[PD] File Management

Yves Degoyon ydegoyon at free.fr
Tue Jun 1 16:49:12 CEST 2004


derek holzer wrote:

> Zachris Trolin wrote:
>
>> Can anybody point me in the right direction. 
>
>
> I'll try.
>
>> Im looking for something(1) in pd than lets me load a whole directory or
>> multiple directories containing soundfiles, into something(2) that lets
>> me choose any one file randomly and just play it back. 
>
>
> One place to check is Yves' Unauthorized externals. In it is an 
> external called Playlist, which is a one-click file selector. You can 
> also send it a number, which will select a file from the list. The 
> number wraps around, so any number over the current number of files in 
> th elist will start over from the top. Nice for random selections ;-)
>
> Playlist doesn't work with multiple directories, however. You can 
> change directories, but not select from several of them at once. 

just use several playlists and random the bangs to one or the other, héhé..

cheers,
sevy

>
>
> good luck,
> d.
>





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