Okay. I seem to recall there's some way you can name a buffer so that the name will change based on the instance. So, if you had two versions of the same patch up at once, they wouldn't be using the same buffer. But I can't remember how to do this, and my skimming of the documentation isn't helping. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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the "#0" is replaced by the unique instance number. i dontt know if it is the right way, but it works for me! hope it helps!

the "#0" is replaced by the unique instance number. i dontt know if it is the right way, but it works for me! hope it helps!
Nikolas


Unless you are refering to a [poly~] instance in which case it might be easier to use the instance number from [thispoly~] and [sprtintf] it into a new name for the [buffer~]. This way they are easily accessible from outside the [poly~] subpatch.

Nah, I wasn't talking about a poly. Korax, I tried using your patch, but the buffer name doesn't seem to change at all. Even if I load multiple instances, they all just say BufName#0.

This is the solution I came up with in the mean time. Generates a random 16 character ASCII string, which I then prepend "name" or "set" in front of to alter the necessary objects.

The #0 is replaced when you use it in a poly~/abstraction/bpatcher context.


and it has to contain at least one additional letter to keep it as a symbol and it has to start with #0, doesn't work if you put it in the end...

and it has to contain at least one additional letter to keep it as a symbol and it has to start with #0, doesn't work if you put it in the end...
A valid example: #0_MyBuffer


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