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counter days months.maxpat

I am working on a sonification project in Max using climate data.

Therefore I need 2 counters that count through the year, one in months, and one in days. (The number of days / months will trigger certain events from a txt file...)

My problem is that after three rounds or so they shift, so don't start at 1 at the same time again... is it because of the fraction 365 / 12?

I've included the relevant part of the patch. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi there, 
I am working on a sonification project in Max using climate data.
Therefore I need 2 counters that count through the year, one in

synchronize-metros--counters

Hey, same result here. I think using metro/ counters is always pretty "unstable" and tends to desynchronizes over time.

I think you can make your life way easier using divide and modulo objects.

Here's just a little "inspiration" for you, Don't know if you want to take in account that the months don't have the equal amount of days and so on ( I'm using 30 days / month , which is not correct, you could use your 30.146666 days for equal months).

But maybe this gives you an idea to build on :)

Here's just a little "inspiration" for you, Don't know if you want to take in account that the months don't have the equal amount of days and so on ( I'm using 30 days / month , which is not correct, you could use your 30.146666 days for equal months). 

 But maybe this gives you an idea to build on :)

you may have a look at Max Data Tutorial 2: Data Scaling.

this example works synchronously without any roundings. maybe it helps.

thanks very much guys! Got it sorted out with your approach Hoowdie!

That's nice to hear! Good luck and have fun maxing

synchronize metros / counters