Gatti Lorenzo wrote:
This doesn't seem a practical suggestion: what's the benefit of knowing that when a SndBuf needs to be played it isn't ready and buffer hiccup is likely? Deciding to play something else instead of a SndBuf that is late is a significant complication (particularly bad for live coding) and a compromise of the original idea for purely technical reasons (bad for music); it might be a suitable and interesting technique for some of your projects but it cannot be considered a general solution.
Point taken. I was just trying to think out loud.
What could be acceptable is a way to ask for bulk loading of a sample but promise ChucK that we aren't going to play it before a specified time;
Sounds sane. Basically I guess I'd be happy with anything that'll allow me to play samples a little bit better than today :-) -- peace, love & harmony Atte http://atte.dk | http://myspace.com/attejensen http://anagrammer.dk | http://atte.dk/compositions