---p robinson  wrote:
>
> > Why not use a sound file editor to excerpt the section you want,
then
> > save it as a new file? Then use the new file you created as your
soundin
> > source. I use Cool Edit 96 (Win95) to do this for my GEN01
instruments.
> > You can also use this method to trim/pad the soundfile to make it
the
> > exact number of samples you need, if necessary.
> > 
> > -dB
> >  (David M. Boothe, Audio Director 
> >   Lyrick Studios, Dallas, TX)
> > 
> > 
> I also use Cool Edit to do this, but it does mean multiple copies of
> essentially the same information, Qian Chen's suggestion
> 
> > why isn't there a parameter to specify the
> > > duration a user wants it to read?  For example, if I want to
skip 2
> > > seconds and just read 5 seconds but not the whole files after
the 2
> > > seconds, I could use that parameter.  
> 
> would not only save on disk space, but would allow for experimentation
> without ever leaving Csound, for an example: If 

Yes, what I think is the same as Robinson does.  Using that parameter,
we can both save disk space and control sound file dynamically.


==
Qian Chen

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