# Initialise or return named buffer

``

    buffer  symbol (name), number (duration)

Initialise or return a named buffer with a specific duration (defaults to 8 beats). Useful for working with the `:record` FX. If the buffer is requested with a different duration, then a new buffer will be initialised and the old one recycled.

Introduced in v3.0

## Examples

# Example 1
``
    buffer(:foo)
    b = buffer(:foo)
    puts b.duration
| ``
    # load a 8s buffer and name it :foo
    # return cached buffer and bind it to b
    #=> 8.0
# Example 2
``
    buffer(:foo, 16)
| ``
    # load a 16s buffer and name it :foo
# Example 3
``
    use_bpm 120
    buffer(:foo, 16)
| ``
    # load a 8s buffer and name it :foo
    # (this isn't 16s as the BPM has been
    # doubled from the default of 60)
# Example 4
``
    buffer(:foo)
    buffer(:foo, 8)
    buffer(:foo, 10)
    buffer(:foo, 10)
    buffer(:foo)
    buffer(:foo)
| ``
    # init a 8s buffer and name it :foo
    # return cached 8s buffer (has the same duration)
    # init a new 10s buffer and name it :foo
    # return cached 10s buffer
    # init a 8s buffer and name it :foo
    # return cached 8s buffer (has the same duration)