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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Today, I realized that simple
playback of an audio file just isn't that easy in pd: since I was unable to find
an mp3 player that actually works on a win 2k/xp system, I chose to leave the
files in .wav and read them using tabread~ or tabread4~ driven by phasor (I
need more control than the readsf~ object can provide). Here's the weird thing:
as this method works fine with files up to ~10 minutes, longer files seem to
decrease in quality as time goes by, and around 18 minutes,it sounds really bad
(a little like beeing processed by a "bitcrusher" ...for those who like cubase,
something very "lo-fi"). I find this to be very intriguing and was wondering if
anyone out there had an explanation for this, I was also wondering what other
solutions I had to be able to play long wav files without quality loss. Thank
you all.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>