[PD] Mute certain partials (sigmund~)?

[Peter P.]

Hi,

* William Brent <william.brent at gmail.com> [2019-03-30 16:21]:
> If you're open to other processing options, I made an extern a while back
> that does FFT filtering relative to harmonic numbers. You feed it a signal
> and the continuous MIDI pitch output from [sigmund~], and then based on
> scalar values from a table you can boost/cut the amplitude of any given
> harmonic by index. I haven't maintained it at all, but you can get the
> source, help, and win/mac binaries here:
> 
> http://williambrent.conflations.com/pages/research.html#pitchEnv
Thank you, will give it a try within the next days!
> 
> That should give you the effect you want if I'm understanding you right.
> But if you specifically want to stick with analysis/resynthesis using
> [sigmund~], I gave a shot at a solution that produces mute/play flags for
> each [sigmund~] "track" by index. 
Actually, I have not yet understood what a sigmund~ "track" is, the help
patch does not say much. What is the difference between a track and a
partial?

Thanks again!
P