[PD] Bidirectional Module Problem - dynamically changing delwrite?

[Miller Puckette]

Yep, I should have thought of that before... I'll stick it on my
dolist.  Meantime, if the number of possible sources is reasonably small,
just make delread~ objects for all of them and use multiplication to
select which one :)

cheers
Miller

On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 06:10:25PM +0100, Kim Taylor wrote:
> Hi
> 
> > if you really want a settable [delwrite~], why don't you just use
> > something like
> >
> > [set varname2(
> > |
> > [receive~ varname]
> > |
> > [delwrite~ fixedname]
> 
> How exactly can this function as a settable delwrite~?
> 
> > no, you cannot dynamically change the [delwrite~] name, because
> > [delwrite~] is the object that actually holds the delay line.
> 
> Okay I understand... How about delread~ and vd~? If delwrite~ cannot
> be dynamically changed because it holds the delay line, then shouldn't
> the functions that read from it be more flexible? I have tested and
> they do not seem to respond to set :(
> 
> Thanks for your help
> K
> 
> On 5/15/07, IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> wrote:
> > Kim Taylor wrote:
> >
> > > So I am stuck. Is there any way I can dynamically create/set a
> > > delwrite~? It seems to be the only function that might work in this
> >
> > no, you cannot dynamically change the [delwrite~] name, because
> > [delwrite~] is the object that actually holds the delay line.
> > all the [delread~]s and [vd~]s out there will depend on the existence of
> > a named [delwrite~].
> >
> > this is much the same as with [catch~]/[throw~] and [send~]/[receive~],
> > so it follows the same logic: the object that would break everything
> > when missing, cannot be made missing.
> >
> > pd does not impose much, but it tends to not allow you to create invalid
> > dsp-graphs.
> >
> >
> >
> > > case, and all that I need to do is change the destination.
> > > Or can anyone see another way i could realise the structure shown in the image?
> >
> > if you really want a settable [delwrite~], why don't you just use
> > something like
> >
> > [set varname2(
> > |
> > [receive~ varname]
> > |
> > [delwrite~ fixedname]
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Alternatively, is this something that can be done with externals? I
> >
> > not if you prefer no segfaults.
> >
> > mfga.sdr
> > IOhannes
> >
> 
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