[PD] multi-speaker panning.. problamtic maths

[alexandre r. decoupigny]

hello there,

i am working on a pd patch for panning sound on a multispeaker setting
using a usb-joystick. i am using the xjimmies library  for dealing with the
spatialsation. i also
use the hid object joystick to the values on the x and y axis.
currently i am struggling with the maths of it all.

more in detail this means that the xjimmies library gives me the opportunity
to controll the sound distribution on a horizontal slider. the slider
outputs the
values 0-360, representing the degress of a circle. my difficulties is how
to match up the x and y output values of the joystick.
my approach is to use angle the beween the x and the y axis, sending both
values to an atan2 object. before that i extend their range from 0...1 to
-1..1
i understand that atan2 outputs radiants and not degrees.
if i divide atan2's output by pi and then multiply it with 180
the results are not at all, what i imagine them to be,.
all i am trying to achieve is to translate the circular motion on the
joystick into space.. any ideas what i am doing wrong ?
(i apologize for not putting the objects in brackets, these dont live on my
keyboard)

best regards

alexandre
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alexandre r. decoupigny
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