Patching

PatchIn

AudioPatchIn

ControlPatchIn

ScalarPatchIn

PatchOut

ControlPatchOut

AudioPatchOut

ScalarPatchOut

These objects hold information about a Player's inputs and outputs.  They are used to make connections to other Players, and to manage that connection and all subsequent repatching or disconnections. 

PatchIn objects hold NodeControl objects that enable communication to one input of a Node (Synths and Groups), either for setting the value or mapping the input to read from a Bus.

PatchOut objects hold either Bus objects (for audio and control) or sources (for control and scalar).  Bus objects hold the information about the Bus that the Player is playing onto.  sources are client side objects that produce float values to send to the inputs of Nodes.   Possible sources are gui objects like sliders or Patterns and other automatons.  Anything that can respond to .value with a Float can be a source for a ScalarPatchOut.

aPatchIn.connectTo(aPatchOut)

aPatchOut.connectTo(aPatchIn)

connect the input on the node to the output of the bus or source.  

Both PatchIn and PatchOut remember who they are connectedTo.  PatchOuts may be connected to multiple PatchIns.

play(patchIn)

server

plays on top group at head

group

plays at group of head

integer

default server, audio output number

they should be even gui-able, a drag drop

maybe even a player makes ins and outs when created

prepare(group)

sets the patchOut group, where it will be created

patchIn

also hold source ?, search for synth

examples:

drag output of player to some input

patchOut.connectTo(patchIn)

sets nodeControl if playing,

else when it plays it will get the value

if player is not playing anywhere else

if input is reading from something else

insert mixer

drag filter to player

if player is not playing anywhere else

node after

same buss for out

filter reads from that buss

this is a kind of player

if player is playing to another filter

remove other

node after

same buss for out

filter reads from that buss