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.