Thanks for the good explanation Christof! cheersz, P * Christof Ressi <christof.re...@gmx.at> [2019-11-11 17:50]: > Pd does automatic float to signal promotion on all its signal inlets. The > only*) possible exception is the main (= leftmost) inlet, if the class has a > dedicated float message (very few objects do). > > BTW, sending floats to filter objects can be quite useful, e.g. you can use > [lop~] as an exponential ramp generator, unlike the linear ramp generated by > [line~]. > > > Furthermore, the help patch for signal arithmetic objects says, that > > they accept numeric messages into their right inlet if a numeric > > argument hast been supplied. It seems this is not (always?) required. > > I think this stems from the old times when Pd didn't do float to signal to > promotion on all signal inlets. Note that while you can send floats to the > right inlet of [+~], this still adds two signals. On the other hand, [+~ 5] > adds a signal and a scalar, which is more efficient. > > Christof > > *) some objects try to seperate floats from signals even on auxiliary signal > inlets, but this can only be achieved with tremendous hackery. > > > Gesendet: Montag, 11. November 2019 um 17:29 Uhr > > Von: "Peter P." <peterpar...@fastmail.com> > > An: pd-list <pd-l...@iem.at> > > Betreff: [PD] messages into [bp~ ] audio input trigger impulses? > > > > Hi, > > > > just found out by accident that one can send number messages into the > > first audio input of the [bp~ ] bandpass filter. They seem to be treated > > as audio signal values and cause an audio signal to be output by [bp~ ]. > > Is this intentional? > > > > Furthermore, the help patch for signal arithmetic objects says, that > > they accept numeric messages into their right inlet if a numeric > > argument hast been supplied. It seems this is not (always?) required. > > > > cheers, P > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
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