

• I am not aware of how to open the file, STOP writing to the delay line (i.e. freeze it), write its contents to the filesystem, and stop recording ALL in one bang/trigger.
• Since the delay line is always being written to, the wav file that gets saved just has all the audio generated between pressing start and stop. Again, my goal is that if the delay line is 2 seconds large, i want to take a snapshot of what's in that delay line on the click of a button.

Any further help is greatly appreciated. Please and thank you.

These are great suggestions. So it actually looks feasible! That's great news. I'll now do the reading that was recommended. I just wanted to say thank you very much for the assistance. I'll report progress here, after I try things out.

Hello,
First day with PD and already I recording and playing back audio in interesting ways. Thanks!

I need help.

My goal: I want to continually record into some storage, and be able to recall the last X seconds of the recording.

My idea: I was thinking of making a table of, say, 2 seconds in length. I'd like to have my audio source perpetually record into there. I am thinking of the recording actually pushing old samples OUT of the table, keeping the 2 seconds in the table always as the most recent 2 seconds. Then when I click, say, a toggle, I'd like to save whats in the table to the filesystem.

Question: Is this at all possible with pd? If so, how?

Please and thanks,
Marco.