[PD] any way to change the name of delay line used by [vd~] with message?

Hi,

Is there any way to change the name of the delay line used by [vd~] with a message?

Alternatively, I think it would be nice for PD to have a mechanism of indirect reference. In this case,

[vd~ $0-delay]

$0-delay refers to the name of the delay line. What I'd like is a way to put a name like DELAY1 inside a variable which I can set and change. So something like

 [vd~ ($0-DelayName)]

Where $0-DelayName is something I can set to DELAY1.

Are either of these possible?

The reason this has come up, is I'm trying to build an N-band flanger using [clone]. As it stands, it seems like I have to hard-code the name of the delay line read by each instance which is cloned. Since [clone] can only use an abstraction, this means the instances have a different $0 context than the parent patch.

So it seems I have to hard-code the name of the delay line used, which means I can have only one of my N-band flangers per patch. That's probably OK, but I would prefer not to use global variable names if possible.

Thanks! BH

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