[maxmsp] 1) Auto-recording when sound is detected 2) Saving all those clips in a database 3) Make music!

Hello there. I'm completely new to Max/Msp! I was working on a project in Ableton Live 6 but decided to incorporate Max/Msp in my project, because there are a lot of usefull patches out there. I hope I can get some help here! If you can help me with only one of the 3 questions, that would already be cool. Max- or Live-wise.

What I basically want to do is:

1) Automatically record clips, with a microphone, when a sound is made and detected.

2) Save all those recorded clips as wav, mp3, or otherwise, in a directory or some kind of database. 

3) Have those clips automatically loaded in for example a drum machine, live's simpler, etc. So it can play pre-defined or random patterns of melody or rhythmn.

Thanks!