If you restart Sonic Pi does that fix it?
What do you get if you type the following into a terminal window:
file /Users/samhumphreys/Desktop/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav
Iâve since moved the SonicPiBass file to another location, so ill try
file [my_new_location]
instead
and⌠thatâs weird
samhumphreys@MacBook-Pro-2 ~ % file /Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/Te Kura/Music/Sonic Pi/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav
/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile: cannot open `/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile' (No such file or directory)
Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/Te: cannot open `Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/Te' (No such file or directory)
Kura/Music/Sonic: cannot open `Kura/Music/Sonic' (No such file or directory)
Pi/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav: cannot open `Pi/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav' (No such file or directory)Put your path inside ââŚâ quotes
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it looks like the spaces are affecting it somehow so I removed them
/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile: cannot open `/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile' (No such file or directory)
Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/TeKura/Music/SonicPi/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav: cannot open `Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/TeKura/Music/SonicPi/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav' (No such file or directory)
samhumphreys@MacBook-Pro-2 ~ %
still didnât work
what about drag and drop into sonic pi your aif file ?
it should write the good path right ?
that did something!
samhumphreys@MacBook-Pro-2 ~ % file "/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/TeKura/Music/SonicPi/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav"
/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/TeKura/Music/SonicPi/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav: Audio file with ID3 version 2.2.0, contains:MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 160 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereo
samhumphreys@MacBook-Pro-2 ~ %I tried that already, that didnât work.
File and path look ok to me.
And still, this one does not work inside Sonic Pi?
no, it doesnâtâŚ
again try to put your sample into a folder without space as Sam said
file /Users/samhumphreys/Desktop/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav
because you gave us the result for another file
This didnât workâŚ
To summarize: can you give us the output of a
file <path>
with a sample that works and a second one with the file that does not work?
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this one works:
samhumphreys@MacBook-Pro-2 ~ % file "/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/TeKura/Music/SonicPi/bouncedLoops/Hi-hat-loop-for-Sonic-Pi.aif"
/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/TeKura/Music/SonicPi/bouncedLoops/Hi-hat-loop-for-Sonic-Pi.aif: IFF data, AIFF audio
this one doesnât work
samhumphreys@MacBook-Pro-2 ~ % file "/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/TeKura/Music/SonicPi/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav"
/Users/samhumphreys/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/2020/2021/TeKura/Music/SonicPi/bouncedLoops/SonicPiBass.wav: Audio file with ID3 version 2.2.0, contains:MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1, 160 kbps, 44.1 kHz, JntStereoThe only difference I can see is the codec. If you convert the hi hat to wav, does it still work?
yes it does still work
So we have identical path and identical codec, one works, one doesnât. And both can be played with another program such as Logic Pro, they both seem to be ok. 
@samaaron : Maybe the not working file should run through Sonic Piâs debugger? Or, any other idea?
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Sorry, I just flicked through the history and couldnât quickly see the specific codec that does and doesnât work. All I could see that there was an issue with a MP3 file which happened to have a .wav extension which I wouldnât expect to work.
Sonic Pi does not support all sound formats - only free ones. MP3s are not supported. This is a restriction in the sound library libsndfile (mega-nerd.com)