Is there an button tap vs tap & hold common function?

Hi,

I am making a nice little tap vs tap & hold function for my buttons.
This it occurred to me - is there already a library to handle this in Oopys and/or GEN?

So far, I have tap and hold working well.
Started working on the “tap” part and would prefer to borrow code here so I can keep on with the core of the project. :slight_smile:

Thanks for you help.
Brett

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Simplest thing is to run a timer and grab the time when the button is released. If it’s below a certain amount, treat as a tap, otherwise as a hold.

The simplest timer in gen~ is [accum] aka [+=]. Send a param button to the 1st input of [+=] and it will count in samples while the button is held, and stop counting when the button is released. So now you want to do two things: a) measure the time when the button is released, and b) reset the time to zero when the button is pressed again. Both of these are edges: a) happens when button goes from 1 to 0, b) happens when button goes from 0 to 1. Send the param through [change] to detect those transitions. Change will output 1 when the input rises, -1 when the input falls, and 0 when the input stays the same. A button outputs a step function so button → change will output single-sample spike of 1 when button gets pressed, and single-sample spike of -1 when button is released. So, send output of [change] to [== 1] to 2nd inlet of the [+=] to reset the count when button is pressed, and output of [change] to [== -1] to detect when button is released. Send this spike to 2nd inlet of a [latch], send the [+=] to 1st inlet of latch, and you have what you need.

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Hi @grrrwaaa,

Thanks for the info! Looking at your code idea, seems a little simpler that what I created. :slight_smile:

I suspect I’ll have to iterate on it, given what you noted above.
Here is what I ended up trying out… not sure it is great, but it does work. :slight_smile:


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Thanks,
Brett

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Try this:


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Here’s another variant; this one will give a single-sample spike for a short-tap, or will set a gate high for a long press.


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@grrrwaaa,

Thank you, this is much cleaner.

Brett