[PD] self-modifying and dynamic patching

[Phil Stone]

Hi Derek,

Maybe a very simple example would be good.  I have an Ozone 
MIDI-controller, and it has eight knobs, which send out continuous 
controller data on 8 different MIDI CC numbers.  Now, [ctlin] (MIDI 
control input) doesn't have settable arguments -- only creation args., 
so I racked my brains trying to figure out how to make an object that 
would take a knob number argument, 1-8, convert that number to the 
corresponding controller number, and watch that controller number with 
[ctlin].

(Admittedly, it would have been easy to create [Ozknob1]...[Ozknob8] 
objects, but this reeked of kludge to my sensibilities; neither did I 
consider it elegant to use a [ctlin] for each knob that watched *all* 
controller data, then [route]d the data from the desired control number 
-- I wanted the pre-filtering to be done by [ctlin], if possible).

The more generalized problem is this: take a creation argument of an 
abstraction, *do something with it*, then get it into the creation 
argument of a contained abstraction.

Nothing I tried worked, until I took the attached dynamic approach.


Phil Stone
www.pkstonemusic.com



Derek Holzer wrote:
> Would like to show some examples of dynamic and self-modifying Pd 
> patches during a workshop here in Berlin. I know there are some in the 
> archives (and maybe on people's HDs) somewhere, but damned if I can 
> find them. Links to previkous posts or new examples welcome!
>
> best!
> Derek
>

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