Hello, I hope this question isnt too vague or complicated, I'm very new to pure data, I've only done some simple experiments with other people's patches. I'd like to make a sampler patch for my friends live music. I don't think I can do it with anything currently available but I was thinking it might be simple enough to make up in pd. basically I need to load one stereo track between 3:00 and 7:00 minutes, assign start points at the beginning of every measure, and be able to trigger the song playback at those start points. That will be hundreds of start points so I might need to auto reassign the trigger to activate the next start point in the song. The goal is to be able to sync the backing track up perfectly to a live drummer (instead of trying to drum perfectly to a track) Does this program sound like a possibility in pure data? Thanks in advance for any responses.

In my humble opinion this challenge is rather complicated for a beginner. You'll have to rely on other people's work to deal with beatslicing (so many examples on this forum that you'll need some advice, but not from me). The analysis and "real-time" following of the drummer audio track won't be easier, and will probably require [bonk~] and a lot of ingeniosity to get stable and reliable. Look for other's work to avoid to loose your life.
If your drummer sends you midi it's much easier !

@nau said:

In my humble opinion this challenge is rather complicated for a beginner. You'll have to rely on other people's work to deal with beatslicing (so many examples on this forum that you'll need some advice, but not from me). The analysis and "real-time" following of the drummer audio track won't be easier, and will probably require [bonk~] and a lot of ingeniosity to get stable and reliable. Look for other's work to avoid to loose your life.
If your drummer sends you midi it's much easier !

thanks for the input! It really should have occurred to me that I ought to start by checking out beat slicer programs.