I'm not sure if this dialog is anywhere near settled (I got lost in the tangle of medusa-like message threads), but here's a +1 for [snake~].
I like the [object~ method] convention and the unique object name fits well in Pd vernacular to my ears. It seems like there's room to tack on lots of helpful methods...[snake~ info] could give us the specs of a given connection. On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 5:58 AM Christof Ressi <[email protected]> wrote: > In any case, I am really liking now that "snake~" feels like an object > family > > Me too! It is now clear that these objects are all releated. > > "snake~ in", "snake~ out" > > Actually, I would prefer [snake~ pack] and [snake~ unpack] because for me > the meaning of "in" and "out" is ambigious. "pack" and "unpack", on the > other hand, are pretty obvious. > > Alternatively, we might just as well use [mc~ pack], [mc~ unpack], [mc~ > split], etc. to save some keystrokes :-) > > Christof > On 25.01.2023 11:48, Fede Cámara Halac wrote: > > Yes, join/split would be translatable, whereas translating "snake" can be > slippery. > I do think it is amusing, btw, and slides nicely next to sigmund~ and > moses. > > In any case, I am really liking now that "snake~" feels like an object > family, that refers to the kind of signal, > and you can say things like "snake~ in", "snake~ out", or even "snake~ > split", "snake~ join" , > or further, "snake~ rotate/flip", "snake~ encode/decode" > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 5:49 AM Miller Puckette via Pd-dev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> OK... now I'm hesitating between "snake~ in", "snake~ out" and "snake~ >> tap" >> or "join~", "split~", and "tap~"... >> >> Former is more colorful (and crowds the namespace less). Latter might be >> easier for non-native English speakers to deal with? >> >> cheers >> Miller >> >> On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 01:36:24AM +0100, Christof Ressi wrote: >> > > Isn't "mux~/demux~" closest to what's actually happening? >> > Unfortunately, these are also zexy objects ;-) >> > >> > On 24.01.2023 11:52, Max wrote: >> > > Isn't "mux~/demux~" closest to what's actually happening? >> > > when "joining" two signals, I wouldn't expect them to be running in >> > > parallel but being mixed together. >> > > >> > > m. >> > > >> > > >> > > On 24.01.23 02:50, Miller Puckette via Pd-dev wrote: >> > > > So merging (hmm) some ideas from Fede and Dan, maybe >> "join~/split~", and >> > > > a new tap~ object that allows you to pick channels out >> > > > specifically. Then >> > > > I think for example "clone osc~" might do OK for making an >> > > > oscillator bank - >> > > > assuming it turns out to be practical to send message-time lists to >> the >> > > > frequency input. (Maybe that's someting clone should know how to do >> > > > in other >> > > > situations too). >> > > > >> > > > still thinking about, for instance, "clone -" to make clones of an >> > > > anonymous >> > > > abstraction that you just edit into being live... >> > > > >> > > > cheers >> > > > Miller >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Pd-dev mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev__;!!Mih3wA!HryblqiKFNOUuYK6t8PJBkK26yPJYdgDiMv_z36_t9-4PQk9SJpBcxy7Jd13FSr1fRDVtVGBQd6WsA$ >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Pd-dev mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev__;!!Mih3wA!HryblqiKFNOUuYK6t8PJBkK26yPJYdgDiMv_z36_t9-4PQk9SJpBcxy7Jd13FSr1fRDVtVGBQd6WsA$ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pd-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev >> > > > -- > Dr. Fede Camara Halac > Composer / Programmer / Sound Artist > fdch.ar > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-dev mailing > [email protected]https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev > -- William Brent “Great minds flock together” Conflations: conversational idiom for the 21st century www.conflations.com
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