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Slider; separate increase and decrease values


mo0kid

mo0kid
May 31, 2010 at 12:52pm

Slider; separate increase and decrease values

I would like to create a horizontal slider that outputs a different message dependent on the direction it is moved. It will be a 16 step integer slider used to shuffle a step sequencer.
What expression will allow the slider to light either a left or right bang?

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brendan mccloskey

brendan mccloskey
May 31, 2010 at 3:46pm

Is this what you want: “if $i1 > $i2 then bang else out2 bang”, $i2 being a slightly delayed version of $i1 slider output; here are two different versions, one using the above method, the other using [t i i] and [>]:

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This represent a crude type of ‘hysterisis’, where we are evaluating current output compared to most recent.

Brendan

EDIT
it seems the solution on the left is a little erratic if you click in different positions, as opposed to dragging/scrolling

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Roman Thilenius

Roman Thilenius
May 31, 2010 at 4:15pm

note to self: first think then post.

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brendan mccloskey

brendan mccloskey
May 31, 2010 at 4:19pm

Hey Roman
thanks for the tip – did you look at my solution? Clicking (as opposed to dragging) on the slider on the left causes unpredictable results; it doesn’t always work

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brendan mccloskey

brendan mccloskey
May 31, 2010 at 5:40pm

@ roman

we’ve all done it too sometimes!

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MIB

MIB
May 31, 2010 at 5:52pm

maybe I’m not seeing the problem here, but wouldn’t this do the trick?

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brendan mccloskey

brendan mccloskey
May 31, 2010 at 6:38pm

@ MIB
i’ve been using [change] and similar for ages; i also always use the helpfiles, and not once did i spot the +/- argument. Nice one

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MIB

MIB
May 31, 2010 at 6:51pm

@brendan

we are all guilty of that with object we use a lot and think we know… that’s why I love this forum so much. someone is always pointing out some new trick or feature that hasn’t quite made it in ones active repertoire yet.

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mo0kid

mo0kid
Jun 1, 2010 at 12:14pm

Brilliant! Thankyou. Whilst the first method didn’t quite work it’s good to see other ways and their shortcomings.
So many objects to learn!

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