so standard objects have right to left ordering of outlet processing, but what about send and receive for messages? if multiple objects receive for the same name, which one gets it first? is there a triggerlike object for messages, or should I send multiple messages each with a differentiated

tag

like s bla1, s bla2, s s bla3 even when I send the same message?

There is a way to sync data from multiple receives and it is to use the [buddy] object. [buddy] waits until it has received data at each inlet and then outputs everything it received through the corresponding outlet in the standard right-to-left order. It might not be a good solution in all cases since the receive objects need to be in the same patch window as the [buddy], but I have used it successfully for synchronizing receives within subpatches. [buddy] is in pd-extended, but I do not believe it is in pd vanilla.

Hope this helps,

Michael