Thanks, now I understand what the problem is. I had to create 8 different sub-patches and give them different names. A little more redundant coding that I was hoping for, but it's working.
David. On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 1:24 PM, David <dfket...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is a subpatch named WORKSPACE, I didn't include a screen print of > it, but it's attached below. Like I said, it works as long as I only have > one instance of "effect~" in my main patch. It's only when I have more than > one, they overwrite each other. > > I'm not sure what you mean by "locality", but I'm certainly willing to > learn if someone can teach me. > > Thanks. > > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 12:52 PM, baptiste chatel < > baptiste.cha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There should be a subpatch named WORKSPACE, which receives all messages >> sent to pd-WORKSPACE. Also, you should learn about locality ! >> >> 2017-02-04 18:26 GMT+01:00 David <dfket...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I'm trying to create an "effects rack" in PD, with 8 slots for various >>> effects and a grid of toggle switches to chain the effects together (see >>> "EffectsRack.png", attached). It's working in it's current version, but I >>> also wanted to be able to swap different effects in and out while the patch >>> is running, since I have more that 8 different effects available. I found >>> some examples of other people's attempts to create objects dynamically, and >>> modified one of them to do what I want (see "Effect~.png", attached). The >>> problem is that I can only create a single instance of "Effect~" in the >>> main patch. If I create more than one, as soon as I swap in a new effect to >>> any one of the 8 slots, it overwrites whatever was in the other 7 slots. >>> >>> I tried changing the name "pd-WORKSPACE" in the message, so I could give >>> each work space a different name, but PD doesn't seem to recognize any name >>> but "pd-WORKSPACE". Is this name somehow predefined in PD? Is there only >>> one work space available to dynamically create objects? Is there a better >>> approach that would let me do this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> David Kettle. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list >>> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/li >>> stinfo/pd-list >>> >>> >> >
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