Max/MSP/Jitter

Max/MSP/Jitter / Tools - Software — 2 Comments
16
Jan 09

Max in Live – Edit buttons

First I wrote a lengthy post about why this Max in Live thing is so amazing that I can’t wait. Then I realized that there will be approximately 16 million other blog posts about the very same thing, so I deleted, and made a summary:

I have waited and waited for a better integration of traditional recording and editing tools in Max. In particular I have longed for a waveform edit tool such as the object tool in Samplitude. Max in Live is more than I could dream about as it opens up a world of new possibilities. Read about it at www.cycling74.com.

Cheers
Arve

Guitar / Max/MSP/Jitter / OS X — No Comments
5
Jul 08

Update on the “My screen is my re-patcher” thing

UPDATE:: Tremolo/Ringmodulator module added! The Tremavols is both a tremolo and a ringmodulator. Flip from one mode to the other with the button that says tremolo in the image. The Tremavols has separate frequency setting for the tremolo (tremolo rate) and the ringmodulator (modulation frequency).

So this is the expanded family in beta < 0.5:

Biggest change is that the re-patching of signals from input to output has been added and works as it is supposed to.

I have also added a meter out and bypass in each module. This is as true bypass as true bypass has ever been and when a module is bypassed it is toned down (as you can see in the Delavols).

Preset handling is separate from the modules and allows morphing between presets.

TODO:

  • Implement user interface for preset handling (selection and morphing and a system for mapping of hardware controllers to the preset system.
  • Make a ring modulator module (updated 07.06.2008)
  • Make an overdrive module
  • Make a reverb module.
  • Make a VST-host module

This system will be for sale. Pricing is TBA.

Cheers
Arve

Guitar / Max/MSP/Jitter / Tools - Software — 2 Comments
30
Apr 08

My screen is my re-patcher

Keep an eye at the text box in the patcher when the modules are moved around. That’s the explanation, and think about changing the order of stomp boxes on the floor.

This is a short demo of using the screen as a re-patcher. I use my computer for most effects processing in my guitar system, and this re-patcher allows me to change the effects order at any time without touching a cable. Changing the effects order should be easy to do for anyone because it creates a myriad of sonic possibilities. This is my approach to the challenge of re-patching on the fly, and I believe it will prove itself useful. Audio coming soon. I want to showcase all modules at the same time, and I am adding the possibility of serial, split to: parallell, merge to: serial processing as well. I don’t think I’ll need parallell processing but it should be possible to do it, shouldn’t it?

cheers

Guitar / Max/MSP/Jitter / Tools - Software — 3 Comments
25
Apr 08

Guitar effects

Two new modules for my guitar setup has arrived at their beta stage: The Delavols and the Compavols. When those modules that are currently in the owen are all baked up and smells good, I’ll post some audio examples for anyone interested. Nice thing about using your computer as an effects processor is the lack of unwanted noise. If you still crawl around going mental on everything that is not as analog as the Wizard from Oz, then skip further down the internet and get exhausted for nothing. This is not your cup of tea.

Max/MSP/Jitter / OS X / Tools - Software — No Comments
23
Apr 08

New looks in max, new looks in my fauna

I am working on some modules for my guitar system. First of is a vibrato/tremolo with feedback through delay. And today I fiddled around with the presentation mode in a more or less finished patch to check out the new graphic objects. I frankly think that those new interface objects looks good. Well… I like it simple and here is the Vibravols module:

Max/MSP/Jitter / Tools - Software — No Comments
23
Apr 08

I’ve waited. Now I hover.

I guess I could write a love song about Max/MSP/Jitter. This fabulous software turned me into a music technologist, and I have used it for just about all my techno needs: GSM-communication, Ethernet, upload, download, my live guitar system, real-time audio and video, sensors, mapping und so weiter. Point is: I’ve got Max5, and I hover. Have not been so excited about software since I got Samplitude and discovered audio editing simplicity.

The new presentation mode is just a dream come through. And the inspector, and the new looks….. I think I like rounded corners.

Javascript / Max/MSP/Jitter / Tools - Software — 5 Comments
19
Mar 08

Javascript but no JSUI

I have always been a fan of the LCD-object in Max/MSP/Jitter but it is somewhat tedious to control stuff on it because of all those drawing commands….. However I am tired of not being able to use those beloved semantics in Multislider so I’ve made me a javascript interface to make LCD behave like a multislider. I think it came out as a beauty.

cheers..

Javascript / Max/MSP/Jitter / Tools - Software — No Comments
17
Mar 08

more javascript in max….

I like to write a javascript every now and then to avoid using a million objects in my Max/MSP/Jitter patches, and today was such a nice day for a little javascript…The script came out nice and tidy, but when I wrote another function to send the semantics to an ubumenu for easy navigation in the UI things became somewhat tedious… I’ll keep the receipt around here for anyone interested as there was very little concrete information about this in the documentation (Max/MSP) and even less on the user forums….

Anyway, this is reliable (remove the brackets):
[a=patcher.newobject("user", "ubumenu", 101, 99, 100, 196617, 0,1,1,0);]

The problem was nothing but the font and font size…. With the newdefault method they are messed up, but with newobject everything works out fine. I guess I was confused because the newdefault method creates the object, and allows filling it with content, and anything but the font related stuff…..