[PD] round off the corners of a [line] movement?

Wed Sep 27 16:28:55 CEST 2023

Now I am not sure if [line"] was supposed to be [line~]... Just in case, 
here's a signal version called [cline~].

Christof

On 27.09.2023 14:51, Christof Ressi wrote:
> [line] outputs a linear ramp, so you just need to apply a transfer 
> function to get the behavior you want. For example, if you want a 
> gradual start and gradual, you could use the second half of a cosine 
> wave.
>
> I have an abstraction called [cline] that supports various shapes (see 
> attachment).
>
> Christof
>
> On 26.09.2023 20:06, Peter P. wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> often when I use [line¨] to make frequency glissandi, the point when the
>> ramp starts, and the point where it ends, appear as very sudden events
>> to my ears. I am wondering if there is an easy way to gradually speed up
>> the ramp when it starts, and slow it down before it reaches its target
>> value?
>> The only way I can think of so far is to model such a behavior with two
>> masses connected by an elastic link using the pmpd library. But a
>> vanilla way would be very interesting too!
>>
>> Thanks in advance for all ideas and pointers!
>> cheersz, Peter
>>
>>
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