Re: A01.sinewave.pd (and help patches in general) should not output audio when opened

* IOhannes m zmoelnig <[email protected]> [2025-04-08 12:15]:
> On 4/8/25 10:21, Peter P. wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > i would like to suggest that Pd patches from the documentation should
> > not output audio right away when they are opened, as is the case with
> > A01.sinewave.pd
> > Perhaps this can be revised at a future update?
> I agree that documentation should not output audio right away.
> 
> however, there's only a single example that does play audio as soon as the
> DSP is turned on, which is A01.sinewave.pd
> 
> this is the very first example for working with audio in Pd, and I can
> understand that the idea is to keep this as simple as possible - without any
> magic involved.
> a consequence of the first objective is, that there is only a single button
> you have to interact with in order to produce sound.
> this is the "turn DSP on" button.
> a consequence of the 2nd objective is, that there's no convoluted subpatch
> that somehow raises the gain when its useful.
> 
> one possibility to keep the patch simple and still not produce any sound on
> start, would be to automatically turn *off* the DSP when opening the
> A01.sinewave.pd
> would this be any better?
Good suggestion! I nevertheless think this would introduce yet another confusion when
other patches, that are already open at this time, stop working.

I'd suggest to add a simple [*~] volume control with [0.1< and [0 <
messages and no subpatches.

best, Peter

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