Dear IOhannes, crazy, thank you for the pristine explanation, is makes sense now! What still puzzles me is that [dac~] does not output a signal when it receives the "1" message.
Thanks again, P * IOhannes m zmölnig <[email protected]> [2021-12-06 19:04]: > On 12/6/21 17:57, Peter P. wrote: > > Is this know, explainable and does it "mean" something? ;) > > it's known (that is: the group of problems to which this one belongs) > > here's a layman explanation (that i haven't actually checked with the source > code): > > whenever you patch with signal objects (that is: create a new object~, > delete a object~, connet object~s), the DSP graph gets re-compiled (if dsp > is on). > this is not true for non-signal objects: adding/connecting non-signal > objects is not going to change the DSP graph, so it is not re-compiled > (however, it does need to be recompiled if you remove a non-signal > object...why? just think [table]). > > now with your single [dac~] object, there is not much of a DSP-graph to > compute, so Pd obviously does nothing. esp. the float-to-signal conversion > seems to be not activated yet. > adding a single msgbox and connecting it to [dac~] doesn't change anything > in this regard, so Pd doesn't "notice" that it now has to actually do the > float-to-signal forwarding. > > you can force a re-compilation of the DSP graph (which will make Pd pick up > the float-to-signal conversion) by saving your patch (notice that get the > click). > you can also force it by removing any object (or msgbox!) - which you > already know. > > you could also connect a [sig~ 0] to the *second* inlet of the [dac~] tat > the beginning: this will not do much except creating a (small) DSP-graph of > which [dac~] is part of. > if you then create you msgbox and send [1( to the *first* (otherwise > unconnected) inlet of [dac~] you also get a click. > > > gfmds > IOhannes > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
