Multislider Morphing

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On 12/14/06 11:24 AM, "vb" wrote:

>
> On 14 Dec 2006, at 16:35, Simon Halsberghe wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> I've got a question which might have an obvious answer (I hope so).
>>
>> I have two multisliders, each with a very large number of sliders,
>> 200. The first one is used to set the desired destination for the
>> second. When you bang the second multislider takes whatever time
>> you choose to get from it's current settings to the desired one the
>> user set in the first mslider.
>>
>> I could do this very easily by unpacking the list, where it not
>> that the list is so big. The amount of space and time needed to
>> connect every unpack output to a line and back to a pack ...
>
> instead of interpolating every slider value individually, i would
> suggest crossfading the actual multislider state as a list with the
> desired state, something like this:
>
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #P window linecount 1;
> #P hidden newex 358 64 66 196617 loadmess 20;
> #N vpatcher 10 59 610 459;
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #P newex 60 129 21 196617 t 0;
> #P newex 60 151 67 196617 zl group 255;
> #P newex 60 106 76 196617 uzi 20;
> #P inlet 60 86 15 0;
> #P outlet 60 190 15 0;
> #P connect 1 0 2 0;
> #P connect 2 0 4 0;
> #P connect 2 1 3 0;
> #P connect 4 0 3 0;
> #P connect 3 0 0 0;
> #P pop;
> #P newobj 536 137 33 196617 p init;
> #P number 359 116 35 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
> #P message 269 168 43 196617 size $1;
> #P newex 98 244 48 196617 loadbang;
> #P button 185 54 27 0;
> #P number 230 63 51 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
> #P newex 200 88 40 196617 i 1000;
> #P newex 536 166 36 196617 zl reg;
> #P message 200 112 47 196617 0 , 1. $1;
> #P newex 200 135 40 196617 line 0.;
> #P user multiSlider 316 417 266 68 0. 127. 20 2665 47 0 0 2 0 0 1;
> #M frgb 0 0 0;
> #M brgb 255 255 255;
> #M rgb2 127 127 127;
> #M rgb3 0 0 0;
> #M rgb4 37 52 91;
> #M rgb5 74 105 182;
> #M rgb6 112 158 18;
> #M rgb7 149 211 110;
> #M rgb8 187 9 201;
> #M rgb9 224 62 37;
> #M rgb10 7 114 128;
> #P objectname mslid[3];
> #P newex 467 297 79 196617 vexpr $f1*$f2;
> #P flonum 200 170 50 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 221 221 221 222 222 222 0 0 0;
> #P newex 316 349 78 196617 vexpr $f1+$f2;
> #P message 98 267 70 196617 scalarmode 1;
> #P newex 200 297 79 196617 vexpr $f1*$f2;
> #P user multiSlider 269 187 266 68 0. 127. 20 2665 47 0 0 2 0 0 1;
> #M frgb 0 0 0;
> #M brgb 255 255 255;
> #M rgb2 127 127 127;
> #M rgb3 0 0 0;
> #M rgb4 37 52 91;
> #M rgb5 74 105 182;
> #M rgb6 112 158 18;
> #M rgb7 149 211 110;
> #M rgb8 187 9 201;
> #M rgb9 224 62 37;
> #M rgb10 7 114 128;
> #P objectname mslid[1];
> #P newex 467 266 30 196617 !- 1.;
> #P comment 334 101 100 196617 number of sliders;
> #P comment 231 47 100 196617 interp time;
> #P connect 16 0 5 0;
> #P connect 15 0 13 0;
> #P connect 13 0 11 0;
> #P connect 11 0 10 0;
> #P fasten 10 0 7 0 205 167 205 167;
> #P fasten 5 0 4 0 103 292 205 292;
> #P connect 7 0 4 0;
> #P connect 14 0 13 1;
> #P connect 18 0 17 0;
> #P connect 17 0 3 0;
> #P connect 3 0 4 1;
> #P fasten 4 0 6 0 205 331 321 331;
> #P connect 6 0 9 0;
> #P hidden connect 20 0 18 0;
> #P fasten 8 0 6 1 472 331 389 331;
> #P fasten 7 0 2 0 205 261 472 261;
> #P fasten 5 0 8 0 103 292 472 292;
> #P connect 2 0 8 0;
> #P connect 18 0 19 0;
> #P fasten 10 1 12 0 235 159 541 159;
> #P connect 19 0 12 0;
> #P connect 12 0 8 1;
> #P fasten 6 0 12 1 321 380 567 380;
> #P window clipboard copycount 21;
>

Cheers
Gary Lee Nelson
Oberlin College
www.timara.oberlin.edu/GaryLeeNelson