In the Ess library example below the "new channel" instance called myChannel is taking in a file at a set location.(ie. C drive.) Instead of having a set path to a file i am tryin to put in a file instance called by a GUI.everything in the GUI seems fine but when i try change the command path here to a file instance it says "the constructor AudioChannel(File) is undefined" ...does anyone know how to have a file set instead of a path??







// Example by Krister Olsson

import krister.Ess.*;

AudioChannel myChannel;
FFT myFFT;

void setup() {
 size(256,200);

 // start up Ess
 Ess.start(this);

   myChannel=new AudioChannel("C:/counting.aiff");

 // we just want the level, so we pass nothing
 myFFT=new FFT();
 
 // start the sound looping forever
 myChannel.play(Ess.FOREVER);
}

void draw() {
 // set the background color to a shade of blue based on the level
 int bgdColor=(int)(myFFT.getLevel(myChannel)*255);
 
 background(bgdColor,bgdColor,255);
}

// we are done, clean up Ess

public void stop() {
 Ess.stop();
 super.stop();
}

toString will work, but it's not really ment for getting the Files path. use this:

File myFile;
// myFile = new File( ... );
String myFilePath = myFile.getPath();

here's more:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/io/File.html

(java reference is your friend!)

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getAbsolutePath() will give more consistent results, because getPath() only uses information that's encoded in the File object, meaning that a relative path will still be relative.

as i said..its sorted.