floating point sliders

In the meantime, you should have a look at JSUI. There are a number of
UI objects already written for you that use floating point.

Cheers,
Andrew B.

Is there any other option than for the resolution to be determined by
the size of the object? You only have a limited number of pixels. The
resolution can't be any more than that, right? Or am I missing
something? I haven't tested this object to see quite what you are
referring to...

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You could limit the resolution to yield predictable results. The extreme case of this is an integer slider which puts out the same integers for a given logical position on the slider, irrespective of slider size. But you could quantize to other levels (nearest 0.25 or whatever). In most cases, it doesn't matter but in some cases it might. Where predictability of output is really important the slider size could be fixed, as in the keyboard slider.

Eric

This is a really newbee question, but isn't there just a way to add a math object after the slider to then have the slider output float numbers? If there is, I would really love a quick refresh. Thanks!

Quote: Dj_ICN wrote on Sun, 03 September 2006 17:11
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> This is a really newbee question, but isn't there just a way to add a math object after the slider to then have the slider output float numbers? If there is, I would really love a quick refresh. Thanks!
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Yes, there are plenty ways to do this, including (as has been mentioned) zmap or just dividing/multiplying by a float. Eric is suggesting that building this versatility into the sliders would be nice.

The talk about higher resolution UI objects and OSC has reminded me of something I have yet to hear any comment on. Has anyone used the Lemur enought to say anything about functional control resolution? It seems as if its ability output data at a high resolution would be limited by the nature of a touchscreen interface...(?)

or use multislider with 1 slider?

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On Sep 3, 2006, at 6:00 PM, Tim wrote:

>
> Quote: Dj_ICN wrote on Sun, 03 September 2006 17:11
> ----------------------------------------------------
>> This is a really newbee question, but isn't there just a way to
>> add a math object after the slider to then have the slider output
>> float numbers? If there is, I would really love a quick refresh.
>> Thanks!
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Yes, there are plenty ways to do this, including (as has been
> mentioned) zmap or just dividing/multiplying by a float. Eric is
> suggesting that building this versatility into the sliders would be
> nice.
>
> The talk about higher resolution UI objects and OSC has reminded me
> of something I have yet to hear any comment on. Has anyone used
> the Lemur enought to say anything about functional control
> resolution? It seems as if its ability output data at a high
> resolution would be limited by the nature of a touchscreen
> interface...(?)
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>
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> Palm Beach Atlantic University
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Well I want to thank everyone for their response to my question, I'm just not getting it, maybe I just need to spend some more time with the tutorials...
I have my slider set for BPM's, then I have it connected to a message box for displaying the BPM. After that I have it connected to a math box !/ 60000 for the milliseconds (I'm working on a very basic metronome...).
But when I try and add a divide or multiply by a float box it doesn't do anything to the message box's displayed number. I'm afraid I will just need a step by step explanation of what to do...

sorry everyone, I feel bad asking for such a basic question. I am taking a class on this, but the instructors gone for this next week, and I don't have any email addresses of my other classmates.

Quote: Dj_ICN wrote on Sun, 03 September 2006 20:31
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> Well I want to thank everyone for their response to my question, I'm just not getting it, maybe I just need to spend some more time with the tutorials...
> I have my slider set for BPM's, then I have it connected to a message box for displaying the BPM. After that I have it connected to a math box !/ 60000 for the milliseconds (I'm working on a very basic metronome...).
> But when I try and add a divide or multiply by a float box it doesn't do anything to the message box's displayed number. I'm afraid I will just need a step by step explanation of what to do...
>
> sorry everyone, I feel bad asking for such a basic question. I am taking a class on this, but the instructors gone for this next week, and I don't have any email addresses of my other classmates.
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First, there are objects that provide metronome functions: metro takes as its argument the number of ms between output bangs, and tempo~ allows you to input a BPM value and specify a meter type, and has separate outputs for downbeats, other beats, and beat divisions.

To your question, when you say a message box, do you really mean a message box, or a number box? Do you need to use a message box to supply an object with a message? (Most objects that take int or float values in an inlet will accept just the value).

If you really mean it is a number box that doesn't change, then ensure it is the float variety, rather than the integer variety. If you are sending float values from 0. to 1., then an integer numbox will only show 0 or 1.

If you really mean it is a message box, then you can do a couple of things: have the float value go to a prepend object with the first part of the message as an argument (e.g. 'prepend set tempo' or whatever), or you can put your message box there and type the message and use $1 to hold the place for the variable (the floats as they come in). This latter message will cause the message to be output everytime the value changes. If you want to trigger the message at certain times, then preced the message box with a prepend object: 'prepend set mymessage $1'. This will set the message box without sending the message. Then you can provide a bang directly to the message box when you are ready to send it.

Does that help? See help files for message, numbox, prepend, metro, tempo.