Hi guys,

I want to store multiple $0 send values in a single message box that is to be sent to multiple $0- receive parameters on a synth. I want to do this for each 'voice' in the synth to make it polyphonic. I also would like my final polyphonic synth to be an abstraction.

I know that $0-sends won't work in messages. So is there a way I can store a list of $0- parameters for each voice on my synth so these can be selected as a 'sound' for the user?

How do I get around that $0- doesn't work in a message to an object box?

Any suggestion would be very helpful (sorry if this is very obvious)

kind regards

Casper

I alkso

@casper

If your parameters are static (i.e. they don't depend on what note you play), here's an idea:polysynthdollorzero.pd

Just being a bit pedantic here:

I know that $0-sends won't work in messages

It's not that $0 doesn't work in messages, it's more that dollar signs have different functions when used with objects and messages. When using them with objects, $1, $2, $3, etc. are creation arguments of the object. In the case of an abstraction, you can call these creation arguments by using [f $1], [f $2], [f $3], etc. The [f $0] is a special case: $0 is a unique number generated for each subpatch and abstraction, so that you can have several instances of a same abstraction and yet have an automatic way of distinguishing between them (useful when creating local sends and receives or tables, among other things).

When it comes to messages, $1, $2, $3, etc. refer to the values of a list received by the message. For instance, if you send a message [0 1 1000( to [$1, $2 $3(, you are effectively attributing $1 -> 0, $2 -> 1 and $3 -> 1000. These are not creation arguments, but rather work as simple variables. This is the reason $0 makes no sense inside a message. On the other hand, if you must have the value [f $0] inside a message, you can do the following trick:

[loadbang]
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[f $0]
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[$1(

So that $1 gets substituted by the first value of a list arriving, in which case would consitute only of the single value $0.

Hope this helps,
Gilberto

Thanks guys these explanations and examples are excellent and have solved the problem for me. I love this forum !

Welcome back @gsagostinho! It's been quiet here without you.

@LiamG Thanks, Liam! Unfortunately I have been super busy lately, working on my master thesis among other things. I still read the forum daily for helping with moderation but it has been tough for me to find time to post, but I hope I will have some more time from now on.

Cheers!
Gilberto