[PD] how to set variable types

[Chuckk Hubbard]

Glad to hear it.
Actually, I'm not sure, it might be more efficient to just have one
ctlin, outside of the abstraction, and send the messages to all the
filters.  I don't know enough about how MIDI works.


On 7/30/06, AshK <ashk at azylum.net> wrote:
> wow it works and it's simple and it's a better idea to use ctlin without
> arguments! thanks a lot Chuckk and everybody. Your advices are pretty
> efficient too, I'm regaining faith in PD  :)
> Well I got some MIDI channels to map now, bye!
>
> Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> > Here's a way to do the same thing without any arguments for ctlin.
> > ctlbox.pd is the shell, ctlabst.pd is what is doing the work.  As far
> > as I can tell it does exactly what you were looking for.
> >
> > If you are going to create a whole bunch of abstractions or objects
> > with different arguments, may I suggest you:
> > 1. Put one abstraction/object down
> > 2. Highlight it
> > 3. Press Ctl-D to duplicate it as many times as you need
> > 4. Move the clones wherever you need them to be able to see
> > 5. Save and open the patch in a text editor and change the arguments
> > that way, where they are all listed one after another.  Less clicking
> > that way.
> >
> > You should be able to see what I'm talking about if you don't know.
> > It's a good thing to understand if you want to be effective with Pd.
> > But I think the abstraction I attached does it too.
> >
> > -Chuckk
> >
> >
> > On 7/29/06, AshK <ashk at azylum.net> wrote:
> >> I forgot one thing, in my patch ctlin.pd with the [+] object the bang is
> >> not necessary, it even adds some wrong numbers, I just swaped the the
> >> incoming parameters and it makes what I want but a dedicated inlet for
> >> the bang would be more user friendly... to me.
> >> But I give up trying to create the dynamic stuff, it is way too
> >> complicated for me to add a simple variable to an object, I'll do the
> >> math myself as you suggested Derek, it's going to take a long time but
> >> not as long as what I spent today on this stuff. And doing a long and
> >> repetitive task by hand is not really what I thought pd was about.
> >>
> >> thanks for your help
>


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