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acousmod ·
Hi,
I do not manage to use the wave modules with multichannel files.
Could somebody explain to me how to make to use more than two channels ?
And another question : is it possible to stream a file from disk or is it always played in RAM ?
Thanks a lot !
acousmod ·
Must I understand that it is not possible ?
stefan ·
Sorry for not replying!
At the moment the wave components only support mono/stereo wavs, so you would have to split up your multichannel wav files and use several player components in sync.
At the moment it is not possible to stream files from disk, they are all loaded in RAM.
(Off topic: nice work with your surround stuff. I recently needed to record digital 5.1 audio and found that Podium was very good for such tasks)
acousmod ·
At the moment the wave components only support mono/stereo wavs
Thanks for the answer. I will wait... Have you any idea if it is on plan for a future version ?
(Off topic: yes, Podium is really the best for multichannel audio !)
stefan ·
acousmod wrote: At the moment the wave components only support mono/stereo wavs
Thanks for the answer. I will wait... Have you any idea if it is on plan for a future version ?
I don't think any of us really has thought about it much. How easy it would be to implement depends a bit on how it must be able to operate. Should it be able to handle an arbitrary amount of channels for instance? That is, should the same component, without you changing properties for it or whatever, be able to play back both stereo and 32 channel wavs?
Maybe it could just have, like whatever, 8 outputs and it'd just play back stuff on as many as needed (IE the first 6 for 5.1)?
acousmod ·
I think that the two solutions are possible : a parameter like in Max/Msp or PD where you set the number of available channels / pins to connect, and the possibility to play files that have less than this number of channels. Other channels are simply ignored. The same behavior is used in Bidule and Sonicbirth.
I suppose that it must not be too difficult to extend the current wav objects with such a variable ? And yes, 32 channels is what we find in Max/Msp, Bidule, Podium or others, so it will be nice to allow up to this number too (at least for me !!).
infuzion ·
I imagine that adding mulichannel samples would include streaming audio; I can't imagine that most people have enough RAM to hold multi-sampled multi-channeled multi-layered samples 🙂
acousmod ·
Hi, Is there any hope to have it in a not so far future ? Thanks...
acousmod ·
Hmmm... So I will ask one more time next year...
MichaelBenjamin ·
+1 for multichannel audio, or atleast wave file streaming support
Sasu Honka ·
+1 for multichannel waves for me too!!!!
acousmod ·
Hi, It is my every year rendez-vous 😉 So : no idea when or even if there will be some support for multichannel interleaved audio files ? Cheers.
acousmod ·
hmmmm... OK, ok, see you next year 😉
acousmod ·
Hi, In my nearly every-year rendez-vous, I dare to hope that there is some chance to have eventually a more-than-two-channels interleaved wave sample/file player ?... Is it so difficult or time-consuming to program it when you have already a stereo one, or nobody is interested in surround sound at all ??? Regards.
acousmod ·
Hmmmm... Now, I'm sure that this request has no chance to see a positive answer.
Bye bye.
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