From 16104cd17ba855972b46fd4f87a0654a1b560450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jreus <info@jonathanreus.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 12:49:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added SayBuf convenience method on String

---
 Classes/Say.sc    |  1 -
 Classes/SayBuf.sc | 16 +++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Classes/Say.sc b/Classes/Say.sc
index de7160a..204f7d5 100644
--- a/Classes/Say.sc
+++ b/Classes/Say.sc
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ Say {
 	}
 
 	*addSayEvent {
-
 		Event.addEventType(\say, {
 			var str = "say", cond, pid, thisEvent;
 
diff --git a/Classes/SayBuf.sc b/Classes/SayBuf.sc
index 8d4451b..6fb8f55 100644
--- a/Classes/SayBuf.sc
+++ b/Classes/SayBuf.sc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SayBuf {
 	classvar <>dir, <bufs, <bufring, <>usesRoundRobin = true, <rrIndex = 0;
-	classvar <verbose = false;
+	classvar <>verbose = false;
 
 	*initClass {
 		dir = Platform.userAppSupportDir +/+ "saybuf";
@@ -139,8 +139,18 @@ SayBuf {
 		// will call sayEvent doneFunc when ready,
 		// which loads buffer,
 		// which calls sayEvent bufAction when ready
-		defer { sayEvent.play };
-
+		defer { sayEvent.play }; // why is this deferred?
 		^sayEvent
 	}
 }
+
++ String {
+	say2 {|voice="Alex",out=0,rate=1,amp=1.0,pan=0,wpm=180|
+		var text=this;
+		^SayBuf.prepare((text: text, voice: voice, rate: wpm),Server.default,{|b| {
+			var sig = PlayBuf.ar(1,b,BufRateScale.kr(b) * rate, doneAction: 2);
+			Pan2.ar(sig, pan, amp);
+		}.play(outbus:out);
+		} , true);
+	}
+}