JesterN

hi all, i try to get some input to activate one button and deactivate all others. In the case of 4 objects is fine but with, say, 60 becomes a mess to draw all the connections. Is there an easier way of doing this?

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great! super efficient.. i did not think that way... thanks a lot EasyMac!!!

great! super efficient.. i did not think that way... thanks a lot EasyMac!!!
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You can also [radiogroup] in place of the individual bangs with assigned numbers.

i see, but it's part of a larger patch for which the previous way is perfect.. probably i will use a general send to cut of connections.. your patch is of great help!

i see, but it's part of a larger patch for which the previous way is perfect.. probably i will use a general send to cut of connections.. your patch is of great help!
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if you want to use the mecanism in different patchers with no connections you can also do this :

very nice indeed... i used some send at the end.. the result is similar..

very nice indeed... i used some send at the end.. the result is similar..
thanks
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try [110.decode] and save unnecessary parallel messages.

Orrrrrrr.........you could just use the [decode ] object (might not exist in max4) :D

The Decode object has been around for a long time.


I've been doing this same thing a really inefficient way for years because I didn't know about decode. Thanks!

decode is limited to 8 bit (unless that has changed)

I just placed a [decode 512], so it can do larger than 8 bit, but the object gets so wide it can be hard to use.

boo, i request immediate OS9 compatibilty.

True, would it be useful in some situations if it could have an optional overflow outlet to cascade multiple objects together, using the first in the chain for input?

yeah cascading [decode] is quite messy, you need to do -1, and you need to clip and split ... that why i used [gate] for my abs.

is it possible to simplify this patch?