yes for fast and frequent reading, it's much better from tables, because 
you don't rely on the speed of your hard drive.  and if you have 
problems with loscil, there are other options.

	joachim



On 05/09/19 20:42, Jason Hallen wrote:
> Thanks for your response, Tarmo.  Yes, these files will be played over
> and over.  It's basically a programmable drum machine.  It sounds like
> I'm better off sticking GEN01.  Thanks!
> Jason
>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 1:05 PM Tarmo Johannes  > wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     if you need to use the the audio files over and over again, I would
>     use GEN01 and loading into tables, otherwise soundin or diskin2 -
>     they are fast enough and you don't need load the audio files into
>     memory. Depends of course on their length.
>
>     tarmo
>
>     Kontakt Jason Hallen (     >) kirjutas kuupäeval N, 5. september 2019
>     kell 20:50:
>
>         Hello,
>
>         For playing samples from WAV files, can you advise me on what is
>         more efficient?  Currently I'm using GEN01 to write samples of 7
>         WAV files into tables and then loscil to play the tables.  An
>         alternative would be to use soundin to play the files.  Is
>         either alternative better/more efficient than the other?  Or
>         maybe there's another alternative that's better than either of
>         those?
>
>         If you need more context about my specific project in order to
>         answer this I can provide that.
>
>         Thanks for your help!
>         Jason
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