#N canvas 10 40 628 468 12; #X obj 8 -33 cnv 15 400 40 empty empty selectors 20 12 0 24 -228992 -66577 0; #N canvas 10 40 620 460 object 0; #X obj 79 36 inlet; #X obj 86 270 outlet; #X obj 308 267 outlet; #X obj 71 131 route output-left output-right; #X connect 0 0 3 0; #X connect 3 0 1 0; #X connect 3 1 2 0; #X restore 51 224 pd object; #X floatatom 51 277 5 0 0 0 - - -; #X floatatom 136 277 5 0 0 0 - - -; #X msg 83 178 output-right 309; #X msg 50 128 output-left 8675; #X text 9 24 Every message has a selector. The selector is the first element in the message. It tells the object which receives that message what to do with it. A selector is basically like a command or a function. ; #X text 22 319 Here's the technical definition:; #X text 220 129 <-- "output-left" is the selector; #X text 250 179 <-- "output-right" is the selector; #X text 22 350 The selector is a symbolic atom \, which is a non-numeric string with no white space \, semicolons \, or commas. In the case of messages whose first element is a numeric atom \, the "float" selector is implied.; #X connect 1 0 2 0; #X connect 1 1 3 0; #X connect 4 0 1 0; #X connect 5 0 1 0;