On 28 avr. 08, at 12:19, Bas van der Graaff wrote:

> Hi board, > > This may be a really stupid question, but is it possible to set the > value of the [slide] object? Right now, it seems to be 0 on load, > but I want to use it to scale something gradually so I'd like it to > be 1. > > Can't imagine no-one has ever come across this, seems like such a > basic thing. > > Alternatives welcome, but i'd prefer not to use line because of > threading.

Did you try the set message?

ej

Yes, it gives me this message:

• error: slide: doesn't understand "set"

On 28 avr. 08, at 14:43, Bas van der Graaff wrote:

> Yes, it gives me this message: > > • error: slide: doesn't understand "set"

ah, sorry I must have add that for Max 5. For 4, you might have a look to my [mxj ej.lslide].

ej

in max 4 you could set the filter coefficient to 1., then send your new value, then re-set the filter coefficient value back to your original coeffs. a coefficient of 1. means: don't keep any of the old values. this is equivalent to no filtering, which is what you do when you set a new value directly.

hth

/*j

Good solution! Should have thought of that myself,I built a workaround by now.

And good to hear it's added in Max5. Although there's still some objects which use the set message and other which have a right inlet, it's something that can't be missed, of course.