[PD] To pack or not to be packed that is the question ! (?)

[meino.cramer at gmx.de]

I removed the [t b f] from the frist slider and connected it
to the hot inlet of [pack] directly.

But no change...the first sliders seems to know "on off" only.

Patch attached....

Keep hacking!
mcc


Derek Holzer <derek at umatic.nl> [10-03-03 20:08]:
> The [pack] object and the [trigger] object should be separate. First 
> create this:
> 
>  [pack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
> 
> then each number box should look like this:
> 
> [0]
> |
> [t b f]
> 
> where the "f" outlet is connected to the corresponding inlet in [pack], 
> and the "b" outlet is connected to the first, "hot" inlet of [pack].
> 
> [pack] only gives output when the "hot" inlet has input, so the "bang" 
> message sent after the "float" triggers it and gives output no matter 
> which number box you change.
> 
> Read more about "hot" and "cold" in the HTML manual or in the FLOSS 
> Manual for details. Or see attached patch.
> 
> Best!
> Derek
> 
> 
> On 3/3/10 7:43 PM, meino.cramer at gmx.de wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >  I made a [pack t b f f f f f f f f f f ]
> >  And connect ten vertical sliders to inlet 2-10 (1-based).
> >
> >  Then I connected the outlet of the [pack] to
> >  a message box with the following contents:
> >
> >  [wave1 sinesum $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 $10]
> >
> >  I added a tabread4-mimic and could display the wave in an array
> >  visually.
> >
> >  So nice so mysterious ( at least for me ;)  )
> >
> >  Slider 1 to slider 8 are working as exspected, moving slider
> >  nine and ten results in nothing but the pure sound of silence
> >  (visually spoken...).
> >
> >  For what I read about [pack] the inlets sequence follows
> >  the arguments or in my case inlet #2 up to #10 are exspecting
> >  float arguments, which are given by the vsliders.
> >
> >  A [BANG] at inlet #2 send a bang into the pack.
> >
> >  But the reason, why slider #9 and slider #10 are on holidays
> >  is not very obvious to me.
> >
> >  The aim of all this should be a wave, which reacts on changes of 
> >each
> >  of the sliders instantly without sending an extra bang.
> >  And I want to have all slider (better: much more than ten) working.
> >  And if there is a way to normalize the result instantly I would
> >  one step nearer to eternity ;))))
> >
> >  I know, that there are obviously far better and total different ways
> >  to accomplish what I want to acchieve, but for the first I only
> >  want to understand, why this beast is only running on eight instead
> >  of ten legs (my be a spider therefore... ;)
> >
> >  Thanks a lot for any help in advance!
> >  Best regards
> >  mcc
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> ::: derek holzer ::: http://macumbista.net :::
> ---Oblique Strategy # 19:
> "Be dirty"

> #N canvas 249 81 755 492 10;
> #X floatatom 44 142 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X floatatom 86 142 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X floatatom 44 203 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X obj 44 174 +;
> #X text 41 117 "hot";
> #X text 81 117 "cold";
> #X floatatom 144 142 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X floatatom 186 142 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X floatatom 144 243 5 0 0 0 - - -;
> #X obj 144 214 +;
> #X text 141 117 "hot";
> #X text 181 117 "cold";
> #X obj 186 169 trigger bang float;
> #X obj 45 343 trigger bang float;
> #X text 44 374 can be abbreviated with;
> #X obj 46 405 t b f;
> #X text 332 301 [trigger] can send an arbitrary number of things out:
> ;
> #X obj 335 343 trigger bang float anything bang bang float bang float
> ;
> #X obj 336 405 t b f a b b f b f;
> #X text 335 374 or:;
> #X text 174 452 derek at umatic.nl;
> #X text 330 167 [trigger] outputs according to its creation arguments
> in right to left order. In this case \, when it receives input \, it
> will first send out a "float" (i.e. a floating point number) from its
> right outlet \, then it will send a "bang" out its left outlet.;
> #X text 26 20 The object [trigger] can be used to change the order
> of operations in a patch by sending a message "bang" to the "hot" inlet
> of an object. "Bang" means "do it now!" \, and will cause the object
> to output.;
> #X connect 0 0 3 0;
> #X connect 1 0 3 1;
> #X connect 3 0 2 0;
> #X connect 6 0 9 0;
> #X connect 7 0 12 0;
> #X connect 9 0 8 0;
> #X connect 12 0 9 0;
> #X connect 12 1 9 1;

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