----- Original Message ----- > From: IOhannes zmölnig <zmoel...@iem.at> > To: pd-list@iem.at > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: [PD] Audio line circuit breaker? > > On 11/15/2011 09:06 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: >> Oh, ok. Well, that's one of the three reasons that [sig~] exists. > > i think the only reason is legacy.
Not really. It has its applications when patching live (esp. in conjunction with [expr~] as in that Youtube live-patching clip someone posted). And, at least for me, in live patching it's the clearest choice for implicit summing at a signal inlet when a control value needs to be combined with a signal connection, and one has already made the signal connection. (But in a premade patch I'd just make the summing explicit with [+~].) Finally, if you have an object like [cyclone/rand~] where you can't set the initial inlet value with an argument, it's easier to do [sig~ 30]--[rand~] than [loadbang]--[30(--[rand~] It's certainly not the most vital object in Pd, but then again neither is [float], really (why not just use [list])? > > mgfasrd > IOhannes > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list