Free a sample on the synth server

sample_free  path (string)

Frees the memory and resources consumed by loading the sample on the server. Subsequent calls to sample and friends will re-load the sample on the server. You may pass multiple samples to free at once.

Introduced in v2.9

Examples

# Example 1
sample :loop_amen sleep 2 sample :loop_amen sleep 2 sample_free :loop_amen sample :loop_amen	# The Amen break is now loaded into memory and played # The Amen break is not loaded but played from memory # The Amen break is freed from memory # the Amen break is re-loaded and played
# Example 2
puts sample_info(:loop_amen).to_i puts sample_info(:loop_amen).to_i sample_free :loop_amen puts sample_info(:loop_amen).to_i	# This returns the buffer id of the sample i.e. 1 # The buffer id remains constant whilst the sample # is loaded in memory # The Amen break is re-loaded and gets a *new* id.
# Example 3
sample :loop_amen sample :ambi_lunar_land sleep 2 sample_free :loop_amen, :ambi_lunar_land sample :loop_amen sample :ambi_lunar_land	# re-loads and plays amen # re-loads and plays lunar land