[PD] Scaling values in pd

[Jonathan Wilkes]

On 09/03/2013 02:32 AM, IOhannes zmölnig wrote:
> On 09/02/2013 06:17 PM, hghoyer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> in Max/MSP there is an object for simple scaling.
>>
>> If you create in MAX these object with this arguments:
>>
>> [scale 0 127 0 500] incomming messages from 0 to 127 are automatically
>> scaled from 0 to 500...
> honestly i'm of the firm conviction that you should learn how scaling
> works: it really is only a matter of adding, multiplying, dividing,
> subtracting - stuff you should heave learned in primary school.

I'm unclear-- are you insulting the user on purpose, or do you
expect others to be equally insulting to you if you happen to ask
a question they find trivial?

>
> as frank pointed out, this should do for you:
>
> |
> [/ 127]
> |
> [* 500]
> |
>
> if you find it too tedious to do the maths over and over again, you
> might want to create an abstraction.
>
>
> being able to solve trivial problems like this will surely empower you
> to solve more complex problems :-)

If you want to help empower people to solve complex problems, start
by not insulting them when they ask questions on the list.

Best,
Jonathan