[maxmsp] Multislider to Always Add to 1

On 18 Apr 2008, at 19:10, Morgan Sutherland wrote:
> I'd like to have an array[n] of flonums/sliders that will always add
> up to a given number.
> For instance, I could have 4 flonums and when one value is modified,
> the other 3 values would adjust to keep the total equal to 1.
> Ultimately I'd like a multi-slider whose outputs always add up to 1
> (so that each slider is a percentage).

divide each element by the sum.

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