[PD] looking for max/msp equivalents of some pd simple objects

[julien.breval at tremplin-utc.net]

hello

I was wondering about the Max/MSP equivalents of these Pure Data objects :

[tabsend~] (sends continuously a block to an array)
[tabreceive~] (receives continuously a block)
[block~] (choose the size of the dsp block, and overlap, for the current 
subpatch)
[bang~] (bang after each dsp cycle, the size of a dsp cycle is set by [block~])

what would you use ?
it looks like these four objects are very specific to Pure Data


I am currently porting my Pd abstractions to Max/MSP, and I often use these 
objects, especially for spectral applications
I know the FFT is implemented completely differently under Max (with [pfft~]) 

There are some solutions for replacing the above objects under Max (for example 
[groove~] instead of [tabreceive~]), but most of these solutions are 
millisecond-based, not sample-based ; 
[bang~], for example, sends a bang message "after each logical DSP cycle" of 
the sub-window

is there a difference of accuracy between ms and samples ? if you convert an 
integer number of samples (like 4096) to a time in milliseconds depending on a 
frequency rate, you always get a floating point number, therefore a very small 
error ; but that error may be cumulated if the operation is repeated many times 



any information will be appreciated !

j