Category: max-lecturenotes

Demo patcher: RecordNGroove.maxpat Today’s demo patcher is based on grooveplay, from the buffer~ and groove~ post. Some minor changes, before diving into the new stuff. The buffer~ object (in the green section) is getting audio from the record~ object. I’ve deleted the read messages. You can put them back in, of course. In the groove section…

I included the example patcher (grooveplay.maxpat) in the zipped soundfilepatcher archive from Monday. buffer~ Preliminary stuff first. buffer~ allows you to load a sound file into RAM. You can play it back with a number of objects, get information about it, etc., but it is in effect like sampler memory. The object takes arguments for…

I’ve zipped the example patcher, CtlnAssign, and a couple of sound files into one downloadable folder. sfplay~ MaxMSP has an excellent tutorial and help patchers. My example doesn’t try to recreate everything you can do with sfplay~. I’m focusing on basic playback, the loading of files, and how to create a useful start/stop mechanism with…

As indicated, this is a scaled-down post so that you have the demo patchers from class. To use the PolyAudioDemo.maxpat you also need to download SimpleSynthKeith~.maxpat and place both patchers in the same folder. Highlights The poly object The poly object takes incoming noteon and noteoff messages (note number and velocity), tracks them so as…

My delay demo patcher is finally uploaded. It also includes a little section with a degrade~ object. I’m only doing bit reduction with the degrade~ object.

Mr. Olson has prepared a wondrous chiptune demo patcher for 2/24. Download and prepare to amaze and be amazed.

I’ve uploaded a much-improved version of my simple additive synthesizer (2 oscillators). The patcher makes extensive use of send and receive objects, which function to both clean up the spaghetti tangle of patch cords, and provide a means for self-commenting code. The core of the patcher is a two-oscillator additive synth, with function controls for…

I will be posting an expanded explanation later, but for now I’m putting up Michael Olson’s Day 16: Audio Brass Tacks patcher.

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Max/MSP has two ways of viewing a patcher, patcher view, which we’ve been dealing up to now, and presentation view Presentation view provides an alternate way of viewing your patcher information. Patch cords do not show at all, and you can decide what (subset) of objects appear in presentation view. You can even rearrange the…