After the first week, you should be able to answer the following question:
- What is an object box? Name one way to create an object box. How do they look?
- What is a message box? Name one way to create a message box. How do they look?
- What is a comment box? Name one way to create a comment. How do they look?
- Where can you see error messages? How do you open that window?
- What is the difference between a locked and an unlocked patcher? Name one way to switch between a locked and an unlocked patcher.
- How do you connect objects?
- What is the difference between an inlet and an outlet?
- Why does this patch not work? Why can the two objects not be connected?
- What is the difference in output between print object 1 and object 2?
- How do you have to change the latter if you want to print the text “Hello, World!” ?
- What is a button? What message does it send?
- How does a button look when it is clicked?
- How do you create a button (name one way)?
- What does “bang” mean?
- Where do you find help and a working example of an object?
- How can you distinguish different print objects?
- Can inlets and outlets have several connections?
- In which order will messages be send when they are triggered by the same button?
- Connect the lines of the following patch in order to output “this is not a palindrome”:
- What can happen to the latter patch if you move the buttons around? What object should you use to avoid that?
- What is the difference between an integer number box and a floating-point number box?
- What happens if you send a text message to a number box?
- What happens if you send a floating-point number to an integer number-box?
- What is a list?
- What’s a $1 in a text message? Mention 2 ways of replacing it.
- How can you change the value of a number box?
- How can you change the value of a number box silently (without outputting it) ?
- What is a combination of several numbers in a single message called?
- How many replaceable arguments can you place in a message?
- Can you place replaceable arguments in any order?
- Can you place a replaceable argument more than once in the same message?
- How much does the person owe me:
- What is a toggle?
- How can you change the state of a toggle?
- Which objects produces bangs at a regular interval?
- How do you divide two numbers?
- Which inlet triggers the division?
- What happens if you send the numebr “27” to the toggle?
- What does the 100 mean in “metro 100″
- What will be printed to the Max window in the following patch if you enter “39.32” in the number box:
- how do you register keypresses?
- what will “select 32″ do if you send it a “33” ?
- what does “delay 300″ do?
- when is a loadbang firing a bang?
- which of an objects inlets triggers the action
- what’s the problem with the following patch:
