Targetting params in mc.gen~ patch with messages like deviate, spread etc.
Topic title pretty much. I'd like to send mc messages like deviate, spread etc. to named parameters in an mc.gen~ patch. I swear I've done it before just playing around experimenting but I don't have any saved patches to refer to and now I can't figure out how I did it (assuming I'm not misremembering, which isn't always a safe assumption to make).
it's the 'op' message followed by the op's coefficient, followed by the parameter name, followed by the initial parameter value. here's a patch:
and here's the relative docs page:
hope it can help 🍻
Ah ok, simple enough. I completely missed that in the documents, skipped right over that paragraph. Thank you!
You're welcome, and no worries about missing the doc, Cycling74 needs to update the Max9 docs, as i'm only able to find that in the older Max8 docs(the doc changes they are making recently are somewhat confusing and frustrating).
You’re not misremembering, it is doable, but the trick is how the params are exposed.
In mc.gen~, the parameter needs to be defined with param inside gen and properly named. Then from the parent patcher you can target it using mc.gen~’s attribute style messaging, usually by sending paramName value messages.
For things like deviate or spread, make sure those are actually parameters inside the gen patch and not just internal variables. If they are params, you should be able to send messages like deviate 0.5 into the mc.gen~ object and have it update across channels.
If it is not responding, double check the exact param name, and confirm it is not being overridden internally in gen.
Oh I meant misremembering whether I had previously figured out how to do it, not whether it was possible. I know I had played around with mc-izing this particular patch, but I didn't save the results. Anyways, Alienz pointed me in the right direction, got it working now.