[PD] dynamically settable many-to-many cordless audio routing

[Jamie Bullock]

On 12 Oct 2009, at 21:41, Luke Iannini wrote:

> 2009/10/12  <zmoelnig at iem.at>:
>> Quoting "Jamie Bullock" <jamie at postlude.co.uk>:
>>
>>> but then I can't easily script 'disconnect'.
>>
>> why not?
>
> Yo, I had a similar complete unawareness of the [disconnect( message
> long ago when I was designing a bunch of dynamic audio routing stuff
> that caused me to architect things far less elegantly than necessary :
> ).
>

Ah, thanks! I had no idea about 'disconnect'. I usually look at a  
patch inside a text editor to get 'hints' for dynamic patching, but of  
course there is no disconnect, because Pd patches are current state  
only -- no history buffer.

> I tried to think of why this is so, and I think it's because it
> doesn't really get covered in the "pd-msg" tutorial that remains, I
> believe, the primary documentation on the matter (though it is listed
> in the reference 0.all_msg.pd so I can't excuse myself too strongly).
>
> I'm thinking I'll add a 7.disconnect.pd entry covering it to make sure
> it is burned in early?
>

Good idea!

best,

Jamie