Assigning an array of buffers into a Synth's argument

[dkmayer]

See also threads mentioning array args, e.g.

Arrays as arguments to SynthDef?

Can I pass an Array() into a SynthDef instance as an argument? SC doesn’t seem to like it when I try: ( SynthDef(\sino, { arg l = [120, 800, 120]; var sin, e, eg; e = Env.new(l, [1, 1]); eg = EnvGen.kr(e, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2); sin = SinOsc.ar(eg, 0, 1, 0); Out.ar(0, Pan2.ar(sin, 0, 0.1)); }).add ) b = Synth(\sino); b.set(\l, [120, 800, 120]); b.free;

This thread also contains an example with an array of buffers circumventing array args:

Arrays as arguments to SynthDef?

This sounds all doable. I think it needs splitting the task: choosing the data structure in which Buffers and cue points are stored and writing the SynthDef for switching (also see James’ general remarks in this parallel thread Parsing array into interpretable string for genetic algorithm, it perfectly applies here too). I would approach it like this: audio Buffers can be stored in an Array. Cue points (I assume you have several start and end points per Buffer) can also be stored in Buffers. T…