[PD] tabread4~ help

[Ben Saylor]

padawan12 wrote:
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> 
> Substituting the time in the message
> 
>     time -------
>    /           |
> [1, $1(   rate |
> |         |    |
> [line~]   [*    ] time in seconds 
> |        /
> [*~     ]
> |
> [tabread~]
> 
> 
> Now you can vary your rate and time.

One possible problem with this is that if you vary the rate, the 
position will jump.  So you can't really use it to change the pitch of a 
sample while it's playing.  I've often run into this problem (also with 
things other than sample playback) and had a desire for a line object 
that would take a target value and a *rate* (slope) at which to approach 
it, rather than a time.  Perhaps even allowing a signal to control the 
rate.   My susloop~ external can do this, but it's kind of a pain when 
all you want is a line~ with a rate/slope control.  Does such an object 
exist?

Ben