Are you using readsf~ to read th soundfile? Unfortunately, readsf~ doesn't search along the canvas's path (for complicated reasons) and so needs to be sent an explicit path, like "../folder/a.wav", to find files outside the patch's directory.
Alternatively you can set Pd's global path in preferences -- readsf~ knows how to use those even though it doesn't know about the patch's own declarations.
cheers Miller
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 11:05:39PM +0100, rolfm@dds.nl wrote:
sorry, i should be more precise about what i experience.
i'm using "../folder" to load soundfiles in my patch. while having a [declare -path .] in the main patch.
like i said in the first mail: this works when the patch is started up 'directly'.
when i first start Pd and then open the patch with the menu-open Pd cannot find the directory.
rolf
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