CowboyTakeTwo

i have two [p] inside a main patch. i'd like to be able to instantiate one of them inside the other, but since they're both defined within the main patch, it just creates a new blank patcher with the same name. is there any way around this besides saving the patchers as external files? thanks.

any-way-to-acces-a-patcher-globally

That's what you do. The files are referred to as abstractions in Max lingo. If you just want to duplicate a subpatch "quick and dirty" you can of course use copy-paste.

any way to acces a patcher globally?