i'm currently using lists and pack/unpack to feed them to 10 frequency overtone generator abstractions.
but i'm wondering, is there a better way to pick frequencies from a list, or a large list, larger than 10 frequencies, so that they can be picked at will. and also, can the frequencies have a larger description.

like "440hz A-note traditional" would, when picked from the dropdown menu, send 440 to the outlet.
Something like that?

I think the jmmmp library of vanilla abstractions has one. It's available in deken.

@esaruoho I use a canvas on top of a [nbx], [nbx] gets from a [text] which has the info I want to display and is then applied as a label to the canvas, just click and drag like it is a numberbox.
lbt.pd

There is also https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/12960/a-drop-down-listbox-using-hsliders which is clever and works well despite some quirks but you get used to them fairly quickly.

if using external is possible, you can use ceammc, which make all this kind of stuffs more easy than pd-vanilla.

Here is an example using [ui.menu] and [symbol2any] to do it:

https://ceammc.github.io/

@60hz said:

https://ceammc.github.io/

i'm using PD 0.54-0. i got ceammc from dekken and the help looks like this:

is this a M1 Apple Silicon ARM thing, or is the dekken not complete, or..?

What you displayed is the global ceammc help.
You can click on the link [ui.menu] in runmode it should open [ui.menu] specific help.

Also, I did rewrite the [ui.menu] help a bit...

If you use data structures , using arrays, drawtext and drawpolygon.

@60hz said:

What you displayed is the global ceammc help.
You can click on the link [ui.menu] in runmode it should open [ui.menu] specific help.

Also, I did rewrite the [ui.menu] help a bit...

EDIT: i tried adding [ceammc/ui.menu] to a script of mine, and all i see is this:

weirdly enough, the cyan text CAN be clicked on from the help, but i dunno why i can't just add it as an object to a script of mine? like what am i missing here?

EDIT2: i had to open the help, then select and copypaste the object, and then i was able to add it. it made the whole screen grey for a while until i clicked away.
i've never seen objects that behave like this. what..??

@esaruoho compiled objects (unfortunately) can't be created that way.
you have to use [declare -lib ceammc] and then [ui.menu]

@seb-harmonik.ar said:

@esaruoho compiled objects (unfortunately) can't be created that way.
you have to use [declare -lib ceammc] and then [ui.menu]

thanks!
i .. really .. had no idea. it's a big TIL day for me.

Side question: Are the ceammc externals available as a separate package for Linux? (They aren't in deken.) Or the only way is to build the entire ceammc pd package?

hjh

wow, even having one ceammc ui.menu displaying results in the else/multi.vsl's grinding to a halt updating-wise, no more being able to draw content onto them. looks like i'll not be able to use them then

@esaruoho said:

wow, even having one ceammc ui.menu displaying results in the else/multi.vsl's grinding to a halt updating-wise, no more being able to draw content onto them. looks like i'll not be able to use them then

What is your update rate? And are you updating using "import" or by sending one index-value pair per slider?

hjh

@ddw_music I know there is a snapcraft for the full distribution https://snapcraft.io/pd-ceammc

@esaruoho

I tried again today with last pd-0.54, deken -> typed "ceammc", download the package, going to browser externals->ceammc->ui.menu-help : works perfectly.

A new version of the lib will be released soon and will offer a lot of new features. I love this lib because I can make anything I want without any other external and it's functions names are much more clear and organised. A Real time saver.

@esaruoho said:

wow, even having one ceammc ui.menu displaying results in the else/multi.vsl's grinding to a halt updating-wise, no more being able to draw content onto them. looks like i'll not be able to use them then

I tried them altogether without any problem.
I would prefer [ui.sliders] if using ceammc, since it's a real compiled object and not an abstraction using dynamic patching, which is unfortunately more a hack rater than a feature in pd.