record~, how can I tell it's finished?
I'm using a record~ object to record audio into a buffer. I have a toggle box connected to it to start/stop recording. However, I want a bang message when the record~ has finished, which is when the signal that comes out from the object box has gone from 0 to 1. I want this bang to trigger a "send 0" message to the toggle box, to indicate that the record~ has finished its job. How can I achieve that?
- Eirik
This seems easy, but can you be a little clearer as to your patch? Because I'm not very bright, "when the signal that comes from the object box has gone from 0 to 1" for example is not very clear. Have you used the [select] object before?
Brendan
Here's a slightly more elegant way of doing it. The record object outputs a sync signal, which shows the record position as a value between 0 and 1. Therefore, when the value is 1., recording is finished. So we simply convert the signal into a float value and test it to see if the value equals 1. If it does, a message to reset the toggle box back to 0 is triggered.
iterating from David's patch, you can get even simpler if you just use change~(signal version) into edge~ like so:
@Brendan, i love the new username! cheers, my fellow noobian!
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iterating from David's patch, you can get even simpler if you just use change~(signal version) into edge~ like so:
Not only simplier, but [snapshot~] and [number~] can be a significant waste of CPU at times.
Using [==~] instead of [change~] will make this even more efficient. For example:
This includes another (*SUPER* minor) optimization: using [trigger] instead of a message box when you don't actually need to click the message.
OK,
now it's clear what "when the signal from the object box goes from 0 to 1" means; told you I wasn't too bright, hence the name change Noob4Life!
Brendan
Thank you! This was very helpful.
I also extended it a bit - connected a toggle to a "loop $1" sending to the record~. At the same time, this toggle sends a message to a "!- 1" object, which controls the opening of a "gate 1 1" object. With this setup, a bang will not be sent if the loop setting on the record~ is turned on.
"hence the name change Noob4Life!"
is that why? here i thought it was because you were modest and were kicking dirt in the face to shallow labels conceived by a shallow video-game industry(where the word, "noob" originated along with the opposite word, "leet"(meaning elite) or more specifically, "733t"). Terms which have more place in hazing rituals among fraternities consisting of meathead jocks than here within the supposedly 'intelligent' technology sector.
i certainly have seen too much from you here to ever think of you as truly being a max noob, Brendan(give yourself more credit).
:)
@Noob4Life
haha
The reason(s) behind the name change, like my fluency in Max, is constantly changing - on the day I changed it, I noticed that all my solution-replies were to Max beginners, simple problems; whereas the more complex challenges left me stumped,
hey ho
ps
"i certainly have seen too much from you here to ever think of you as truly being a max noob, Brendan(give yourself more credit)"
I have good days and bad days
Brendan