On 7/11/07, Derek Holzer <derek@umatic.nl> wrote:

Dear Libero,

The short answer is to use a $1 variable when you want to name each
abstraction (i.e. [myabstraction numberone], [myabstraction numbertwo],
etc...), or use a $0 variable when you want to simply make a new
instance and not worry about naming it (multiple instances of
[myabstraction], where $0 will be replaced by a new random number which
is unique to each abstraction).

I can post more about it later in if you're still confused... also check
the tutorials I gave you in Helsinki, in particular
01.pd-control/04.subpatches_and_abstractions/04.abstractions_and_dollar_signs.pd
(apologies to the rest of the list that I haven't published these yet...
coming soon in coordination with the PD FLOSS Manual!)

best,
d.

Libero Mureddu wrote:
> Hi, here is a working example of the proportional canon patch.
> Now I have the following question: if I want to make this patch an
> abstraction, and use more instances of it, how to avoid duplications of
> the same "send", coll, etc?
>
> I read the subpatch tutorial, but the mechanism is not really clear.

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