[maxmsp] Re: using waveform display to edit soundbites/samples

I would second the sentiments on poly~. It will handle multiple instances of your sample patch. If you set it up correctly, you could use multiple waveform~ objects to read different parts of your buffer, as well. 

Here is an example of using waveform~ to output the necessary information to trigger a sample with play~, using line~. If you go through the MSP tutorials about poly~, you should be able to pack this into a patch that allows you trigger multiple samples at once from one buffer (including simulatenous triggers of the same part of the sample). 

If you get stuck, just come back for more help! 


#P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
#P window linecount 1;
#P comment 113 38 62 196617 load sample;
#P user ezdac~ 129 559 173 592 0;
#P user gain~ 129 407 24 100 158 0 1.071519 7.94321 10.;
#P newex 129 378 87 196617 play~ mySample;
#P newex 129 345 32 196617 line~;
#P comment 167 310 120 196617 store list until triggered;
#P comment 247 284 90 196617 pack list for line~;
#P button 107 264 15 0;
#P newex 129 309 36 196617 zl reg;
#P newex 155 282 78 196617 pack 0. 0. 0. 0.;
#P newex 174 249 29 196617 !- 0.;
#P newex 155 220 29 196617 t f f;
#P message 69 37 43 196617 replace;
#P newex 69 64 93 196617 buffer~ mySample;
#P message 79 103 73 196617 set mySample;
#P user waveform~ 79 132 200 74 3 9;
#W mode select;
#W mouseoutput continuous;
#W unit ms;
#W grid 1000.;
#W ticks 0;
#W labels 1;
#W vlabels 0;
#W vticks 1;
#W bpm 120. 4.;
#W frgb 33 0 0;
#W brgb 60 178 173;
#W rgb2 0 95 255;
#W rgb3 0 0 0;
#W rgb4 0 0 0;
#W rgb5 190 137 255;
#W rgb6 100 100 100;
#W rgb7 100 100 100;
#P comment 204 250 134 196617 get the size of the selection;
#P comment 31 264 76 196617 trigger sample;
#P comment 280 131 76 196617 make selection;
#P fasten 3 3 8 1 198 227 198 227;
#P fasten 3 3 9 2 198 244 204 244;
#P fasten 8 0 9 3 179 272 226 272;
#P lcolor 10;
#P connect 7 0 9 0;
#P connect 9 0 10 1;
#P connect 16 0 17 0;
#P fasten 16 0 17 1 134 544 168 544;
#P connect 15 0 16 0;
#P connect 14 0 15 0;
#P connect 10 0 14 0;
#P fasten 11 0 10 0 112 294 134 294;
#P connect 7 1 8 0;
#P connect 3 2 7 0;
#P connect 6 0 5 0;
#P connect 4 0 3 0;
#P fasten 5 1 4 0 157 92 84 92;
#P window clipboard copycount 19;