i have created an app in pd for storing & triggering a large bank of samples. when i attempt to load a sample - via openpanel - while a number of other samples are playing, all audio playback stops while the window to browse for the file name remains open, then resumes once a file is selected/loaded.

Is there a way to keep my samples playing while browsing to load another sample? I am currently passing the filename from openpanel via a read message to soundfiler which loads arrays (left/right) located in the same subpatch.

I'm afraid this is not possible - unless others know some kind of brilliant solution to this one. Even loading samples without openpanel stops playback off all my other patches. So pre-loading is the only solution i guess. Of course when you just want to playback the audio without table manipulation, you can always use [readsf~] which will stream the audio from disk.

Thanks @domien. I have been pre-loading my samples - I have built patches to save and load entire sample banks. I was just hoping there was something simple I had missed to address the interruption in sample playback when loading other samples.

My app has sample cutting capability, which requires that I use a [tabread~] rather than [readsf~], so that I can begin playback from various points within the audio file.

Now i think of it, I know there's also a way to speed-read tables when combining [readsf~] with [block~]. You need to up-sample so that the [readsf~] goes much faster than required by the normal selected samplerate.

Take a look at this : http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-2500-using-arrays-multisampler-sampler-device

Hope that helps (a little)?