Tutorial: Triggers (Part 3)

[trogluddite]

Hi all,
Here's a nice chunky .pdf guide to SMs triggered data system. It's a subject that comes up again and again here on the forum - not surprising I suppose, it is the part of SM that is least like any 'normal' form of programming or flowcharts etc.

Trigger Tutorial 003.pdf

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Trigger Tutorial Examples 003.osm

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I'll keep the full tutorial at this top post. The .osm file contains the example schematics used in the tutorials - they will really help when reading the .pdf, and so that you can see the practical benefit of the various trigger optimising techniques.

I aim to add to this a little at a time, as I find the DTP stuff a bit time consuming, but I am aiming to work upwards from the basics, towards some of the more advanced 'Trigger Trimming' techniques.

Any comments, or suggestions for 'lesson plans' will be gratefully received - but please bear in mind that I'm doing this in my leisure time, so don't expect a complete SM 'Bible' any time soon!!

[tor]

Great start

I admire your dedication to help other people. Looking forward to the following lessons.

[infuzion]

Nice Toggie!
Too bad you did not post directly to the WiKi...
BTW, SM forum has a limit of 3 attachments per post. That is why I pre-reserved many successive posts when I made my module organization tutorial.

[stw]

Great start

I admire your dedication to help other people. Looking forward to the following lessons.

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Nothing more to say!! I appreciate that explanation for dummys approach very much. Helped me most

[sunsynth]

Much appreciated - and hoping 4 the next ONE!

Well done...

cheers,
Walter

[trogluddite]

Too bad you did not post directly to the WiKi...

Oops, yes - should have linked it from there!
Much quicker for me to make a .pdf, I can work on OpenOffice even on my little netbook - lots of easy templates for making bookmarked section headings etc.
Rather than use more posts, I will just update the .pdf with the new bits all in one file - if the attachment get too big, I can always host the .pdf elsewhere and link to it (maybe even Malc would be interested to host some of these 'officially' on the SM server?)

[billv]

Great stuff. Rather see a whole book though.
Why not dump your whole brain into a "couple of hundred pages", print a nice glossy book, get it
published and charge us each $50 or so. I'd pay straight up.
How many books are there on SM??....Nothing?????..
If you went to the publisher's with the idea they'd probably even finance it as you went along.

[trogluddite]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, billy!
It's a lovely idea, but the trouble is, I already have a full time job (that I really like), about half a dozen SM projects on the go, take dozens of photos every week, twang my bass, whack some drums... - somehow or other, I even manage to have a vestigial family and social life!
So for now, I'll just keep plugging away at the .pdf as and when inspiration strikes - when I've got this one somewhere near finished, I will forward a copy to Malc to see what he thinks - maybe they could become part of the official doc's and he'll give me some nice FlowStone freebies!

[stw]

Thanks for the vote of confidence, billy!
It's a lovely idea, but the trouble is, I already have a full time job (that I really like), about half a dozen SM projects on the go, take dozens of photos every week, twang my bass, whack some drums... - somehow or other, I even manage to have a vestigial family and social life!

Oh... so you're the 48 hours a day guy...

If you really want to make some money out of it write a book about social time mangement!
I promise you'll get rich in near future...

[trogluddite]

He he, I just have to be careful I don't trip over the bags under my eyes!

[attic]

I can work on OpenOffice even on my little netbook - lots of easy templates for making bookmarked section headings etc.

OpenOffice works really well for that.

Why not dump your whole brain into a "couple of hundred pages", print a nice glossy book, get it
published and charge us each $50 or so. I'd pay straight up.

Id buy it.

If you really want to make some money out of it write a book about social time management!
I promise you'll get rich in near future

Id buy this one also. Lol sleeps over rated anyhow.

[attic]

I just finished reading the pdf and for someone who has been trying to learn SM, I have to say this was concise and just the type of description I have been needing. I hope to see more and really appreciate it.

Thanks Trog.

[adamszabo]

Great stuff, please dont let this project die! I would buy a full book too, so you already got yerself 150$

[infuzion]

Watch out for Area & Array-building maths; they can exponentially increase triggers. For example, if you want to move a graphic, you will normally use an Area To Float, do some math on the outputs, then merge them back into a Float to Area. Well, every float connection causes a new trigger, so you will have 4+ times the triggers coming out of the Float to Area! Do this a few times & you will get "trigger flurries".

Pro Tip: Keep track of the triggers leaving primitives & modules, & put a few Sample & Holds in the proper points.
Sample file: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=9217&start=140

[trogluddite]

Part two of the tutorial is now available in the top post - along with a schematic of the examples used.
Sorry it took so long - 'll try to get part 3 out a bit quicker!!