#N canvas 252 51 453 586 10; #X obj 36 48 pack f f f f; #X obj 169 8 unpack f f f f; #X text 13 180 (1) 1:1 multi-connect: connects o(n+k) -> i(m+k) for k=0 \, 1 \, ... \, where o(n)->i(m) is the initial connection and *exactly* o and i are selected; #X obj 36 8 unpack f f f; #X obj 169 48 pack f f f; #X text 13 226 (2) 1:N single-connect: connects o(n)->i(m) \, o(n)->i'(m) \, o(n)->i''(m) \, ... \, where o(n)->i(m) is the initial connection \, o is unselected and at least 2 objects i \, i' \, i'' \, ... are selected; #X text 13 285 (3) N:1 single-connect: connects o(n)->i(m) \, o'(n)->i(m) \, o''(n)->i(m) \, ... \, where o(n)->i(m) is the initial connection \, i is unselected and at least 2 objects o \, o' \, o'' \, ... are selected; #X text 13 344 (4) 1:N multi-connect: connects o(n+k) -> i(m) for each other selected object i \, k = 0 \, 1 \, ... \, where o(n)->i(m) is the initial connection \, and *both* o and at least two different i's are selected; #X text 13 403 (4') N:1 multi-connect: connects o(n) -> i(m+k) for each other selected object o \, k = 0 \, 1 \, ... \, where o(n)->i(m) is the initial connection \, and *both* i and at least two different o's are selected; #X text 13 160 "Intelligent" patching:; #X text 13 114 Shift connections: Pressing the shift key while doing connections will let you do multiple connections from the same outlet in one go.; #N canvas 88 323 450 323 mode1 0; #X text 37 15 Mode 1 is the simplest: just select the two objects below and then connect the leftmost outlet of the upper object to the leftmost inlet of the lower object:; #X obj 110 81 unpack f f f f; #X obj 115 120 pack f f f f; #X restore 377 198 pd mode1; #X text 272 35 can be found in the margin.; #N canvas 66 279 450 323 mode2+3 0; #X obj 188 84 inlet; #X floatatom 150 114 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X floatatom 187 114 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X floatatom 224 114 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X text 37 21 Mode 2: 1:N connections ("fan out") -- select the bottom row and then connect the outlet of the (unselected) upper object to the leftmost object in the (selected) bottom row.; #X floatatom 148 214 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X floatatom 185 214 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X floatatom 222 214 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X text 35 149 Mode 3: N:1 connections ("fan in") -- select the top row and then connect the leftmost object in the (selected) top row to the inlet of the (unselected) lower object.; #X obj 181 243 outlet; #X restore 377 283 pd mode2+3; #N canvas 288 307 445 421 mode4 0; #X obj 86 177 unpack f f f; #X floatatom 83 209 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X floatatom 120 209 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X floatatom 157 209 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X floatatom 237 177 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X floatatom 274 177 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X floatatom 311 177 5 0 0 0 - - -, f 5; #X obj 246 209 pack f f f; #X obj 68 318 unpack f f; #X obj 137 318 unpack f f; #X obj 110 347 pack f f; #X obj 222 318 unpack f f; #X obj 291 318 unpack f f; #X obj 264 347 pack f f; #X text 99 374 without ctrl; #X text 262 374 with ctrl; #X text 54 145 Mode 4: 1:N ("fan out"); #X text 220 145 Mode 4': N:1 ("fan in"); #X text 37 236 Note that the intelligent patching heuristic will pick either mode 4 or mode 4' \, whatever gives the most connections. Sometimes this choice will be ambiguous \, in which case you may have to help the algorithm along by pressing the ctrl key *before* doing the connections: ; #X text 36 17 Mode 4 is the most complicated. Here we want to connect the objects above to the objects below again \, but this time the different out- or inlets of the target object will be *distributed* among the other objects. To try these \, select each group of three or four objects below and then connect the leftmost outlet of the leftmost object on the top to the leftmost inlet of the leftmost object on the bottom. Note that \, in contrast to mode 2 and 3 \, here *all* the objects to be connected have to be selected beforehand!; #X restore 377 392 pd mode4; #X text 13 462 NOTE: Intelligent patching will do either (4) or (4') \, whichever gives the most connections. This choice can be reversed by holding the ctrl key when doing the initial connection. The "other" selected objects will be considered in left-to-right and top-to-bottom order.; #X obj 4 -24 cnv 15 445 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.header intelligent\ patching 20 10 1 18 -261139 -33289 0; #X obj 2 536 cnv 15 445 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.footer empty 20 12 0 14 -233017 -33289 0; #N canvas 42 254 494 284 META 0; #X text 12 85 LIBRARY PDDP; #X text 12 45 LICENSE SIBSD; #X text 12 25 KEYWORDS intelligent patching; #X text 12 125 HELP_PATCH_AUTHORS Albert Gräf (PDDP template by Jonathan Wilkes).; #X text 12 105 WEBSITE https://agraef.github.io/purr-data-intro/; #X text 12 65 DESCRIPTION how to connect multiple objects in one go ; #X restore 383 538 pd META; #N canvas 19 470 428 143 References 0; #X obj 1 1 cnv 15 425 20 empty \$0-pddp.cnv.subheading empty 3 12 0 14 -261139 -33289 0; #X text 7 2 Editing- Related Help Documents; #X text 17 28 Notice that some of the menu items have shortcut keys listed beside them. Check out the one for Edit mode for a quick way to switch back and forth between Edit mode and Run mode.; #X restore 104 538 pd References; #X obj 7 538 pddp/pddplink ../5.reference/pddp/help.pd -text help; #X obj 418 -23 pddp/pddplink http://puredata.info/dev/pddp -text pddp ; #X text 33 90 Note: these behaviors are unstable and subject to change ; #X text 272 22 Details and exercises;