[PD] Manual conversion of a Pure Data file in Max/MSP

Frank Barknecht fbar at footils.org
Tue Sep 25 09:47:49 CEST 2007


Hallo,
CUNHA Claudio hat gesagt: // CUNHA Claudio wrote:

> I must to convert manually a Pure Data patch in Max/MSP but I have a problem...
> 
> In Max/MSP, if an object's outlet is connected to several destinations, corresponding messages are always sent in right-to-left screen order. But in Pure Data, the messages are sent in the order you made the connections in. 
>
> How then I do to know the order in which objects were placed?

You just don't! 

That's why the correct way to patch is to always use
[trigger]-objects. (Never believe a patch unless it has a [t] object
inside!)

> A person said me that I must to put some "triggers" in the PD file and that it should be checked that it functions correctly... And then I put "triggers" in a Max/MSP file for working in the same order... But is there no other solutions???

No other solution: you have to use triggers!

Ciao
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