Rob Reed

I'm really new to this but i'm picking it up slowly. I'm creating a patch that will turn an image into a melody. It does this by pixelating an image, then finding the RGB values for each pixel, averages the 3 values, and puts it into a matrix. From this matrix i want to output each value in the matrix for 1 second in a number object, before moving onto the next value. For example, if my jitter matrix had the following values in it:

I want to get these integers from my matrix, and have a number object that will show 54 for one second, then 123 for one second, then 76 etc... I imagine it would involve using the metro object but i'm utterly lost - i've never used anything like this before.

I'm really new to this but i'm picking it up slowly. I'm creating a patch that will turn an image into a melody. It does this by pixelating an image, then finding the RGB values for each pixel, averages the 3 values, and puts it into a matrix. From this matrix i want to output each value in the matrix for 1 second in a number object, before moving onto the next value. For example, if my jitter matrix had the following values in it:
54
123
76
243
7
37
43

how-do-i-cycle-through-a-matrix-every-second

Use metro 1000 to bang a counter object, and use that output as the matrix coordinate for the 'getcell' message.

Hi, your code really helped :) I'm still having a little trouble though. Because my matrix is two dimensional, i've had to use two counter objects to select a new row once it reaches the end. The counter object has an output that says it will output a bang when it reaches its max value. For some reason it outputs a bang at its max value and min value which means it skips an entire row every time :/

How can i get it so that when it reaches its max value it only puts out a single bang?

Also, for some reason, the multiply object isn't working in my code.

Any ideas? :s Also, apologies for the mess, will clean up when i've got it working.

Please note that the third outlet of [counter] does 

 send out a bang unless you tell it to (with a 'carrybang' message). It sends out a 1 when the counter reaches its maximum, and a 0 on the next output. That's why you're witnessing a double trigger. Use a [select 1] object to convert the 1 into a bang (and ignore the 0), or use the 'carrybang' message to [counter] to get a bang instead of the 1 and 0.

Please note that the third outlet of [counter] does not send out a bang unless you tell it to (with a 'carrybang' message). It sends out a 1 when the counter reaches its maximum, and a 0 on the next output. That's why you're witnessing a double trigger. Use a [select 1] object to convert the 1 into a bang (and ignore the 0), or use the 'carrybang' message to [counter] to get a bang instead of the 1 and 0.


Thank you so much! Works perfectly now :D

Outputting values in a matrix to a number object?