i am messing around with a wavetable oscillator (using the patch found at the bottom of this page:

https://flossmanuals.net/pure-data/dataflow-tutorials/arrays-graphs-tables/ )

and i have a few questions about it\... is it possible to change the start point gradually? can i use [osc~] to change it? is it possible to send non-integer numbers?

thanks

so i can send arguments to [tabplay~] telling it to play the entire array, or certain sections, by sample number (if im understanding correctly... )

does [tabread4~] allow me the same opportunities?

you can either add a sample number before the table lookup (left inlet) with +~ or use the right inlet, which allows for greater precision (int precision) when added to the left inlet rather than just float precision (which is 24 bits at a 32 bit depth) for the index though it can only be specified by messages at block boundaries. according to the help file, you should always start reading from tabread4~ at sample value 1 because of the wraparound

if you change the start point while it is reading the array you'll get a doppler shift or popping, you could use samphold~ after the phasor~ in order to only get values when it starts over. If you're going for the doppler shift (like adding an osc~) it's called phase modulation I think

the example at the bottom of the page does seem to have an offset control in seconds (converted to samples)

tabread4~ and tabread~ are basic table lookup, so you need to provide these kinds of modifications yourself. a useful external with more features is loop~