# My external samples doesn´t work

**URL:** <https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/my-external-samples-doesn-t-work/9325>\
**Category:** Support, Help & Resources\
**Created:** [November 22, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/my-external-samples-doesn-t-work/9325 "2024-11-22T23:35:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![amora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@amora](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/amora)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/my-external-samples-doesn-t-work/9325/1 "2024-11-22T23:35:40Z")

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I use the path right but it just dont work, its on WAV, I paste from the archives but in app dont work pls help me its for a college work (Im using windows 11 btw)

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**Author:** ![boda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@boda](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/boda)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/my-external-samples-doesn-t-work/9325/2 "2024-11-23T03:53:16Z")

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Hello more than happy to help! share the code so we can understand what are you trying to do!

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**Author:** ![Relaxnow](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/relaxnow/32/2172_2.png) [@Relaxnow](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/Relaxnow)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/my-external-samples-doesn-t-work/9325/3 "2024-11-23T12:29:22Z")

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Perhaps: Try to drag the wav from windows to Sonic Pi window, then the “backslash” are automatically converted to “/” slash in the filepath.

In windows explorer I have wav here  
“C:\Users\1234\Music\Sonic Pi wav\240809 2152 Slow beep with big reverb wav.wav”

When it is dragged into Sonic Pi, it looks like this  
“C:/Users/1234/Music/Sonic Pi wav/240809 2152 Slow beep with big reverb wav.wav”

```ruby
s = "C:/Users/1234/Music/Sonic Pi wav/240809 2152 Slow beep with big reverb wav.wav"
sample s

```

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**Author:** ![amora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@amora](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/amora)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/my-external-samples-doesn-t-work/9325/4 "2024-12-10T13:56:59Z")

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thanks, it works now !