hi
i never worked seriously with max/msp, so i cannot compare, but from my experience with pd, i never had any problems with readability of my patches. i think there are few alternative ways to keep a patch readable than segmented patch chords, using subpatches or abstractions in order to create sections with a special functionality. sometimes i even use a [send]/[receive]-pair instead of a patch cord, just for readability
$0-send/receive: what would be the difference to a NOT-fake-mechanism? (i don't know pvar nor pv)
roman
"Item State" itemstatechanged@yahoo.de wrote:
hi,
is there any means to get segmented patch chords in PD? as soon as i have a few feedback / recursive structures, the patch is terribly unreadable IMO.
otherwise, are there some truly local send/receive objects, that is not those fake mechanism using a patcher instance number in the port name, something like PVar or PV in max?
thanks, sciss