Gain() works, amp() doesn't?

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I’m sure I was using these interchangeably the other day, even the example line from the documentation doesn’t seem to work, I’m using REPL in a chrome webapp but this seems to be broken when i try in a browser as well. My real question is when .amp() is working is it controlling the same thing as .gain() in the background just linear? I was using .gain to give a pattern some bounce when i discovered that adding a slider controlled gain would override it so i tried to use amp instead hoping that i could keep my stepped gain control and still manually fade out that section of code when i discovered that amp doesn’t seem to work at all, am i just implementing it wrong or is this a bug?

n("[0 1]*4").s("hh").gain(0) ← that one outputs no sound (as expected)

n("[0 1]*4").s("hh").amp(0) ← that one outputs the sound at full volume

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okay coming back to reply that i’m using .postgain as my ‘bus’ controllers, also quickly learning that it’s easier to set up a proper side chain by sending a bunch of different orbits to blackhole and into a proper daw, as far as i can tell .amp is depreciated, tho linear control would be nice as it’ll map properly to a midi controller

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In other live coding environments, such as SuperCollider or Sonic Pi, the function name amp() is the standard. It seems that Strudel inherited the naming convention from TidalCycles, and volume control actions were concentrated in the .gain() function, meaning .amp() doesn't perform any function.

In fact, it's not even mentioned in the strudel.cc reference.

In my case, this works correctly:
$: n("[0 1]*4").s("hh").gain(slider(1, 0, 1))