[PD] qlist reading txt files

[ix at replic.net]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 05:35:10PM -0500, amatheso at alcor.concordia.ca wrote:
> I am trying to compose my first piece using qlist as a sequencer but there are 
> a few things I would like to know before getting too far along.
> 
> 1 - what is the limit to the amount of text that can fit in a message box?

not sure, but if the text box is on the screen, i'd want to keep it below 512, as messages to the gui start overflowing after that...proably better to use [textfile]..

> 
> 2 - does the structure of the messages change when using a .txt file to 
> sequence?

if you have symbols which contain spaces, these tend to be preserved as long as things are stored in RAM, but converted to a list after saving and reloading...same thing happens with [pool] but maybe PDContainer doesnt have this problem..ive just tried to avoid spaces and use underscores when necessary.,

> 
> so far this is what I have in my message box:
> 
> clear,
> add note 60 100 1000 100 1000,
> add note 63 100 1000 500 1000,
> add note 67 90 1000  500 1000,
> add 2000 note 68 80 1000 400 500,
> add note 56 80 1000 50 500,
> add 2000 note 63 90 3000 250 30,
> add note 54 90 3000 500 30,
> add note 58 90 3000 500 30,
> add note 73 100 3000 1000 30,
> add 3000 note 65 100 7000 200 30,
> add 7000 note 70 110 7000 2500 30,
> add 2000 note 58 110 5000 100 30,
> add 1000 note 67 100 4000 30 30,
> add 4000 note 67 90 2000 100 1000,
> add note 59 70 2000 300 1000,
> add note 62 70 2000 300 1000,
> add 3000 note 60 90 3000 30 1000,
> add note 63 80 3000 1000 1000,
> add note 67 80 3000 1000 1000,
> add note 70 90 3000 30 1000,
> add note 48 80 3000 1000 1000,
> add note 55 80 3000 1000 1000,
> bang
> 
> if I copy paste this to a .txt file called score and use the |read score.txt{ 
> message it does not seem to work.

check the paths and keep trying, it IS possible to use qlist as a sequencer, but i gave up beacuse if you want to start working with multiple sequences triggering at once, its a lot simpler to use [pipe]

> 
> alex matheson
> 
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