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max/msp... extreme newbie
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:39 pm    Post subject: max/msp... extreme newbie
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so i am very very new to max/msp and am making my way through the tutorials.

so heres my stupid question... exactly what does sig~ do?

ive read the description about how it converts and int to a signal, but i dont understand how this come in handy? ive been testing it by connecting a number directly to a cycle~ object and get the same results without a sig~ in between.

sorry to ask such a dumb question but this stuffs got me really confuuuused!
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I understand your frustration going thru the tutorials.
try this small patch I did trying to understand sig˜.
you have to start metro, turn audio on and insert reasonable values on the inlets of "drunk" and see/hear what happens then let me know Very Happy
Editor's note: I wasn't able to upload the max/msp patch because the extension is not allowed Crying or Very sad see below, max patches do not have an extension, as far as I can see Rolling Eyes


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to create that patch!

hmm... i think i understand this better now. the sig~ is used to display the the signal in int form in that msp number box.

does it affect the sound in any way? when i play the patch and then compare it to the sound it generates without sig~ it sounds exactly the same.

thanks again!

oh and another stupid question... how do you make your msp objects turn yellow? i must have missed that in the tutorial because mine never turn yellow.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

mammynuns wrote:
first of all, thank you very much for taking the time to create that patch!

well...I didn't do it for you but for myself when I was going thru the tutorials Very Happy

mammynuns wrote:
hmm... i think i understand this better now. the sig~ is used to display the the signal in int form in that msp number box.
no, it turns a control number in a audio signal

mammynuns wrote:

oh and another stupid question... how do you make your msp objects turn yellow? i must have missed that in the tutorial because mine never turn yellow.

do you see that connections between control objects are black lines and between signals are dotted yellow ones Question

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

yes, i the patch chords that come out of msp objects turn yellow and black, but for instance, in your picture, the sig~ has a yellow border and when i made it for myself, the sig~ was grey and black like a max object.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

mammynuns wrote:
yes, i the patch chords that come out of msp objects turn yellow and black, but for instance, in your picture, the sig~ has a yellow border and when i made it for myself, the sig~ was grey and black like a max object.

object menu>color or see picture Very Happy


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

ahhh! thank you!

you have been extremely helpful. i really appreciate it!
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

my pleasure Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

What I make of sig~ is that it is a bridge between Max and MSP. It coverts Max numbers which happen only on demand (bang) to MSP signals which are continous like audio SIGnals. Hence the sig~ name. Oh yeah also just in case you don't know any patchs with the ~ symbol means they are msp patchs. Hope that helps.
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