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I need multiple toggles to cancel each other out, please help

keebz — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:30:55 +0000

OK I’m new to Max/Msp and so far I have been able to build what I need. Now I’m stuck and I’ve tried to search before posting this but couldn’t find an answer. Here’s where I am stuck. Maybe there is even a better way of doing this.

First Half: I have three toggles that trigger different functions, but when 1 toggle is on, the other 2 toggles need to be off. At no time can 2 toggles be on simultaneously.

Second Half: This needs to be cycled by a single “bang”. So that as the bang is pressed, toggle 1 is on and toggle 2 and 3 are off. Bang again and toggle 2 is on and 1 and 3 are off, Bang again and toggle 3 is on and 1 and 2 are off. Bang a forth time and you are back to toggle 1 on and 2 and 3 are off… repeat.

Any help would be appreciated. Especially on the first half question.

Re: I need multiple toggles to cancel each other out, please help

kthozoid — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:13:21 +0000

radio group do it for ya?

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bkshepard — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:20:33 +0000

Here’s another way using actual toggles…

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nicolas danet — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:55:14 +0000

Hello,

a way …

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seems complex : should be improved (radio group best ?) ;-)

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keebz — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:50:45 +0000

THANK YOU! That was exactly what I was looking for!

and I’ll be checking out the radio function as well.

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Peter Ostry — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:50:44 +0000

Here is a version with [coll]

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Andrzej Kopeć — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:08:01 +0000

for the 2nd question look up [decode]

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snackd — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:32:00 +0000

I’m looking to do the same thing, but I want to randomly choose which toggle is on.

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The problem with using random number generation, however, is that if it picks the same number twice, the toggle is untoggled. I need one toggle always to be on.

Any suggestions?

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o s — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:46:45 +0000

Hi, the easy version is to use [urn] instead or random- I would use the [%] modulo object (see patch).

hth o

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snackd — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:17:07 +0000

o s -

Thanks for the quick reply! Not sure if I understand though. Your patch still allows for the possiblity of not having any boxes checked. That’s my core problem, is that one and only one of the boxes needs always to be checked.

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Floating Point — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:18:18 +0000

this patch checks for and discards repeated values

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nicolas danet — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 11:45:38 +0000

Hi,

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Floating Point — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:52:19 +0000

or:

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snackd — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:13:37 +0000

Wow, thank you both. A lot! That’s perfect.

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snackd — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:18:40 +0000

What’s the difference between [t b b] and a button with two outs?

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nicolas danet — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:41:29 +0000

Hi,

http://www.cycling74.com/docs/max5/tutorials/max-tut/basicchapter05.html

“A deep understanding of message ordering rules is necessary to create properly functioning patches. The right-to-left, bottom-to-top, depth-first order is the implicit rule for message passing, but you can use objects like bangbang and trigger to make the ordering explicit.”

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snackd — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:30:49 +0000

I should read that. thanks much. I’m just getting into this stuff, but it’s really fun!

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Emmanuel Jourdan — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:29:30 +0000

And zl.scramble?

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Emmanuel Jourdan — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:34:16 +0000

or not ;-)

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nicolas danet — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:03:38 +0000

Hi,

Merged ;-)

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