[PD] Writing -dB or VU level to a TXT File

Sat Apr 4 02:40:52 CEST 2009

Thanks Jonathan, 
This works as you noted below, however I need this to be an automated
process.
At least a couple of times per second, writing one numeric value to the
same text file over and over again. 
Then I can query it as needed and it will return the VU level at that
moment.

Pall -- 
This concept seems simpler than using terminal, as I'm not really
familiar with how that will work.

Adam D. Benalt
Production Technology Director
212-664-1142 desk
646-306-4751 blackberry
 MSNBC

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Wilkes [mailto:jancsika at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:59 PM
To: Benalt, Adam D (NBC Universal, MSNBC); Pall Thayer
Cc: pd-list at iem.at
Subject: Re: [PD] Writing -dB or VU level to a TXT File

Hi Adam,
     I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to do with that patch, but
if you're having trouble with file names in windows, use the following
chain of objects:

[bang(
|
[savepanel]
|
[write $1(
|
[textfile]

In this case, "bang" and "write $1" are messages (created with
<ctrl-2>), and "savepanel" and "textfile" are objects (<ctrl-1>).  When
you connect them together, click the bang message at the top and you
will get the standard "save as" dialog box.  The filename will be
automatically formatted, so you don't have to worry about typing in
backslashes or whatever.

You can right click and choose "help" to get info on any pd object (as
well as messages, arrays, gui's, etc).

-Jonathan

--- On Sat, 4/4/09, Pall Thayer <palli at pallit.lhi.is> wrote:

> From: Pall Thayer <palli at pallit.lhi.is>
> Subject: Re: [PD] Writing -dB or VU level to a TXT File
> To: "Benalt, Adam D (NBC Universal, MSNBC)" <adam.benalt at msnbc.com>
> Cc: pd-list at iem.at
> Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 1:13 AM Have you tried [write 
> C:/tmp/textfile.txt] ?
> 
> I haven't run PD on Windows in years, so I'm not sure and have no way 
> of testing.
> 
> On 3.4.2009, at 23:05, Benalt, Adam D (NBC Universal,
> MSNBC) wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, that's what I thought at first.
> > But, when I try to enter a back-slash '\'
> I get an error in the print
> > window that says "keycode 92: dropped"
> > Also the help file shows the slashed the way I wrote
> them, I just
> > copied
> > what was in there.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> >
> > Adam D. Benalt
> > Production Technology Director
> > 212-664-1142 desk
> > 646-306-4751 blackberry
> >  MSNBC
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pall Thayer [mailto:palli at pallit.lhi.is]
> > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:02 PM
> > To: Benalt, Adam D (NBC Universal, MSNBC)
> > Cc: pd-list at iem.at
> > Subject: Re: [PD] Writing -dB or VU level to a TXT
> File
> >
> > I would think that on Windows you have to do something
> like [write C:
> > \tmp\textfile.txt] but I'm not positive.
> Anyway, the problem I see is
> > the path to the file. /tmp/textfile.txt means nothing
> to Windows.
> >
> > best r.
> > Pall
> >
> > On 3.4.2009, at 22:54, Benalt, Adam D (NBC Universal,
> MSNBC) wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks Pall --
> >> I appreciate your responses.
> >>
> >> Yes, I am on windows.
> >> And, yes, I am trying to get PD to do this.
> >> So far it looks like the right tool for the job,
> but I just
> >> downloaded
> >
> >> it today on the advice of a friend.
> >> Together we've cobbled together the attached
> .pd file.
> >> If you start the Metro (clicking the [1]) the atom
> number box
> >> gives me
> >
> >> the level from the line input (in this case a
> microphone.) But I
> >> can't
> >
> >> get the write to txt box to hook up properly, or
> to write to a file.
> >>
> >>
> >> Adam D. Benalt
> >> Production Technology Director
> >> 212-664-1142 desk
> >> 646-306-4751 blackberry
> >>  MSNBC
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Pall Thayer [mailto:palli at pallit.lhi.is]
> >> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 6:49 PM
> >> To: Benalt, Adam D (NBC Universal, MSNBC)
> >> Cc: pd-list at iem.at
> >> Subject: Re: [PD] Writing -dB or VU level to a TXT
> File
> >>
> >> Oh, I just noticed you're on Windows and uh...
> as far as I can tell
> >> you're not even talking about PD.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 3.4.2009, at 19:52, Benalt, Adam D (NBC
> Universal, MSNBC) wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey All --
> >>> I'd appreciate any advice that you could
> offer on this.
> >>>
> >>> Ultimately, what I'd want to do is just
> access the Line-In audio
> >>> data
> >
> >>> (I'm assuming it's somewhere in the
> Windows API?) and then write
> >>> that
> >
> >>> data (maybe constantly updated to a TXT file?)
> so I can access the
> >>> TXT
> >>
> >>> file from another program.
> >>>
> >>> Basically, how to get numerical data (writing
> into a txt file)
> >>> representing the levels on a sound card?
> >>>
> >>> Please e-mail responses to: 
> adam.benalt at msnbc.com
> >>>
> >>> Adam D. Benalt
> >>> Production Technology Director
> >>> 212-664-1142 desk
> >>> <att3a7c4.PNG>
> >>>
> >>> 
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> >> --
> >> Pall Thayer
> >> palli at pallit.lhi.is
> >> http://www.this.is/pallit
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> <METER TEST2.pd>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Pall Thayer
> > palli at pallit.lhi.is
> > http://www.this.is/pallit
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> palli at pallit.lhi.is
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