Hi all, if it's not for conceptual reasons or for a very small memory footprint, a possible take would be to switch off DSP processing for superfluous voices using a switch~ object within the loaded abstraction. best, Thomas
> Am 06.03.2018 um 09:59 schrieb oliver <oli...@klingt.org>: > > hans w. koch wrote: >> hello list, >> hello miller, >> >> is there any known way to dynamically change the number of instances >> associated with a clone object, e.g. via message? >> i know, the dsp graph would need to be rebulit, but for a project i am >> contemplating that would be less of a concern. > > hi, hans ! > > you are aware of the "messages to PD" examples ? > > afaict they are not mentioned in the latest official PD release, but i > attached one exmaple from PD-extended, that's still valid and documenting > this feature. this way you can easily change the instances of a clone object, > simply by deleting it and creating a new one with the right arguments. > > if you put your clone object as a single item into a subpatch, it's just a > "clear" message and a "obj ... " message to the subpatch. > > coming from MAX/MSP (where this object is called [poly~]), my experience is > that assigning a new number of voices via a message does pretty much the same > thing: it clears all former instances and reloads the new instances, all > loadbang messages sent anew, no values are kept. > > so i guess (while i too would appreciate a "voices" message for [clone]) in > the end the result would probably be pretty much the same. > > but mind you, this is no in-depth knowledge, just personal experience > > best > > oliver > > <MESSAGES TO PD.pd>_______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
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