[PD] FM problems

matthijs at devdsp.net matthijs at devdsp.net
Thu Jul 17 20:25:57 CEST 2003


Actually, no, z~ 1 still causes a segfault.

On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 08:22:32PM +0200, matthijs at devdsp.net wrote:
> Great! I guess I should rewrite the patch to use that instead (and take
> a closer look at exactly what is in that PD externals package ;) )
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 10:43:44AM -0700, Matthew Allen wrote:
> > [z~ 1] 
> > 
> > 
> > z~ is an object from the zexy which I have used extensively in my FM patches
> > for this reason. It allows you to define a delay in terms of samples not
> > milliseconds. So the above object would delay the incoming signal by a
> > single sample. This gives you much more predictable results than delaying
> > the signal by a millisecond (441 samples) which at higher frequencys could
> > be the entire period of your waveform.
> > 
> > m.
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: matthijs at devdsp.net [mailto:matthijs at devdsp.net]
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 6:58 AM
> > > To: pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at
> > > Subject: [PD] FM problems
> > > 
> > > Hi list,
> > > 
> > > I was wondering if one of you could help me with a patch I'm working on:
> > > 
> > > The patch (see attachment) attempts to implement a phase oscillation
> > > instrument with feedback. The output of a phasor~ (the carrier) is added
> > > to the output of an osc~ (the modulator) and the combined result is fed
> > > into a cos~ object.
> > > 
> > > This works perfectly.
> > > 
> > > However, when I try to feed the output of the cos~ object, multiplied by
> > > some value between 0 and 1, back into the chain somewhere and turn on
> > > audio processing, PD immediately segfaults ("Consistency check failed:
> > > signal_free").
> > > 
> > > So I guess I can't do this. Can anyone explain which obvious mistake I'm
> > > making here?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > take care,
> > > 
> > > Matthijs de Jonge
> > > http://devdsp.net - news and resources for computer musicians
> 
> -- 
> take care,
> 
> Matthijs de Jonge
> http://devdsp.net - news and resources for computer musicians

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take care,

Matthijs de Jonge
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