I realize there are many externals out there such as readanysf~ which are ideally suited for playing alternate sound formats (ie. mp3, ogg, flac), with integrated looping controls etc..
But, do any externals exist capable of decoding the file and cat'ing the contents straight into an array?
Niceties of the externals' controls aside, it would be nice to be able to use the true power of PD to manipulate files without transcoding thousands of files if you get my drift.