programming with max/msp - Virtual Sound

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Practice
Paragraph 1.1 - First steps with Max/MSP
Window and dragging a rectangle that “touches” the objects to be selected
(see fig 1.10).
Fig. 1.10 Selecting objects
At this point, if we move one of the selected objects, all of them will move;
likewise, if we press the key, all of the selected objects will vanish.
Using this selection technique, objects will be selected but not patch cords. If
we need to select the patch cords at the same time we are selecting objects (for
example, to delete them) we need to hold the key down while dragging
the selection rectangle, and make sure that we “touch” the cables that interest
us (as seen in Figure 1.11).
Fig. 1.11 Selecting patch cords
With the key held, we can also copy an object. Simply click-and-drag to
tear off a copy. If you first select multiple objects and then drag them using
, you can copy them all (as in Figure 1.12).
Fig. 1.12 Copying multiple objects at once
If you make a mistake (for example, you delete one object rather than another),
you can undo the action by selecting the Undo command from the Edit menu.
Repeatedly selecting Undo can cancel an entire sequence of commands and
return the patch to the state that preceded those actions. If, after undoing one
or more actions, you decide that there wasn’t actually an error (for example,
you wanted to delete the object after all), you can restore actions by using the
Redo command, which is also found in the Edit menu.
from “Electronic Music and Sound Design” Vol. 1 by Alessandro Cipriani and Maurizio Giri
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