What would be the best object to use in order to create a patch where on one manual bang you let a sound through on a fast/soft fade in which then holds open until you bang again which causes a soft fade out?

Been playing with line~ for this which ramps up and down nicely but I'm not sure how to get it to hold until told to fade out. The switch related objects I've looked at don't seem to have a way of softening the attack and decay clicks...

Been playing with line~ for this which ramps up and down nicely but I'm not sure how to get it to hold until told to fade out.  The switch related objects I've looked at don't seem to have a way of softening the attack and decay clicks...

soft-gate-switch

Obviously there are a lot of ways to do what you are speaking about.

Very nice! Is there a way to set the ramp time with a flonum box as opposed to "hard coded' into the append object?

Very nice!  Is there a way to set the ramp time with a flonum box as opposed to "hard coded' into the append object?


Perfect! Exactly what I was after... I need to understand the append object more, so will go through the help files on that. Much appreciated.

I guess if I wanted to use a stereo input signal instead of the cycle~ it would just be a matter of duplicating the *~ and having the output from line~ controlling both L & R sides?

Perfect!  Exactly what I was after... I need to understand the append object more, so will go through the help files on that.  Much appreciated.

I guess if I wanted to use a stereo input signal instead of the cycle~ it would just be a matter of duplicating the *~ and having the output from line~ controlling both L & R sides?


Note that your request - to just bang it to toggle the state - means that from the outside of this part of the patch the state of the on/off isn't known. I'd recommend sending in a "0" or "1" instead of a bang to solve this future problem. Oh, and I find the "pack" process is better than using append. Just real simple.

Yes, as I said before there are many many ways to obtain the same result.

This is another one with visual feedback as proposed by wetterberg.

Yes, as I said before there are many many ways to obtain the same result.
This is another one with visual feedback as proposed by wetterberg.


Brilliant, thanks both! The visual feedback is certainly useful. Cheers!

Brilliant, thanks both!  The visual feedback is certainly useful.  Cheers!


Soft Gate Switch?