The Buffer Object

The Buffer object in JavaScript is a companion to the buffer~ object you instantiate in Max patchers, and provides the ability to access samples and metadata for the buffer~ object with the associated name.

Buffer Constructor


		var buf = new Buffer("name");

The name is required at the time the object is created.

The following methods relate to the functionality from the Max buffer~, info~, peak~, and poke~, objects. Please see the references for those objects for details. Return the number of channels in the buffer~ object. Return the number of frames (samples in a single channel) in the buffer~ object. Frees the buffer~ data from the native c peer, which is not considered by the JavaScript garbage collector, and may consume lots of memory until the garbage collector decides to run based on JS allocated memory. Once called, the buffer~ object is not available for any other use. Return the length of the buffer~ object in milliseconds. Return an array with count samples from channel (1-based counting) starting at frame (zero-based counting). Write into the buffer~ object at channel (1-based counting) and frame (0-based counting). Samples may be a single sample value or an array of sample values. It is computationally more efficient to use an array). Send a message to the associated buffer~ object. Can send any message that buffer~ understands.

Examples

Example code can be found in the "js" tab of the buffer~ help patcher.