[PD] integer values

[Marco Donnarumma]

I'm not sure this might solve your problem, but it can suggest a workaround
- given I correctly understood your problem.
Check Pd browser > 5.reference > mapping > stepper-help.pd




thanks for your responses.
>
> On 28.02.2010, at 15:19, Derek Holzer wrote:
>
> > You could use a array/table with as many elements as you need
> > sliders, and use [int] to quantize them integers.
>
> that's what i wanted to use in the first place. quantizing the table
> values _after_ output, is of course possible, but then the
> quantisation is not graphically visible, which makes for a lame
> interface.
>
> >
> > Most GUI elements give "integers" already, for example a default
> > slider gives 0-127. The type is float but the output values are all
> > without a decimal, unless you change the size or range of the slider
> > of course, so for your purposes you could consider them integers.
>
> ja, but changing the range is what i'd often have to do, e.g. having
> the user choose a step number between 0 and 7.
> i tried quantizing the slider output and to use the set message to
> immediately set the quantized value back into the fader for display,
> but didn't get any usable results.
>
>
> On 28.02.2010, at 15:48, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> >
> > I once wrote a wrapper around arrays as [g_pattern32]:
> > http://more.rjdj.me/2009/06/23/editing-drum-patterns-in-rjdj/ where
> > you can
> > easily set table values with a number box which moves in integer
> > steps as
> > default.
>
>
> thanks for the link. yes, this is certainly usable. but i'm still not
> completely happy with this approach, either.
> i think a well designed interface allows viewing and editing of the
> data in the same location.
>
>
>
> volker.
>



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