@whale-av now i see! thanks a lot!! i was totally wrong about the 3rd paramter. One last question to be sure: If i have a message like 1 $2, 0.8 $3 $2, 0 $4 $5 I should choose $5 = $2 + $3, or? So the 3rd parameter is always an absolute (not relative to the values processed before) value!?

@whale-av thanks, but the pack-vline~-combination looks like it's working sometimes and sometimes not - certainly it's my fault, but i dont know where. For example, have a look at the patch below.
ad_note_v1.pd

Thanks for your quick response!

Thats really good, but now i try to make the patch more simple by using the vline~-object. Unfortunately i have problems in combination with pack-object to output a list for the vline~-object. May you could have look at my pd-patch?!

adsr_note.pd

EDIT: ok, vline~ could only read simple messages (like "1 500, 0 500")?! Something like "1 500, .8 500 200, 0 500" doesn't work. So i added an delay-object.

Hello Folks,

just an easy question (i'm new to pd): I like to create a simple note without midi-interface. This note should be played (with some pause between) in a loop.

Later i like to apply some variables to control the ADSR-shape and reverb etc. of the note and add a second note so it will sound roughly like a heartbeat.

For now, i stuck in producing just a single note with the osc~-object. I tried it with makenote but this doesn't work. Any advices or maybe a sample patch!?

Thanks a lot!
max