timer
Report elapsed time between two events
Description
Reports the amount of time in milliseconds between when a bang is received in the left inlet and the right. Can also be used to get the amount of time elapsed since host startup.
Inlets
start [bang]
A bang in the left inlet will reset the timer to zero.
end [bang]
A bang in the right inlet reports the time elapsed since the timer started. If a bang is received before the left inlet receives a bang, it reports the time elapsed since Max (or the host application for exported code) was started.
Outlets
out [number]
The elapsed time in milliseconds.
Dynamic Attributes
These attributes can be modified in the code during execution using the set object
end [bang]
A bang in the right inlet reports the time elapsed since the timer started. If a bang is received before the left inlet receives a bang, it reports the time elapsed since Max (or the host application for exported code) was started.
start [bang]
A bang in the left inlet will reset the timer to zero.
See Also
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| timer | |
| currenttime | Report current time |
| currentsampletime | Report current time in samples. |
| delay | Delay a bang by a given time (ms) |
| elapsed~ | Elapsed time (samples) since load/reset |
| mstobeats | Convert ms to beats. |
| mstohz | Convert ms to frequency (Hz). |
| mstosamps | convert milliseconds to samples |