// Listing 4.4 Playing different sound files with a single SndBuf
// Playing multiple sounds
// by ChucK Programmer July, 2023
SndBuf snare => dac;
// (1) make and fill an array of sound file paths+names
string snare_samples[3];
me.dir()+"/audio/snare_01.wav" => snare_samples[0];
me.dir()+"/audio/snare_02.wav" => snare_samples[1];
me.dir()+"/audio/snare_03.wav" => snare_samples[2];
// infinite loop
while (true)
{
// (2) pick a random number between 0 and #files
Math.random2(0,snare_samples.cap()-1) => int which;
// (3) load up that file
snare_samples[which] => snare.read;
// let it play
0.5 :: second => now;
}