Hi all - I think my biggest problem in this must be the use of function from outside of the poly~ object. I would like to be able to control the instances of my poly~ subpatch polyphonically using the function object, but as you can see in my patch - all I could think of was to convert the line output of the function into control messages via snapshot - like I mentioned, not very eloquent! Does anybody have any idea how I would be able to do this another way? I was trying to avoid routing the line output directly into the poly~ object as I know that signals are passed to all instances of the subpatch.

Cheers for the help,

Ben

hi ben

you can put the line~ object inside the poly~ and use the function outside of it. this means that you have to convert the text of the function message correctly so that line~ can understand it, you also need to send the message to the correct line~ object.

you can do this by using thispoly~ to get the instance number, and then use this to set the name of a receive object (env3 in the example) with the 3 being added with sprintf

also worth noting is that you need to use the fromsymbol object inside your poly~ so that line~ understands the message

if you are still struggling i can knock up a patcher with a poly~ to make it clearer

thanks mike - I'll have a go at implementing this today. Thought of another option in the meantime as well - using the dump outlet of the function within the parent patch to update a function stored in the poly~ patch. If I used target 0, this would mean that all of the messages sent by the function remain inside the poly~, and the function drawn from the outside is simply to update each individual instance.. attached a patcher to illustrate.

Thanks for the help - I'm going to have to look into sprintf I think...