Meng

I am new to Max, the question may be silly, but it really embarrassed me. I'm dealing with a task, in which I need to judge the incoming number is greater or smaller than the threshold. After the judgement, a specific audio should be played iteratively. My idea is to do something like "if %i1 > threshold then send sound1 else send sound2", and on the other side, there will be " recevie sound1 " and " receive sound2 " to play different audio files. Could someone give any solutions,please?

how-to-combine-the-if-statement-with-send

You could just use split object and connect send objets on 2 outlets

I have fixed the problem by using the out2 argument in if statement. Then, connect the send statement after that. I will try split object now!

Split object would be better choice if You need to change threshold value on the fly.

You are welcome!
Split object would be better choice if You need to change threshold value on the fly.


I think you're overthinking your problem. Perhaps:

Yes, you are right. I was overthinking the problem. And your patcher satisfies the requirement and works well!

But, there is still a problem. I want to play the audio file continuously when the number is changing but still in the same range, (for example, the number is always under the threshold) instead of starting from the beginning over and over again. Do you have any idea? Thank you in advance!

Yes, you are right. I was overthinking the problem. And your patcher satisfies the requirement and works well! 

But, there is still a problem. I want to play the audio file continuously when the number is changing but still in the same range, (for example, the number is always under the threshold) instead of starting from the beginning over and over again. Do you have any idea? Thank you in advance!


that is where you want to create an abstraction. set up your if and send objects in a patcher, save that patch to disk as mz.ifsend.maxpat, load it as [mz.ifsend]

that is where you want to create an abstraction. set up your if and send objects in  a patcher, save that patch to disk as mz.ifsend.maxpat, load it as [mz.ifsend]


You want to look at the "change" object.


Yes, change object can solve the problem! Cheers!

The problem is fixed, by using a statement like ">threshold". Then, connect the statement with the following instructions directly, without using send and receive. Will try your idea when necessary! Thank you very much!

How to combine the if statement with send?