[PD] Dynamic Loading abstractions, pgmout

[leonard at swiezinski.de]

Hi,
i've made a mixer, which loads it's busses dynamically.
It's an early version, but maybe it's helpful for you or someone else.
http://www.swiezinski.de/pd/patches/console_0_1_0.zip

:) leo


----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Bogart - FMPM/F1999 <bbogart at acs.ryerson.ca>
To: Frank Barknecht <barknech at ph-cip.uni-koeln.de>
Cc: <pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 11:56 PM
Subject: [PD] Dynamic Loading abstractions, pgmout


> I've been working with some very modular projects and it would be nice if
> one could dynamically load an abstraction. (I might have one generated
> from a tcl script for example) perhaps the kind of code that would allow
> a list of patches would allow dynamic loading?
>
> Right now I have patches called "root" which have the interface for
> general purpose and I use multiple abstractions which are all compatible
> with the general interface.
>
> For example you could have an abstraction which contains a gem object
> chain. If you wanted you could have multiple objects loaded dynamically
> as different instances of the same object (but with different parameters)
>
> Any chance for this kind of thing in the future?
>
> Thanks
> Ben
>
>
> On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Frank Barknecht wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > David Sabine hat gesagt: // David Sabine wrote:
> >
> > > Secondly,  my name is Dave and it's real nice to make your
acquaintance!
> >
> > Welcome aboard, Dave.
> >
> > > Third: MY QUESTION:
> > >
> > > In Max, with support from OMS, there are objects available which list
MIDI
> > > programs/patch names.  In this way, "pgmout" objects can be wired to
> > > dropdown menus which display MIDI instrument lists (128 General MIDI
> > > instruments for example).
> > >
> > > Is there such an object in PD (or Motex, Gem, or other libraries)
which
> > > provides this functionality?
> > >
> > > I'm using Windows XP.  So i understand that the "MIDI management"
provided
> > > by the OS will be vastly different in Linux, and different again in
Unix,
> > > etc.  HOWEVER, I'd really like to know if anybody has written an
external
> > > for use in the Windows system to create lists,arrays,or dropdown menus
which
> > > display all available MIDI programs/patches (General MIDI or
otherwise).
> >
> > I don't know of any PD object that works like a dropdown menu, but if
you find
> > one, I'd like to hear of it as well. What seems to come closest GUI-wise
might
> > be the "playlist" by Yves, available at http://ydegoyon.free.fr, but it
would
> > require some hacking to get it to work as a programm selector (making
playlist
> > more general would be nice anyways) and I don't know if "joge ."
windowsified
> > ;) it already otherwise it's linux only.
> >
> > Second I'm not sure how one can automatically read the Midi-Progam
names, if
> > they are not GM or GS or XG or some other standard. Is this possible at
all?
> > I'm not that familiar with midi, but I always thought than GM et al. are
just
> > a convention and are not communicated by the hardware itself.
> >
> > But I may be wrong.
> >
> > Ciao,
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> B. Bogart
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