SndBuf seems to be mono; how can i make it stereo

[HAL-1701]

SndBuf seems to be playing in mono. I am loading a stereo .wav file, but playing it comes out mono. I can find no clue of how to do a stereo SndBuf.. but I'm sure it's there somehow!

I used "buf.channels()" and it gives "1". But using "buf.channel" does not seem to *set* the number of channels; i'm not sure what it does.

Below is all the lines in my ChucK program that reference the soundbuffer.

<tia>,

HAL-1701
(Ian)

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this is pretty much all i do with the soundbuffer;
elsewhere i change the "buf.rate".. :
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[HAL-1701]

if you load (.read) a wav file into a SndBuf, it turns into mono (sum of L+R).

so here is THE ONLY? way apparently to deal with that.

read this:
https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/pipermail/chuck-users/2010-November/005864.html

so, here's the short codesnippet from that:

[HAL-1701]

in today's news:

apparently SndBuf currently doesn't play stereo/multichannels correctly.

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the LiSa wiki's "stereo example" for LiSa says SndBuf is broken;
AND that it will be fixed "in the next release"

(the next after release 1.2.1.4-dev-1...) :

see

http://wiki.cs.princeton.edu/forums.html/LiSa_SndBuf_multichan.ck

... that page says ...

[Antimon]

A belated HAL-1701!

I've been following this thread, trying to recall the troubles I've had with SndBuf and stereo, but I don't think I got any further than what you posted here. Thanks for posting all the info! The ChucK forum isn't as active as it has been...

There actually seems to be a new release around the corner, so there is still hope for this.

/Stefan

[HAL-1701]

Hi !

I have used Csound (& Cecilia4) to excellent results;
and I'm now trying out ChucK after meeting Ge (!)...
and i like that it reminds me of Processing in many temperament-ways.

BUT I want to try out SuperCollider; and then see which of these three is
what i really want to focus on...

I may likely return to Csound, since I think 'she' sounds beautiful,
and the opcode selection/repertoire seems to beat everything else.

I haven't liked the sounds of Pd (but I like RjDj for mobile 'devices',
and 'generative soundscape toys for everyone')... and MMsp is just not an option.

Event ChucK.next() => now; // I hope it's out soon !

Hey: What language(s) do you recommend; and perhaps, gluing it together with Python? Or, using Processing for the ui and 'visual interactive displays' and maybe other things it does well?

Thanks Stefan..

// HAL-1701

[Antimon]

I have only glanced briefly at CSound and Supercollider. I think I stuck with ChucK partly because of the then enthusiastic community here, partly because parts of ChucK is heavily inspired by Java (which has been my main programming environment professionally almost since it appeared), and partly because I like the clock concept. I don't know enough about the other languages to offer any better comparison than that. I love to talk with ChucK using OSC from my monome, but my understanding is that OSC works equally well in all these environments.

The monome is my main visual interface - if you're on a Mac you might want to check out MAUI (though I'm at a loss where to find documentation for it). Since I'm a Java man, I've done some ChucK applications that rely on a Java GUI that talks OSC, but I usually stay in ChucK-land. I've done one app that relied on a command line interface ( http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?highlight=cli+sequencer&t=21431 ).

I've made stabs at PureData, which I mostly find confusing. I am currently dabbling with Max4Live, I am slightly hopeful that I might make some use out of it.

On a higher level, the Nord Modular G2 is probably what I've used the most throughout the 7-8 years I've been dabbling with these kinds of music tools. The free demo is well worth checking out! It's more limited, but incredibly accessible.

Are you aware of the ChucK mailing list?

https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/chuck-users

I think nowadays there is a better chance to get a good answer to questions like your own there than here.

[McKein]

Hello there. I'm have my head mixed up, i can't make actual difference between sndbuf and recvbuf? I wonder, do they have a different behaviour/role when using stream forest City HS Class of 1975 sockets ?

[GrandJu]

Hi McKein,
And Welcome in the marvelous world of ChucK

Is recvbuf an UGen? I cannot find it in the Manual.

sndbuf is an UGen to read wav files. Easy to use, check examlpes!

Have Fun

Ju