dd1984

i'm using sprintf symout to create a particular message with let's say 5 inputs. it all works fine. my issue has to do with a correction. if i use the 5 inputs and then need to recorrect using only 4 inputs, the 5th input still gets sent out. my question: how can i reset sprintf symout without closing / reopening my patch?

and i'm using max/msp 4.6 on a osx 10.4 laptop.

i'm using sprintf symout to create a particular message with let's say 5 inputs.  it all works fine.  my issue has to do with a correction.  if i use the 5 inputs and then need to recorrect using only 4 inputs, the 5th input still gets sent out.  my question: how can i reset sprintf symout without closing / reopening my patch?

sprintf-help-3

I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to do here but perhaps you can achieve something similar with the [zl] object. I can't remember which modes are new to max5 but maybe something with an [uzi] to generate you original lists and then collect them with [zl group]?

 can be used to create lists of a fixed length, 

pack and pak can be used to create lists of a fixed length, zl, prepend and append variable.


i know it's a bit complicated for what should be a very simple patch, but . . .

anyway, the point of this is to have a user-friendly way to generate what could be a large message to vbap. and it works, unless you need to change to a smaller speaker set up. any thoughts are welcome and appreciated!

and i will upgrade to max 5 at some point this year. thanks for any assistance you can give.

i know it's a bit complicated for what should be a very simple patch, but . . . 

anyway, the point of this is to have a user-friendly way to generate what could be a large message to vbap.  and it works, unless you need to change to a smaller speaker set up.  any thoughts are welcome and appreciated!  

and i will upgrade to max 5 at some point this year.  thanks for any assistance you can give.

zl join is the closest zl i can use, but it only works with 2 lists. i need to continually add lists of items together. if i had one speaker, it's 3 items; 16 speakers grows to 48 items. is there a zl not in the help file that works?

zl join is the closest zl i can use, but it only works with 2 lists.  i need to continually add lists of items together. if i had one speaker, it's 3 items; 16 speakers grows to 48 items.  is there a zl not in the help file that works?

It's time to make yourself an abstraction using multiple zl joins, I'm thinking....

thank you all! the several zl's work as intended!

sprintf help?