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can anyone help me with this latest problem? if you see the enclosed test patch i am using a metro and a counter to send a number (1 to 6) into a coll object which contains 6 samples and a groove object then plays the corresponding numbered sample.

at the moment as soon as the number changes then the sample changes, and i want a sample to play all the way through until a new one is played.

the metro and counter will be replaced eventually by numbers continually streaming in from a serial object that takes values from a sensor.

i have tried using a switch to stop numbers going into the coll until a sample has finished playing but cant quite figure out how to switch it back again when a sample finishes, i think the snapshot object may help but i cant quite figure it out.

can anyone help me with this latest problem?  if you see the enclosed test patch i am using a metro and a counter to send a number (1 to 6) into a coll object which contains 6 samples and a groove object then plays the corresponding numbered sample.

stuck-with-stopping-numbers-while-a-sample-plays

> i have tried using a switch to stop numbers going into the coll 

> until a sample has finished playing but cant quite figure out how to 

> switch it back again when a sample finishes...

I haven't tested this, but it should be close:

> i have tried using a switch to stop numbers going into the coll  
> until a sample has finished playing but cant quite figure out how to  
> switch it back again when a sample finishes...

Chris Muir
cbm@well.com	
http://www.xfade.com

thats brilliant, it works. im learning something new every day

thats brilliant, it works.  im learning something new every day

i spoke too soon - it seemed to work at first, but now it doesnt want to make any sound at all, which i find very confusing

can anyone give any advice as to what is wrong?

All right, I got it to work--you just need a trigger to start the

[int] going, so I stuck a button in the left inlet. You may want to

turn it either into a loadbang or just connect the button on the

[metro] to the [int] as well. It's kind of weird and choppy, though.

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On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 7:02 AM, andy wrote:

> i spoke too soon - it seemed to work at first, but now it doesnt want to make any sound at all, which i find very confusing

> can anyone give any advice as to what is wrong?

All right, I got it to work--you just need a trigger to start the
[int] going, so I stuck a button in the left inlet.  You may want to
turn it either into a loadbang or just connect the button on the
[metro] to the [int] as well.  It's kind of weird and choppy, though.
Here you go:

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On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 7:02 AM, andy  wrote:
>
> i spoke too soon - it seemed to work at first, but now it doesnt want to make any sound at all, which i find very confusing
>
> can anyone give any advice as to what is wrong?
>
> many thanks again
>


theoretically just send a stop to metro when key down, when sample ends, then bang metro to turn back on.

unfortunately i dont have max 5, only 4.5, but i kind of figured out what you said about sending a bang to the int to get it going.

i got it working on the test patch i uploaded before but i have now tried to incorporate it into the main patch i am working on which will be used to play different samples in relation to the readings that stream in from six distance sensors i am using and im getting a bit confused again as no sound comes out. i put a loadbang onto each of the ints but im probably missing something obvious due to being relatively new to the program

if anyone wants to have a look at the big patch im in the middle of and give me any pointers or advice i would be most grateful

i got it working on the test patch i uploaded before but i have now tried to incorporate it into the main patch i am working on which will be used to play different samples in relation to the readings that stream in from six distance sensors i am using and im getting a bit confused again as no sound comes out.  i put a loadbang onto each of the ints but im probably missing something obvious due to being relatively new to the program

stuck with stopping numbers while a sample plays