Route a signal to one of several outlets Use gate~ to route an input signal at the second inlet to one of several outlets, or to no outlet at all. When there is only one outlet (the default case), it acts as a simple switch. Unlike the Max gate object, any outlet which is not selected outputs a signal composed of zero values.
When the gate~ object is created as mcs.gate~ all of its signal outlets are combined into a single multichannel outlet. The behavior of mcs.gate~ is otherwise identical to gate~. Cycling '74 MSP MSP Routing int/signal Turns Input Off or Routes to Output TEXT_HERE (signal) Input TEXT_HERE (signal) Output TEXT_HERE Number of outlets Initally selected outlet Set the outlet that is initially selected. If 0, all signals are shut off and zero signals are sent out all outlets. Cycle to next outlet Same as the next message Select destination outlet If the number is 0 or negative a zero signal is sent out all outlets. If the number is greater than the number of outlets, the signal is sent to the rightmost outlet. If a signal is connected to the left inlet, gate~ ignores int or float messages. Select output Float input is truncated and, like the int message, selects the destination outlet for the signal in the right inlet Cycle to next outlet Sending the next message to the left inlet closes the current outlet and opens the next one, wrapping accross all outlets. If all outlets are currently closed or the rightmost outlet is currenty open, outlet 1 will be opened. Function depends on inlet In left inlet: Selects destination outlet for the input. If the number is 0 or negative a zero signal is sent out all outlets. If the number is greater than the number of outlets, the signal is sent to the rightmost outlet. If a signal is connected to the left inlet, gate~ ignores int or float messages.

In right inlet: The input signal to be passed through to one of the gate~ object's outlets, according to the most recently received int or float in the left inlet, or the value of the signal coming in the left inlet. Ramp Time Sets the ramp time to use for fading connections in milliseconds. When the ramptime attribute is non-zero, gate~ will crossfade between outputs when the output is switched, fading out the output that was previous active and fading in the output that is becoming active. Signal Change Increments Output When enabled, all whole-number changes to a signal value in the left inlet (either increasing and decreasing) will increment the open outlet by 1, wrapping accross the available outlets. A value of zero will stop output. Depending on the value of the left inlet (either signal or number), one of the object's outlets will send out the input signal and rest will send out zero signals, or (if the inlet is closed) all outlets will send out zero signals.