[PD] reading and handling of multichannel data request

[derek holzer]

Hi Florian

Florian Grond wrote:
> Is there for PD on Windows any possibility to have an oscillator bank 
> with say 50 to 100 oscillators, that accepts a list of 50 to100 
> components to set/change the frequencies of this oscillators 
> dynamically, possibly smooth with a line~ object?

Yes, of course. You just have to build it ;-) I recommend making a 
single abstraction that you can reuse multiple times. For bonus points, 
you could use [nqpoly4] to dynamically create them at loadtime (instead 
of copy/paste x 100!).

> How can I best read in large amount of multichannel data, to 
> conveniently control such an oscillator bank?

I would look at [pack] and [unpack] as a way or creating compound 
messages consisting of several floats. Also, [msgfile] might not be the 
best thing to use to save and load values. I've had very good luck with 
[col] as a way of storing and retrieving information, especially paths 
to files in my own case. Other people also use [pool]. Frank Barknecht's 
set of Memento abstractions would be a good place to look as well, since 
it uses [pool] and OSC to save and load presets. Lastly, you might look 
into [matrix] or [matrix~] as a way of handling large amounts of control 
information for your oscillator banks.

best,
d.

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