Apologies, got my syntax in the wrong order

Hi
read the helpfile for [vline~], that message means "go to 1 in 5ms, then after 5 ms go to 0 in 20ms". Remember, that impulse has no 'real world' physical characteristics of its own, it's just a filtered noise burst.

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Hi
you could shape your own impulse, using noise~ into an envelope and filter. Not sure how that will affect your output frequency spectrum though

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imp.pd

And I'll also look at PlugData thanks

thanks for the advice @alexandros; I might revert to vanilla.

. . . but if I launch PD by loading a .pd file, the menu bar remains correct and intact - strange behaviour from the purrdata application launcher

Hi
Purr Data is behaving strangely since I recently updated it. When I first launch it, it appears fine:

But when I create a new patch, it changes to this:

Note the missing menu bar items.

Am I a newb, is this the wrong forum?

Halp

@jameslo Not derailed! Just expanded and extended

I just want to thank everyone for the detailed responses here, which has inadvertently but interestingly diverged into a slightly different topic. It makes interesting reading.

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