diff --git a/externals/ekext/framescore~.c b/externals/ekext/framescore~.c
index 2cbfea812bb27296bb24523ae405f0b7211b2f87..ebc851f689798f46f0d8085a6503723486f4a623 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/framescore~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/framescore~.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void framescore_tilde_setup(void)
   post("|+++edward+++++++kelly+++++++2005+++|");
 
   class_addmethod(framescore_tilde_class, (t_method)framescore_tilde_dsp,
-		  gensym("dsp"), 0);
+		  gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
 
   CLASS_MAINSIGNALIN(framescore_tilde_class, t_framescore_tilde, f);
 }
diff --git a/externals/ekext/framespect~.c b/externals/ekext/framespect~.c
index add2a97307e87c0d3828b35117582ff942e37853..f029f144c6bbc3c2f58bf30db08bf33cbbf47828 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/framespect~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/framespect~.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void framespect_tilde_setup(void)
   post("|'''edward'''''''kelly'''''''2005'''|");
 
   class_addmethod(framespect_tilde_class, (t_method)framespect_tilde_dsp,
-		  gensym("dsp"), 0);
+		  gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
 
   CLASS_MAINSIGNALIN(framespect_tilde_class, t_framespect_tilde, f);
 }
diff --git a/externals/ekext/hasc~.c b/externals/ekext/hasc~.c
index 67586a9c40f6790664c23713067ff5ac64081e49..3ea9e0153683009464761ba63d85c092d1b7aa33 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/hasc~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/hasc~.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void hasc_tilde_setup(void)
   post("|=====edward======kelly======2005=====|");
 
   class_addmethod(hasc_tilde_class, (t_method)hasc_tilde_dsp,
-		  gensym("dsp"), 0);
+		  gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
 
   CLASS_MAINSIGNALIN(hasc_tilde_class, t_hasc_tilde, f);
 }
diff --git a/externals/ekext/hssc~.c b/externals/ekext/hssc~.c
index 9efebfa33dad4b7d3e2832e4e445667e6e20a573..1cf57b659298bc8953c1c6ffe5bc1ad05a5b2eff 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/hssc~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/hssc~.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void hssc_tilde_setup(void)
   post("|======edward=======kelly=======2005=====|");
 
   class_addmethod(hssc_tilde_class, (t_method)hssc_tilde_dsp,
-		  gensym("dsp"), 0);
+		  gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
 
   CLASS_MAINSIGNALIN(hssc_tilde_class, t_hssc_tilde, f);
 }
diff --git a/externals/ekext/lpc~.c b/externals/ekext/lpc~.c
index ce6bdbbfe8cf2d64f58151ac8aa090b7513db84e..f91deee03d45595f0ccbc0dbec12e227c8578cc5 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/lpc~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/lpc~.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void lpc_tilde_setup(void)
   post(". . by Nicolas Chetry <okin@altern.org> . .");
   post(". & Edward Kelly <morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk> .");
   
-  class_addmethod(lpc_tilde_class, (t_method)lpc_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), 0);
+  class_addmethod(lpc_tilde_class, (t_method)lpc_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
 
 
   CLASS_MAINSIGNALIN(lpc_tilde_class, t_lpc_tilde, f_dummy);
diff --git a/externals/ekext/lpreson~.c b/externals/ekext/lpreson~.c
index f9d92605aa865cc1727f9c82fad05ba1d8d4c684..b8f5ccccbe4e51f5d36346dd22f083c5c34721cb 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/lpreson~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/lpreson~.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void lpreson_tilde_setup(void)
   post(". . by Nicolas Chetry <okin@altern.org> . .");
   post(". & Edward Kelly <morph_2016@yahoo.co.uk> .");
   
-  class_addmethod(lpreson_tilde_class, (t_method)lpreson_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), 0);
+  class_addmethod(lpreson_tilde_class, (t_method)lpreson_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
 
   class_addlist(lpreson_tilde_class, lpreson_tilde_list);
 
diff --git a/externals/ekext/peakit~.c b/externals/ekext/peakit~.c
index 8fd5f9aee1d87045e330e2328234b81399a85fe5..a5a74b410937518a230a28629765f24cfbef27db 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/peakit~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/peakit~.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void peakit_tilde_setup(void)
   post("|-<>-<edward>-<kelly>---<>-<2005>--|");
 
 
-  class_addmethod(peakit_tilde_class, (t_method)peakit_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), 0);
+  class_addmethod(peakit_tilde_class, (t_method)peakit_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
   class_addmethod(peakit_tilde_class, (t_method)peakit_tilde_iexp, &s_float, A_DEFFLOAT, 0);
   CLASS_MAINSIGNALIN(peakit_tilde_class, t_peakit_tilde, f_dummy);
 }
diff --git a/externals/ekext/simile~.c b/externals/ekext/simile~.c
index 4bf456a10c22c3fc246bd5f3797cc0d97d805594..1df58ba9634bebc59ab1695cca8798997862ba58 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/simile~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/simile~.c
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ void simile_tilde_setup(void) {
 
 
   class_addmethod(simile_tilde_class,
-  (t_method)simile_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), 0);
+  (t_method)simile_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
   CLASS_MAINSIGNALIN(simile_tilde_class, t_simile_tilde, x_dummy);
 }
diff --git a/externals/ekext/voicing_detector~.c b/externals/ekext/voicing_detector~.c
index 9c143080e3c939b474c57bc2455c53cadc27be5f..5d91719ed1ccfa988a6c86b0e1577f5fc6585285 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/voicing_detector~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/voicing_detector~.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void voicing_detector_tilde_setup(void)
   
   class_addmethod(voicing_detector_tilde_class, (t_method)voicing_detector_tilde_bound, gensym("bound"), A_DEFFLOAT, A_DEFFLOAT, 0);
   class_addmethod(voicing_detector_tilde_class, (t_method)voicing_detector_tilde_method, gensym("method"), A_DEFFLOAT, 0);
-  class_addmethod(voicing_detector_tilde_class, (t_method)voicing_detector_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), 0);
+  class_addmethod(voicing_detector_tilde_class, (t_method)voicing_detector_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
 
   CLASS_MAINSIGNALIN(voicing_detector_tilde_class, t_voicing_detector_tilde, f_dummy);
 }
diff --git a/externals/ekext/zeroxpos~.c b/externals/ekext/zeroxpos~.c
index d6505372b4ecac5c61f36334cce2f7570abd21bf..f52fb658351bb8b79f7ecef0a99305e57eb735cb 100644
--- a/externals/ekext/zeroxpos~.c
+++ b/externals/ekext/zeroxpos~.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ void zeroxpos_tilde_setup(void)
 
 
   class_addbang(zeroxpos_tilde_class, zeroxpos_tilde_bang);
-  class_addmethod(zeroxpos_tilde_class, (t_method)zeroxpos_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), 0);
+  class_addmethod(zeroxpos_tilde_class, (t_method)zeroxpos_tilde_dsp, gensym("dsp"), A_CANT, 0);
   class_addmethod(zeroxpos_tilde_class, (t_method)zeroxpos_tilde_mode, gensym("mode"), A_DEFFLOAT, 0);
   CLASS_MAINSIGNALIN(zeroxpos_tilde_class, t_zeroxpos_tilde, f_dummy);
 }