how to get coll object data into my pattr system--need advice...

seth skrev:
> Hello!
>
> I have a matrix and a coll object working together effectively giving the matrix 16 'preset' slots. So i can store 16 different matrix states within the single coll object. THis is working perfectly.
>
> I want to be able to store the data from the coll object (the 16 'presets') in my pattrstorage. I can think of some really long winded ways of doing this, involving a pattr for each of the 16 'presets' in the coll, dumping the col contents out into the pattrs, then creating a system to reload the pattrs in the event that i load a pattrstorage xml file. But i want to believe there is a better way.
>
> Can anybody help me out?
>
Get preset 1 from the coll - store the matrix settings to pattrstorage,
slot 1. Then store preset 2 to pattrstorage, slot 2, etc.

What am I missing?

Andreas.

At 11:08 AM -0600 9/21/07, seth wrote:
>I have a matrix and a coll object working together effectively giving the matrix 16 'preset' slots. So i can store 16 different matrix states within the single coll object. THis is working perfectly.

When you say matrix do you mean matrix~ or matrixctrl?

If the latter, just name it so that it is seen by autopattr, and recall your coll-based presets one at a time, and store them w/ pattrstorage as you go.

-C

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Hi guys. Thanks a lot for your replies. I don't think i explained in enough detail, sorry bout that.

I am only using a single preset slot in my pattrstorage object, and i need to keep it that way.

So I thought i would be able to dump the entire contents of my coll object (which is storing 16 different states of the matrixctl object) into some thing that my pattrstorage could maintain. Then when loading a saved pattrstorage xml file, i could just dump that information from the pattrstorage back into my coll.

I've been having a hard time working with the dumped output from the coll object.

any ideas?

THanks again

You could try to save the coll data to disk, then save its path to
the pattrstorage somehow, for later recall.

Tricks like this are used when building Pluggo's, to save a path to a
pp parameter...See the very last part of this article:

https://cycling74.com/story/2007/3/22/11219/9075

Dan

At 1:53 PM -0600 9/21/07, seth wrote:
>Hi guys. Thanks a lot for your replies. I don't think i explained
>in enough detail, sorry bout that.
>
>I am only using a single preset slot in my pattrstorage object, and
>i need to keep it that way.
>
>So I thought i would be able to dump the entire contents of my coll
>object (which is storing 16 different states of the matrixctl
>object) into some thing that my pattrstorage could maintain. Then
>when loading a saved pattrstorage xml file, i could just dump that
>information from the pattrstorage back into my coll.
>
>
>I've been having a hard time working with the dumped output from the
>coll object.
>
>any ideas?
>
>THanks again
>

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Dan-

Thanks for your advice. I have been thinking about that. But I plan on distributing this project as a standalone, and I think that a single 'saved-set' file is the only way to go.

I think i am going to do this the long way..... oh well.

Thanks a lot for all the feedback guys!

>Thanks for your advice. I have been thinking about that. But I
>plan on distributing this project as a standalone, and I think that
>a single 'saved-set' file is the only way to go.

I agree that it's a bit messier, but you can certainly still just
distribute a text file that goes along with your standalone... In OS
X, you can even bury it within your standalone's app bundle (not sure
if you're Mac or PC).

Dan
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seth skrev:
> Hi guys. Thanks a lot for your replies. I don't think i explained in enough detail, sorry bout that.
>
> I am only using a single preset slot in my pattrstorage object, and i need to keep it that way.
Can you elaborate a bit on *why* exactly you need it this way?

You can also do [recall s f] where the "s" is the name of the matrix,
and the float is the preset slot - in other words you can recall *just*
the settings for the matrix, if I am not mistaken - even though
pattrstorage is still bound to all the objects ( via autopattr, etc)

Andreas.

At 1:53 PM -0600 9/21/07, seth wrote:
>So I thought i would be able to dump the entire contents of my coll object (which is storing 16 different states of the matrixctl object) into some thing that my pattrstorage could maintain. Then when loading a saved pattrstorage xml file, i could just dump that information from the pattrstorage back into my coll.

Well, it might be something of a PITA, but I think this sort of approach would work:

First dump contents of coll into a text object. (There would have to be some list & data munging to accomplish this.)

Save preset with pattrstorage

The attachment contains a crude example

-C

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Here's the attachment.

-C