sclass MonoSampleBuffer {

  int halfSample;

  new L<float[]> samples;

  void append(S s) {

    currentLine += s;

    int i;

    while ((i = currentLine.indexOf('\n')) >= 0) {

      // inefficient

      completeLines.add(dropTrailingBackslashR(substring(currentLine, 0, i)));

      currentLine = substring(currentLine, i+1);

    }

  }

  float[] getAndClearSamples() {

    int n = 0;

    n += samples.length;

    if (empty(samples)) ret new float[0];

    float[] _samples = samples;

    if (samples.length != 0)

      samples = new float[0];

    ret _samples;

  }

}