Triggering Different Events in Order

    dwerfelmann
    Feb 21 2011 | 3:26 am
    I am working on a composition that uses many different patches within a single patcher. I would like to be able to trigger different parts of the patcher (send a bang) in a specified order with my MIDI controller pedal.
    How do I go about sending out a bang message to different parts of my patch in a specified order (e.g. the first time I hit the pedal, the audio turns on. The second time I hit it, the soundbite begins to play, the third time...)?
    I'm using Max5 on a Macbook Pro, using a sustain pedal connected through a midi interface.
    Thanks a lot.
    • nnneuromodulator
      Feb 21 2011 | 3:37 am
      [cycle]
    • EasyMac
      Feb 21 2011 | 4:09 am
      If you want more flexibility in event ordering, I would use [forward].
    • EasyMac
      Feb 21 2011 | 9:32 pm
      Yeah, that'll work. I'd never even heard of [qlist].
    • Andrew Benson
      Feb 21 2011 | 10:48 pm
      There's a ton of ways to approach this. Think about objects that route messages and control flow like select, gate, route, router, switch, cycle, bucket, spray, send/receive/forward. Then think about objects that allow you to map one number to another like table, itable, multislider,coll, function, funbuff. Then objects that allow you to count like counter, incdec, +, accum.
    • seejayjames
      Feb 22 2011 | 2:00 am
      that's like a whole semester of programming in one paragraph. brilliant
    • dwerfelmann
      Feb 22 2011 | 4:37 am
      Tremendously helpful, everyone. Thanks!