//class definition (blueprints, template) 
//for a sample player object (concrete instance)

public class SmpPlay //declared public so other shreds can access it
{
    //declare variable "filename" of type string
    string filename;
    
    //instantiate a SndBuf object named buf
    SndBuf buf => dac;
    
    //define our class method named "play" (ie a function)
    //declared public so other shreds can use, returns nothing (void)
    public void play(string str) //takes a string as input (ie file path)
    {
        
        //assign the input (file path) to our "filename" 
        //variable declared above
        str => filename;
        
        //read our file into the SndBuf object named buf
        filename => buf.read;
        //set the beginning position, rate of playback, and gain
        0 => buf.pos;
        1. => buf.rate;
        0.7 => buf.gain;
        //advance time by the lenght of the sound file
        //so that it doens't get cut off early
        buf.length() => now;
        
    }
    
    public void loop(int on)
    {
        if(on == 1) { buf.loop(on); } else { buf.loop(0); }
    }
}