First, thanks for everyone who has helped me out so far - my project (rather general voting based on xylophone notes) is going very well and I have it processing in real-time which note has been hit.

I'd like, however, to have PD record something like 5 seconds of audio and then analyze *that* for the max frequency. I envision the operator initiating a bang, PD automatically recording about 5 seconds of audio, (either to a file or to it's own array; I don't need to keep the recorded audio after it's analyzed), and filtering out a couple frequencies I'm interested in (using [bp~]?), and letting me know which frequency was louder. That is, the initial inlet would be a bang, and the final outlet would be a number (giving 1 or 2, for example) which I'm doing right now using [expr].

So I guess I have two separate questions. First, how can I get PD to record a set amount of audio, either to a file or to an array (if anyone can let me know which would be preferable and why I'd love to hear your advice).

Second, how to perform analysis on a wav file or a stored array.

I'm unsure how to do this and would appreciate any help. I've figure out, using [del] how to send delayed bangs but have been confused trying to work my way through [readsf~] [writesf~] and [soundfiller], which seemed like my best bets.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! -Jared