Hey,

Say I have a patch like:

[mtof]
|
[osc~]
|\
[dac~]

Is there a way to call that multiple times without me having to copy and paste it? Kind of like a function in a programming language?

So that I get:

[mtof] [mtof]
| |
[osc~] [osc~]
|\ /|
[dac~]

Thanks

You can create an abstraction for this. Create a new patch and copy your code inside (don't forget to add an [inlet] and an [outlet~]) and save it under a location pd knows (you can add one in the path folder). Now you can create an object in a new patch and type the name of your patch without the .pd extension, e.g. [myOscillator].

Thanks for the suggestion

For others:
http://en.flossmanuals.net/PureData/Abstractions
http://en.flossmanuals.net/PureData/Subpatches

I've been using an abstraction, but it seems that send and receive interfere with other patches.

If I do and [r abc] in my abstraction then all instances of that abstraction will receive the same value. How can I sidestep this problem?

add $0

[r $0.abc]

$0 is unique for every object instance.