[PD] segmented patchcords (was Re: PD & MAX)

Mathieu Bouchard matju at artengine.ca
Sat Dec 8 00:31:12 CET 2007


On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> On Dec 4, 2007, at 4:53 PM, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>> they also force me to do workarounds every time i need to connect objects 
>> in a loop, unless i just let patchcords go over objects. There's no way 
>> that loop situations can be "untangled" without [s]/[r].
> I use a [bang] or a [list] in between for recursive connection.  That's the 
> one time I think that something other than a straight patchcord would be 
> useful.  I rarely use send/receive at all.

If your recursion only involves the left side of objects, one object to 
the left of the main chain might be ok, but when it's not, you may have to 
use *two* objects for making it look clear.

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