Mr. Tunes

i have a selector~ with other waveshapes that are working fine, but the rect~ doesn't make the number flip up and down. if i remove the abs 0. object you see the flipping, but that puts it into negative.

having-trouble-with-square-wave-lfo

The way you have it, the numbers going to the [abs 0.] are 432.3 and -432.3, so... [abs] outputs 432.3 and... 432.3!!! so its working right.

As I see the [rect~ ] outputs at a -0.5 - 0.5 range. You should add a [+~ 0.5] after the [rect~ ] to offset to at a [0 - 1] range.

After doing so, you will see the result of the [abs 0.] to go from 0-ish to 900-ish...

(The -ish is, because the [rect~ ], as you see in the [scope] goes a bit outside the [-0.5, 0.5] range)

The way you have it, the numbers going to the [abs 0.] are 432.3 and -432.3, so... [abs]  outputs 432.3 and... 432.3!!! so its working right.
As I see the [rect~ ] outputs at a -0.5 - 0.5 range. You should add a [+~ 0.5] after the [rect~ ] to offset to at a [0 - 1] range.

After doing so, you will see the result of the [abs 0.] to go from 0-ish to 900-ish...
(The -ish is, because the [rect~ ], as you see in the [scope] goes a bit outside the [-0.5, 0.5] range)

yeah that's great, thanks so much for helping in a pinch!

Here are a couple of ways to generate a full -1 to 1 square wave LFO. The rect~ object produces an antialiased square wave that is better for hearing than for controlling other signals.

having trouble with square wave lfo