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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. <div><br></div><div>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>> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 20:51:45 -0800<br>> From: jancsika@yahoo.com<br>> To: pd-list@iem.at<br>> Subject: [PD] float to a signal inlet<br>> <br>> Hello,<br>> Taking acoustics~-help.pd as an example: is there any reason for <br>> the [sig~] object here? Doesn't the float from the gatom automatically <br>> get promoted to a signal?<br>> <br>> Thanks,<br>> Jonathan<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Pd-list@iem.at mailing list<br>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list<br></div> <br /><hr />Not got a Hotmail account? <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign-up now - Free</a></body>
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