[PD] semi-newbie says hello

[marco]

Alex Gottschalk wrote:

> One major question I've got; is there a simple list of all PD's objects with
> brief descriptions of each?  

there is a list in pd/doc/5.reference/0.INTRO.txt also under the 
Help->Pure Documentation->5.reference

I've picked up a lot already, but sometimes
> I've just been hitting walls because I can't brainstorm the right object
> name.  For example, I've been trying to find a simple a/b switch (triggered
> by a ban) so that I can route data to either of a pair of structures, and 
> I've had no luck. "select" and "route" don't really do that.
> 

I think you are looking for :
http://lo-res.org/~x/gate.tar.gz
I just needed this yesterday and found it by searching the archives till 
I found this discussion:
http://iem.kug.ac.at/mailinglists/pd-list/2001-10/0082.html

Hope this helps,

marco

> Anyway, I'm looking forward to getting back into audio/MIDI programming for 
> a long time to come!
> 
> --Alex
> 
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