Working with Different Frequencies

Now let’s have a little fun, and while we’re at it, build a little more complex a patch. Make a new patch that looks like the one shown here.

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You can safely keep DSP on in this case because the osc~ doesn’t have an initial frequency and it doesn’t have anything connected to its inlet telling it a frequency to use. It will make no sound.

Using Simple MIDI Messages

Now, above the osc~ create an object and call it mtof. This object, mtof, means MIDI to float. Above that object, add a message with the scalar value 60.

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