[PD] vu-meter question

[Derek Holzer]

I meant:


  ["some sound source~"]
|
[env~]
|
[> 90]  ...or 92 or 96 or however close you want to get...
|
["graphical bang"]


Derek Holzer wrote:
> You were close, you just didn't include a space in an object name:
> 
> [number box]
> |
> [osc~]
> |
> [env~]
> |
> [- 100]
> |
> [vu]
> 
> But keep in mind that quickly refreshing graphics in the patch will 
> dramatically affect overall audio performance. If you just need to know 
> if you are close to peaking, this could work too:
> 
> ["some sound source~"]
> |
> [env~]
> |
> [> 0.90]
> |
> ["graphical bang"]
> 
> Or this:
> 
> ["some sound source~"]
> |
> [env~]
> |
> ["number box with very slow refresh rate set in properties"]
> 
> good luck!
> d.
> 
> 
> Peter O'Doherty wrote:
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> I was expecting [vu] simply to show some levels. 
>>
>> How would I slot [vu] into a very basis chain like the following which 
>> would allow me to keep an eye on levels, or am I missing the point of 
>> [vu]? (Perhaps these's a better way to do it.)
>>
>> [number box]
>> |
>> [osc~]
>> |
>> [*~  0] ----- [number box]  
>>
>> |
>> [dac~]
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5 Aug 2008, at 18:18, Derek Holzer wrote:
>>
>>> Are you expecting [vu] to output sound? Use the [dac~] object for 
>>> that. I guess you mean that the [vu] doesn't register any levels...
>>>
>>> [env~] sends a message stream of numbers, not audio. And I assume you 
>>> mean [- 100] here? It won't work without the space. [- ] is the name 
>>> of the object and "100" is the creation argument. Could that be the 
>>> problem?
>>>
>>> best,
>>> d.
>>>
>>> Peter O'Doherty wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Can someone please help me out here? I've searched the forum and list 
>>>> archives and understand that the following is the construction for 
>>>> including a simple vu meter in a patch:
>>>> [env~]
>>>> |
>>>> [-100]
>>>> |
>>>> [vu]
>>>> So I used it like this:
>>>> [number box]
>>>> |
>>>> [osc~]
>>>> |
>>>> [env~]
>>>> |
>>>> [-100]
>>>> |
>>>> [vu]
>>>> but this produces no sound. (The connectors from [env~] and [-100] 
>>>> are message connectors, not audio.)
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Peter ----
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