Ackie

Max newbie here with a couple of basic questions. I have created a simple sample playback device that rearranges the playback of a file within 16 steps using multi-sliders to change the start position of the file at each step.

How can I more elegantly send the multi-slider data into the line~ object as I want to be able to freely change the amount of steps while the file is playing (4,8,32, 64,128...). 

I intend to add polyphony so the previous step will decay over the next step, would I be better off using sfplay~ or groove~?

Hi
Max newbie here with a couple of basic questions. I have created a simple sample playback device that rearranges the playback of a file within 16 steps using multi-sliders to change the start position of the file at each step. 

How can I more elegantly send the multi-slider data into the line~ object as I want to be able to freely change the amount of steps while the file is playing (4,8,32, 64,128...). 
I intend to add polyphony so the previous step will decay over the next step, would I be better off using sfplay~ or groove~?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Kind regards
David

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Unless I'm mistakened in what you are trying to do - it seems you are trying to re-invent the wheel somewhat. There is loads of examples of 'slicers' - look in your max examples folder under sequencing/looping and find ModSquad Redux- a simple loop reslicer that cuts it into 16 equal parts.

If you want something more complex, I also have a few further examples somewhere including one which finds transient beats and plays them back in a given order - which is a more comprehensive way to do it. None the less if you want something simple the Redux example is well worth a look.

Using Multislider output data help