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Interesting thought, perhaps if the built in [line~] had a very low argument attached, like 3 or 4 milliseconds. Although line is usually a creative decision. Do I want the frequency to change instantly or to gently slide between frequencies over the next minute or so? Perhaps a built in [line~ 60000] wouldn't be such a good idea.<br> <br>> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:10:28 +0100<br>> From: zmoelnig@iem.at<br>> To: jbturgid@hotmail.com<br>> CC: jancsika@yahoo.com; pd-list@iem.at<br>> Subject: Re: [PD] float to a signal inlet<br>> <br>> On 2010-02-03 08:20, Andrew Faraday wrote:<br>> > <br>> > I think it's an historical thing, most audio inlets which might benefit from a signal level message have the [sig~] built in. I understand this might not always have been the case so some more old school PDers use it, and they remain in the help files. <br>> > I don't know if there's some minor technical benefit to using the [sig~] object, but I've still to find a need for it<br>> > <br>> i don't think there is any technical benefit.<br>> the benefit is mainly in the non-ambiguity it offers.<br>> a message and a signal are 2 fundamentally different things, so an<br>> object could well accept both signals and float-messages on a single<br>> inlet (e.g [z~] comes to my mind).<br>> in order to allow this, you need a converter, which [sig~] is (and<br>> [line~] as well; but [sig~] probably _does_ have performance benefits<br>> with regard to [line~].<br>> <br>> <br>> that was back then in the golden age of Pd (right after you could hit<br>> "delete" in the [f] box two(!) times without getting a crash)<br>> <br>> since the conversion between numbers and floats seems to be an often<br>> demanded feature, it was eventually introduced as a built-in (breaking<br>> objects like [z~]). sigh.<br>> <br>> in order to create a gatom controlled sinewave, you had to do<br>> <br>> |<br>> [sig~]<br>> I<br>> [phasor~]<br>> I<br>> [cos~]<br>> I<br>> <br>> <br>> fgmasdr<br>> IOhannes<br>> <br>> PS: as we all now, the above patch (and it's modern equivalent [osc~]<br>> will produce ugly clicks when used like this; isn't it time to request a<br>> built-in [line~]?<br>> <br> <br /><hr />Got a cool Hotmail story? <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/' target='_new'>Tell us now</a></body>
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