Interlude A - Programming w ith Max/MSP IA

contain ing the subpatch) by using inlets and o utlets . To clarify how t his is done,
let' s construct the subpatc h, step-by-step.
Before anything else, we create some inlets; we w ill use the inlet object, w hich
is the eighth object on the palette, for th is purpose (as seen in fig ure IA.24) .

Fig . IA.24 The in let object as it appea rs on the palette

Af ter creati ng an i nlet object o n th e inside of the [random-minmax] window,

an inlet appears on th e patche r in the main w indow (as shown in figu re
IA.25).

pra ndom-minmax

Fig. IA.25 A patcher object d isplaying an internal inlet

We add two more inle t objects at the top of t he {random-minmax] w indow ,

and also an outlet (ninth on the palette) at the bottom, and t hen we verify that
the patcher object box in the main window now has t hree inlets and an outlet
(as in fi gure IA.26). Note that inlet and outlet objects, as we add them, dis-
play numerical labels that correspond to a progressive order.

(rando m- minmax]

INLETS

[iJ
OUTLET

Fig. IA.26 The inlet objects and an outlet in a subpatch

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