Re: [sc-users] Bus questions

[<sdwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting v_ezra v_buchla <ebuchla@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> > from the helpfile:
> > 
> > Note that using the Bus class to create a multichannel bus simply 
> > reserves a series of adjacent bus indices. There is nothing to stop
> you 
> > from outputting a channelsArray larger than that range. You are 
> > responsible for making sure that the number of channels match and that
> 
> > there are no conflicts.
> 
> which helpfile?
> 
> my version of Bus.help says
> 
> Bus.audio( server, numChannels );
> 	Allocate an audio bus on the server. 
> 	Defaults: default server, 1 channel.
> 
> but doesn't get any more specific.
> 
> but that makes a lot of sense, thanks.
> 
> it's still a little strange, since e.g.
> 
> b = Bus.control(s, 4).index.postln
> 
> only gives the starting index.

I recently made those changes to the bus helpfile (and others). So your 
version may be out of date.
> 
> maybe an extra line of text in the Bus.help file would make this a
> little
> easier to figure out the first time.
> 
> 	e

That's why I did it. Maybe we need a multichannel helpfile to put all this 
stuff in one place.

S.