MaxMSP looping - was: Re: Did a quick Mobius gig today :-)

[Andreas Wetterberg <awetterberg@post.cybercity.dk>]

Hi Jeff!

Jeff Kaiser wrote:
> this is a great idea and has been discussed between andrew pask and 
> myself.......we just haven't sat down to do it yet...I'm going to get 
> together with rick walker later this summer and will keep you all posted.

Cool. I guess as in all software the trickiest part is the specification 
- what do we want? "More!" - when do we want it? "Later this summer!" I 
would love to help out, perhaps draw up some suggestions, and I would 
certainly be interested in any development I could do - Macro recorder, 
anyone? :) If we do it right I know a few people who would be very 
interested, I think - hello Kid Beyond! :)

> BTW, andreas...aren't you on the max list as well?....how many lists do 
> you belong to? :-)

I'm "only" semi-active on three: LD, MusicBar on ampfea.org and the 
MaxList now - I think the activity I'm showing there reflects that I 
kind of *need* to interact with those guys in order to not get into bad 
habits this early in my max-programming life. Anyway, I try to help out 
whenever I can.
> (I just lurk there....those guys intimidate me...i'm no programmer)

Hehe, to those that don't know the max-list here is a little excerpt 
from a currently running discussion (Which I, fyi, didn't get at all...):

Andreas

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[+ 1.] is float addition, but [+ #1.] is int addition if 1st argument of
abstraction is int. Too bad, isn't it?
Would that be a reasonable feature request?
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Two possible workarounds:

     loadbang -> '#1' ->  [+ 0.](right inlet)

     loadbang -> [float #1] ->   [+ 0.](right inlet)
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make the argument to #1 "1." or "2." as long as it has the '.' it will 
become a float add. I just tested it, it works.
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Thanks, I was wondering is there would be a way to avoid that. Or the more
compact [loadmess #1] ...
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etc...