[sc-users] Buffer to Signal

[Simeon Conor Baker-Finch]

List,

I would like to apply the Signal fft() and ifft() methods to a buffered
chunk (say a few thousand samples) of audio data.  Ideally, I would use a
RecordBuf in a synth to pass successive slices of sound from various input
buffers, then use the fft methods to find spectral parameters (fundamental
pitch, centroid, rolloff).  I will then use this spectral data in another
part of the system to match the just recorded chunk to various things.

Reiterating my most basic question:
Can a Buffer be meaningfully cast as a Signal?

Any comments on the rest of what's described above are more than welcome!

Thanks,
Simeon.