jazzpa

i want to use a live.text as a button to start recording something into a buffer. after a second the record will stop. as indicator for current recording the button should be on or off. this button does behave odd: i set bang on transition from zero to one, but every third time it bangs on both - zero to one and one to zero - transitions. dont know, what to do there.

i know, i could use it as toggle, but i want the device to be clear at first sight, so you should see, that you cant turn off recording, because thats automated.

and heres the patch ( dont know, why its so long, normaly they are shorter in text)

            "box" :             {

                "maxclass" : "number",

                "numoutlets" : 2,

                "fontsize" : 10.0,

                "outlettype" : [ "int", "bang" ],

                "patching_rect" : [ 86.0, 106.5, 50.0, 18.0 ],

                "id" : "obj-107",

                "fontname" : "Arial Bold",

                "numinlets" : 1

                "maxclass" : "newobj",

                "text" : "counter",

                "numoutlets" : 4,

                "outlettype" : [ "int", "", "", "int" ],

                "patching_rect" : [ 86.0, 87.5, 73.0, 18.0 ],

                "id" : "obj-105",

                "numinlets" : 5

                "maxclass" : "toggle",

                "numoutlets" : 1,

                "outlettype" : [ "int" ],

                "patching_rect" : [ 86.0, 21.5, 20.0, 20.0 ],

                "id" : "obj-100",

                "maxclass" : "live.text",

                "varname" : "live.text[2]",

                "mode" : 0,

                "presentation_rect" : [ 169.0, 49.0, 57.0, 22.0 ],

                "texton" : "Reverse",

                "outlettype" : [ "", "" ],

                "text" : "REC",

                "activebgoncolor" : [ 1.0, 0.133333, 0.133333, 1.0 ],

                "automation" : "-1",

                "patching_rect" : [ 86.0, 44.5, 47.0, 22.0 ],

                "automationon" : "1",

                "presentation" : 1,

                "parameter_enable" : 1,

                "id" : "obj-3",

                "numinlets" : 1,

                "saved_attribute_attributes" :                 {

                    "valueof" :                     {

                        "parameter_speedlim" : 1.0,

                        "parameter_steps" : 2,

                        "parameter_invisible" : 0,

                        "parameter_enum" : [ "-1", "1" ],

                        "parameter_exponent" : 1.0,

                        "parameter_annotation_name" : "",

                        "parameter_unitstyle" : 10,

                        "parameter_mmax" : 1.0,

                        "parameter_mmin" : 0.0,

                        "parameter_initial" : [ 0.0 ],

                        "parameter_type" : 2,

                        "parameter_initial_enable" : 0,

                        "parameter_shortname" : "clear",

                        "parameter_modmax" : 127.0,

                        "parameter_longname" : "clear[1]",

                        "parameter_modmin" : 0.0,

                        "parameter_linknames" : 0,

                        "parameter_modmode" : 0,

                        "parameter_info" : "",

                        "parameter_units" : "",

                        "parameter_order" : 10,

                        "parameter_defer" : 0

                    }

            "patchline" :             {

                "source" : [ "obj-3", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-100", 0 ],

                "hidden" : 0,

                "midpoints" : [ ]

                "source" : [ "obj-100", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-3", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-105", 0 ],

                "source" : [ "obj-105", 0 ],

                "destination" : [ "obj-107", 0 ],

{
	"boxes" : [ 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "number",
				"numoutlets" : 2,
				"fontsize" : 10.0,
				"outlettype" : [ "int", "bang" ],
				"patching_rect" : [ 86.0, 106.5, 50.0, 18.0 ],
				"id" : "obj-107",
				"fontname" : "Arial Bold",
				"numinlets" : 1
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "newobj",
				"text" : "counter",
				"numoutlets" : 4,
				"fontsize" : 10.0,
				"outlettype" : [ "int", "", "", "int" ],
				"patching_rect" : [ 86.0, 87.5, 73.0, 18.0 ],
				"id" : "obj-105",
				"fontname" : "Arial Bold",
				"numinlets" : 5
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "toggle",
				"numoutlets" : 1,
				"outlettype" : [ "int" ],
				"patching_rect" : [ 86.0, 21.5, 20.0, 20.0 ],
				"id" : "obj-100",
				"numinlets" : 1
			}

		}
, 		{
			"box" : 			{
				"maxclass" : "live.text",
				"varname" : "live.text[2]",
				"mode" : 0,
				"numoutlets" : 2,
				"presentation_rect" : [ 169.0, 49.0, 57.0, 22.0 ],
				"texton" : "Reverse",
				"outlettype" : [ "", "" ],
				"text" : "REC",
				"activebgoncolor" : [ 1.0, 0.133333, 0.133333, 1.0 ],
				"automation" : "-1",
				"patching_rect" : [ 86.0, 44.5, 47.0, 22.0 ],
				"automationon" : "1",
				"presentation" : 1,
				"parameter_enable" : 1,
				"id" : "obj-3",
				"numinlets" : 1,
				"saved_attribute_attributes" : 				{
					"valueof" : 					{
						"parameter_speedlim" : 1.0,
						"parameter_steps" : 2,
						"parameter_invisible" : 0,
						"parameter_enum" : [ "-1", "1" ],
						"parameter_exponent" : 1.0,
						"parameter_annotation_name" : "",
						"parameter_unitstyle" : 10,
						"parameter_mmax" : 1.0,
						"parameter_mmin" : 0.0,
						"parameter_initial" : [ 0.0 ],
						"parameter_type" : 2,
						"parameter_initial_enable" : 0,
						"parameter_shortname" : "clear",
						"parameter_modmax" : 127.0,
						"parameter_longname" : "clear[1]",
						"parameter_modmin" : 0.0,
						"parameter_linknames" : 0,
						"parameter_modmode" : 0,
						"parameter_info" : "",
						"parameter_units" : "",
						"parameter_order" : 10,
						"parameter_defer" : 0
					}

		}
 ],
	"lines" : [ 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-3", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-100", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-100", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-3", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-3", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-105", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

		}
, 		{
			"patchline" : 			{
				"source" : [ "obj-105", 0 ],
				"destination" : [ "obj-107", 0 ],
				"hidden" : 0,
				"midpoints" : [  ]
			}

live-text-behaves-odd

I would use it as toggle and prevent clicks with an ingnoreclick message:

(the shorter patch is done by choosing copy compressed instead of a simple copy...)

live.text behaves odd