Masa

Could anyone kindly tell me the reason of "+ 1" (next to "counter 0 200") in the section 2 of the tutorial patch?

Also I found the trigonometry part of this tutorial very difficult to understand. I would appreciate any recommended way to study trigonometry knowledge for Max.

Many thanks for your support in advance,
Masa


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The counter is looping a series of numbers, beginning with zero. Scale is scaling them to a circular series ( 360º = 2*PI = 6.283185 radians). Without the +1, every time the counter goes from the max value back to 0, scale would output back-to-back zeros because sin(2*PI) = 0 AND sin(0) = 0. It would be like counting around a clock and counting the 12 twice.

Hope that makes sense. I have poor math skills myself.

The counter is looping a series of numbers, beginning with zero.   Scale is scaling them to a circular series ( 360º = 2*PI = 6.283185 radians).  Without the +1, every time the counter goes from the max value back to 0, scale would output back-to-back zeros because sin(2*PI) = 0 AND sin(0) = 0.  It would be like counting around a clock and counting the 12 twice.  

Hope that makes sense.  I have poor math skills myself.


Thank you very much METAMAX. Your explanation is clear and easy to understand.

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