[PD] Can an abstraction tell of something is connected to an [inlet~]

Alexandre Torres Porres porres at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 23:53:15 CEST 2015


I've asked this before on the list cause it'd be useful, but the answer is:
"nope"

2015-08-17 15:05 GMT-03:00 William Huston <williamahuston at gmail.com>:

>
> *I have this common situation:*
> I have an abstraction which has a parameter control visible to the parent
> via graph-on-parent. Let's call the parameter $0-FOO
>
> I want the user to be able to adjust the control via the GUI.
> I also want to be able to drive $0-FOO via an inlet or a message.
> And when that happens, I want the knob in the GUI to update
> and show the current value.
>
> When I set up
>
> [inlet] -> [hsl]
>
> Now the [hsl] cannot be moved via the GUI.
> I am trying to find a way to solve this.
>
> One possible solution is gate the inlet with a [spigot]
> which would work if I could detect if something was
> connected to the inlet or not.
>
>
> *Q1: Is there a way for me to tell, inside an abstraction,*
>
> *whether something is connected to a particular*
> *[inlet] or [inlet~]?*
>
> *Q2: *Or else *how can I read the output of a control *(e.g., hsl)
> *and drive it also*? (this sounds like an application
> for a syncho/servo)
>
> Thanks!
> BH
>
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