the dump message comes out of the [sel 2] object, hits a [button] which triggers the [matrixctrl] dump. it acts weird when the bang comes from [sel 2] but it's perfectly fine if I click the [button] to do the dump. look for the red 'click here' message box to see where the [button] is.
it seems so clear to write but something's borked.
many thanks for any help. I'll using this to store various states in my step sequencer. once I get this working I'll post the step sequencer as it is so far.
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