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<H3>Connector Methods</H3>
The Connector methods listed below allow any combination of access
and anchor points to be coupled together. To recap, an <EM>anchor point</EM><A NAME="1">
is</A> a fixed numerical value (usually 0.0) and a spring is connected
between the access point specified and this anchor point, effectively
restricting the vibrations of the instrument at that point.
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(<access point 1>, <access point 2>)
(<access point 1>, <access point 2>, <strength>)
(<access point>, <anchor>)
(<access point>, <anchor>, <strength>)
(<anchor>, <access point>)
(<anchor>, <access point>, <strength>)
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<P>The <CODE><strength></CODE><A NAME="2"> argument</A> expected by
some of the methods sets the strength of the spring used to connect
the two points. It is usually a value in the range [0..1] but higher
values may sometimes work. You should be aware though that if you
use a value higher than 1 <B>Tao</B>'s cellular model may become unstable,
leading to exponentially increasing noisy vibrations. This is limitation
inherent the kind of discrete time step modelling used by <B>Tao</B>.
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