[PD] Newbie with some questions (notably [block~ 1])

[pix]

a trick i use for doing sample-level prototypes (normally you would always
be better off making an external) is to use a [bang~] connected to a
[64(->[until]->[counter] (where counter is the common [f ]x[+ 1]
arrangement). you then use the output of the counter as an index into a 64
sample array, which is being played using [tabreceive~]. don't forget to
zero the counter at each frame too.

another way is to use the [pack~]->[repack 1] and [unpack~] objects from
zexy to get hold of the sample data as a sequence of float messages (do
your work between the repack and unpack).

pix.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:11:48 +0200
Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:

> Hallo,
> Claudius Maximus hat gesagt: // Claudius Maximus wrote:
> 
> > Is there a list of objects which do not behave in a
> > continuous way as you decrease the block size below
> > 64?  
> 
> I *think*, but I'm not that sure and cannot test currently, that all
> message passing is limited to the 64 samples minimum. To get faster,
> you will need to resort to signal connections or the time tagged
> triggers from iemlib.
> 
> > > I don't know an object that opens files in bin-mode,
> > > but it could be
> > > written as an external.
> > 
> > I do not have a Windows C compiler.  I need to 
> > investigate whether there are any freely available,
> > can you recommend one?
> 
> I don't have a Windows C compiler, too. I don't even have Windows. :)
> Now, I think, that only Visual C++ from MS is able to compile Pd on
> Windows. This might not be valid for externals, though.
> 
> > [set $1 $2( -> "set aardvark sawtooth" when I feed it 
> > a pair of symbols "aardvark sawtooth".  But when I 
> > try to put a "-" instead of the space between the 
> > variables:
> > 
> > [set $1-$2( -> "set aardvark-$2" instead of 
> > "set aardvark-sawtooth".  A problem.
> > 
> > Are there prizes awarded for finding bugs?  I would 
> > like my prize to be an umbrella - I need to go to 
> > the post office but it's raining.
> 
> No umbrella, sorry: $x only works if it's at the begining of the
> identifier. So $x-name is okay, name-$x is not.
> 
> > A solution to the waveform selection problem is:
> > 
> > [route sawtooth square ...]
> >  |       |       ...     |   
> >  |
> > [trigger bang]
> >  |
> >  |
> > [symbol $0-sawtooth]
> >  |
> >  |
> > [set $1(
> >  |
> >  |
> > [whatever wants to read the array]
> 
> Here's an alternative:
> 
> [inlet] 
>  |
> [symbol]
>  |
> [select sawtooth square ...]
>  |       |       ...     |   
>  |
> [set $1(                [ print Unknown_Waveform]
>  |
>  |
> [whatever wants to read the array]
> 
> Another thing to think about here, is if it is possible to put all
> common behaviour into an abstraction. If most of the sound generation
> seems to be the same, except the different table contents, you might
> want to put the table content into a file ( tablename write/read
> somename.txt) and use an abstraction argument to select the waveform
> file. 
> 
> Just a suggestion. 
> 
> ciao
> -- 
>  Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__
> 
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