hi martin, thanks for taking the time to reply.

i can set pd to whatever samplerate i want in media->audio settings.  i just checked again going through a whole bunch of values between 22050 and 44100 and they all work.

my problem is that the samplerate is global, and i need it only to be local.  i think the 'solution' i suggested in my 2nd post is going to be the way to do it, but i just don't know how to do that.


[*~ 2048]
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[expr~ $v1%2048]
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[/~ 2048]

thanks.  that's what i had done originally, but i couldn't hear any effect.  i guess if i really want 12-bit sound in pd, i'd have to use that construct after each and every calculation in the signal chain. seems a fair bit of overkill just to make the sound WORSE though!