sd$ ls -l
total 572
-rw-r–r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 314064 jan 18 14:36 104227__minorr__hhat-paiste-302-14-open-p.wav
-rw-r–r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 27064 jan 18 14:36 116973__cbeeching__hat-light.wav
-rw-r–r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 65580 jan 18 14:36 124101__connersaw8__crash.wav
-rw-r–r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 2613 jan 18 14:36 124382__cubix__8bit-snare.wav
-rw-r–r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 74616 jan 18 14:36 15590__lewis__sabmute.wav
-rw-r–r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 7116 jan 18 14:36 16336__sstokes__ss-ht-crunchtime.wav
-rw-r–r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 17092 jan 18 14:36 25671__walter-odington__garage-city-snare-snappy.wav
-rw-r–r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 57830 jan 18 14:36 29800__stomachache__3.wav
~drumsd[0].play;
works
~drumsd[1].play;
from [1] on, I get ‘nil’
No idea what’s going wrong
Edit: I see a typo, sorry.
Some samples I hear clearly in other apps, but are almost silent in SC it seems though. Other samples sounds normal. From the same drumkit samplecollection (Hydrogen drumkit in Ubuntu)
SC’s buffer .play method scales the amplitude by 1, which is full volume. So your example code should not be softer.
But Events by default use an amplitude of -20 dB = 0.1 (because presumably you will be playing them with other things – the lower amplitude is to avoid overloading the output). You can specify a different amp in the event but it’s generally not recommended to work at 0 dBFS (again, to avoid distortion at the output).
So, can you give more detail about how you’re using the samples in SC (where you observe the reduced volume)?
Like the default Video app in Ubuntu, but I’m pretty sure I’ve this only in SC.
I’m now testing with a Behringer UCA222 USB soundcard and now the volume of the samples seems to be ok.
The other card is a M-audio Audiophile 24/96.
I’ve also noticed that SC gives me just 2 audio in- and outputs on this machine (both soundcards), while on my laptop, with the same USB interface, it gives me 8.
(Working on Ubuntu with JACK and Cadence as JACK control app)