Getting slider to move on loop (solved)

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There are a few different ways to solve, here's one

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Thank you so much!! I appreciate the help loads

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Anytime! I'm glad this solution works for you :)

Maybe don't delete the initial post and title next time, though? I've learned so much from searching old threads on this forum. Having the original title (appended with "solved") and a full record of the thread is the only way these threads can really be searchable and useful to others in the future.

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Ah thanks Patrick, I'll know for next time now!
Also, I'm trying to incorporate the same principle backwards but max says stack overflow when this happens/it stops working. Which is strange because this worked a few hours ago and now Max doesn't like it any more... I can't get it to work at all now. Do you know a way around this? Thanks so much

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No problem. Simplest solution is to remove the = signs from the if statements so they're just > or < and not >= (greater than OR equal to) and <= (less than OR equal to). with the = signs in there, they were creating an infinite loop off of each other: one would zero out the accumulator @ 128 and the other would set accumulator to 128 upon 0, so one created a trigger event for the other anytime the condition was reached.

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A tip: when you post stuff here, just select the relevant piece you want to share in Max and select "copy compressed" from the right + click menu. When you pasted it here it will make these handy "click to expand" buttons automatically. If what you have to share needs to be run as a complete .maxpat or .amxd to make sense, then do the attachment thing, otherwise copy compressed is the way to go.

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This is amazing, thank you so much for your time and such a fast reply! I get stuck quite a fair bit learning max but these forums have been really great. I appreciate it loads :)

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Anytime. Looking forward to next phase of your build.