[PD] Couldn't creat [gemlist]. Also, how to destroy objects?

[Claude Heiland-Allen]

Dudley Brooks wrote:
> Pd-0.39.3-extended, MacBook Pro OSX 10.4
> 
> I downloaded /Gem/examples/advanced/19.pointer.pd and 
> ...../20.double-gemhead_vs_repeat.pd, to learn how to create multiple 
> instances of objects.  They both have some subpatches that use 
> [gemlist].  I got the error "gemlist ... couldn't create".
> 
> Those two patches were not in 0.39.3-extended.  Are they and [gemlist] 
> itself part of a more recent version, or what?

Most likely.  0.39 is old.

> Also, a dumb question:  How to create (at various times) and destroy (at 
> various times) geos, abstractions, etc.?  That is, how to have various 
> things pop in and out of existence (in the Gem window, at least) as the 
> "performance" runs?

[gemhead]
  |
  |   "1" to activate, "0" to deactivate
  |    |
[spigot]
  |
etc


I think sending "1" and "0" to [gemhead] might work too, so no need for 
[spigot] - I just use it out of habit - I usually have one [gemhead] and 
distribute it with [t a a a a a] etc.


Claude
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