Emmett Palaima

So I was using pow~ to do some exponential scaling on a control signal, translating some audio code I had done in C to a Max Patch. My patch wasn't working, even though I had checked several times that the code was translated accurately. After a good deal of troubleshooting I find that the inlets are reversed relative to non-signal pow and that the argument sets the base value rather than the exponent!

Why is the object arranged like this? Not only is it confusing for everyone, it also doubles the number of objects I have to use every time I want to do a simple exponential operation.

I do not want to use curve~ because I do not need smoothing, just scaling.

Is there any logical reason for this, or is it just there to make everyone's life a little harder?

Sorry for griping, but this is really dumb haha.

I do not want to use curve~ because I do not need smoothing, just scaling. 

Sorry for griping, but this is really dumb haha. 

So I was using pow~ to do some exponential scaling on a control signal, translating some audio code I had done in C to a Max Patch. My patch

why-are-the-inlets-reversed-for-pow~

in audio DSP you need it more often the way it is.

Why are the inlets reversed for pow~?