How to get a clean center value [0.5] from a floating point slider? Easy (sort of).

Hopefully, this post will save some future Max user from scratching their head. I realized the position of a slider in a patcher affects its floating point output values. A float slider (0…1) pan control might or might not hit 0.5 but rather .49 .. 0.51 depending upon its patcher position.

It seems a float slider output differs when it's on a fractional pixel boundary (ie, when the slider position is x=50 y=100 vs x=50 y=100.5).

It's possible to get a 0…1 slider to hit 0.5 in the middle though. Don't use odd-numbered box sizes and don't place your float sliders on a fractional pixel. Use snap to grid or manually set the position to a whole number.