Ideas how to build a patch

Reply to Ideas how to build a patch on Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:27:01 GMT

bamsehopp — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:27:01 GMT

Not sure if this is the right branch of the forum but I'd like some help with building a patch that I can't figure out how to make.
This patch is supposed to help me when I'm playing around with a synth for a long time to record only the little sounds that I like among many minutes of recording. I want to be able to record a 'window' of audio of say 1 minute so that when I find a nice sound I could press a button to save the last 10 seconds of recording as a new file. The only way I can see this happening is if I record everything into a buffer memory like a table and then somehow save just the last 10 seconds as a file. Any ideas how this could be achieved?

Reply to Ideas how to build a patch on Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:14:27 GMT

whale-av — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:14:27 GMT

@bamsehopp It's easier to do than to explain...... but I have added some notes.
The delay line will always contain the last 12 seconds of audio (no need for a minute) and when you hit "start" it will be written to a file.
Change all the "12000" to "10000" if you want only 10 seconds, but it might take 2 seconds to hit the button. Change the [adc~] to an inlet to record from another patch, and add volume controls etc. as necessary........
this.zip

Copy the contents of the "recordings" folder somewhere safe when you have finished..... the patch will overwrite old recordings when it is re-opened..... (It will start with 1.wav again).
David.

Reply to Ideas how to build a patch on Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:03:13 GMT

bamsehopp — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:03:13 GMT

Thats clever to use a delay line! Thanks for the help!