i have this strange problem i can't figure out, maybe i just don't get it or this is one of the quirks of PD...

i'm working on a step sequencer. the sequencing bit is working as i want it to. no problem.
it has two settings, normal counting and random counting ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. and random (in the range of 4). i have a switch between them to select which to run. easy.

my problem is, the hratio that i put in to illustrate which of the steps are active, only works on one of the two settings.

i tried putting in a hratio for each of the settings and that works fine, but it'd be silly to have two hratios when i can have one.

i have a feeling i'm overlooking something really simple. does anyone have an idea?

https://pastie.iem.at/view/b0fa1761

buggy_step_sequencing.pd

thanks in advance,
BOB

You have a lot of zeros flying in from the [*] at the same time as the data and that is the problem.
A couple of spigots will solve it..... buggy.pd
Just changed.... I had the spigot defaults the wrong way around.
David.

You have a lot of zeros flying in from the [*] at the same time as the data and that is the problem.
A couple of spigots will solve it..... buggy.pd
Just changed.... I had the spigot defaults the wrong way around.
David.

oh wow.. you are a hero!
i learned something today... spigot, interesting object!

@Jona said:

i think select or route can solve your problem, but perhaps select makes more sense in your case:

edit: i think i misunderstood the problem

ooh, this looks fine. a bit less messy than my sequencing hack!

thanks ,

buggy2.pd

working.pd

...and since you are so amazing, i have a quick follow-up question: how would i do so, in random mode, that it doesn't pick the same number twice in a row?

To the result of [random] the previous chosen number + 1 is added and this is taken modulo 4 to spread the range to four numbers while avoiding the previous chosen number.

Another explanation: We have one number and we chose the following number as a starting point for our random number modulo 4. Since we only add 2 as maximum, the previously selected number cannot be reached again.

Result: No number is selected twice in a row and all numbers 0, 1, 2, 3 are statistically equally distributed.

working.pd

working.pd

very cool...

i see you changed pipe to delay.. is there any difference?
i mean, they both delay.

i'm not sure why i used pipe in the first place., tho..

http://pd.noiselove.net/PELLE8001-1.6.2.pd

PS: Don't care about the $1, i once put that structure into an abstraction and just copied and pasted from there....