Multichannel signal monitor and constant generator Use the mc.number~ object to display or generate multichannel signal values. Cycling '74 MSP mc Input to Display TEXT_HERE Output ramp time in Milliseconds TEXT_HERE Entered or received float values as a multichannel signal TEXT_HERE Sampled values from incoming signal TEXT_HERE Output Channel for Signal Value TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Does nothing The bang message currently has no effect. Function depends on inlet Converted to float. Function depends on inlet In left inlet: The value becomes a constant signal for the currently displayed channel in the multichannel output. When mc.number~ is in signal output mode, the value is displayed. If the ramp time is non-zero, the output signal will ramp between its previous value and the newly set value.
In right inlet: Sets a ramp time in milliseconds. The default time is 0. Set a signal value and ramp time The first number sets a constant value for the output signal (see the float message above for details), and the second number sets the ramp time in milliseconds. Set allowable display modes The word allow, followed by a number, sets what display modes can be used. allow 1 restricts mc.number~ to signal output display mode. allow 2 restricts mc.number~ to input monitor display mode. allow 3 (the default) premits the use of both modes, and lets you click on the icon at the left side of the object to switch between them. Legacy support The flags message is provided for legacy support of the mc.number~ object; all the original functionality is now provided by object attributes. Set the ramp time In right inlet: Sets a ramp time in milliseconds. The default time is 0. Sets a maximum output value The word max, followed by an optional number, sets the maximum value of mc.number~ for signal output. The word max with no arguments clears any previously set maximum value. Set a minimum output value The word min, followed by an optional number, sets the minimum value of number~ for signal output. The word min with no arguments clears any previously set minimum value. Set the current display mode The word mode, followed by a number, sets the current display mode, if it is currently allowed (see the allow message). mode 1 sets signal output mode. mode 2 sets signal input monitor mode. Switch display modes Click on the icon at the left side of number~ to switch between signal monitor mode (wave) and signal output mode (arrow). When in signal output mode, click on the number to highlight it for typing. Scroll on the number to change it. In either mode, click the dots below the number to choose a channel value to display. Display a number without causing output The word set followed by a number sets the mc.number~ object to display that number in signal output mode without causing output. Multichannel signal input to be displayed and input mc.number~ samples values from a connected multichannel signal at a rate specified by its interval attribute. Sampled values are sent out the middle outlet, preceded by a channel index out the right outlet. When mc.number~ is in signal monitor mode, it displays sampled values for the currently selected display channel. Background color TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Fixed channel count When the value of chans is non-zero the mc.number~ object displays and outputs a fixed number of channels regardless of the number of channels in a connected multichannel signal. When chans is 0 (the default), the object auto-adapts to the channel count of the connected multichannel signal. Channel color Sets the color of the active channel indicator. Display channel The displaychan attribute sets the currently selected channel for display in either signal monitor mode or signal output mode. In addition, the value of displaychan attribute determines the output channel whose value will be set by numbers sent to the object's left inlet. Output signal ramp time The ft1 attribute sets the ramp time of the output signal in milliseconds. The default time is 0. TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE TEXT_HERE Display update interval Sets the mc.number~ object's display update rate (in milliseconds). This is also the rate at which the connected multichannel signal is sampled and output as float values out the object's middle outlet. Maximum display and output value Sets the maximum value that can be displayed or output. Minimum display and output value Sets the minimum value that can be displayed or output. Enable signal monitor mode The monitormode attribute enables or disables signal monitor mode. Number of Decimal Places Sets the number of decimal places shown for a displayed or entered value. Enable signal output mode The sigoutmode attribute enables or disables signal output mode. Style Sets the style to be applied to the object. Styles can be set using the Format palette. Number value text color Sets the color for the mc.number~ object's number values. The textcolor attribute is mapped to the textcolor_inverse style color. The mc.number~ object operates in two different modes. Switch modes by clicking on the icon on the left side of the object box.

In signal monitor mode (denoted by a wave) it displays the value of the multichannel signal connected to its left inlet. Click one of the dots below the number to select an input channel for display.

In signal output mode (denoted by a downward arrow), mc.number~ displays a value received in the left inlet or entered into the object box. This number also becomes a constant signal value for a channel in mc.number~'s multichannel signal output. Highlight the object for typing by clicking on the number, or scroll on the number to change its value. Click one of the dots below the number display to select a channel for generating a signal. Out left outlet: When audio is on, mc.number~ outputs a multichannel signal consisting of constant values, set by values in signal output mode or received in its left inlet. If a non-zero ramp time is set, changes in output will ramp from previous to new values over the specified time. Out middle outlet: Samples of the input multichannel signal are sent out at a rate specified by the interval attribute. Out right outlet: Immediately preceding sample output from the middle outlet, mc.number~ outputs the channel index of the sampled signal value.