Extreme feedback hazard
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: underwater-amplifier
patch: underwater-amplifier.maxpat
instructions
Connect a hydrophone to computer audio input.
weird spectral symmetry in Max
An experiment with reciprocals [!/~ 1] in the frequency domain
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: spectral-symmetry
patch: spectral-symmetry2.maxpat
[pfft~] sub-patch: pfft-sym2.maxpat
notes
The effect sounds like a some kind of liquid boiling in the background.
car engine simulation in Max
From “Desigining Sound” by Andy Farnell
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: car-engine
patch: car-engine.maxpat
abstractions:
- engine-overtone.maxpat
pd abstractions:
- delread~.maxpat
- delwrite~.maxpat
- hip~.maxpat
- vd~.maxpat
jet engine simulation in Max
From “Desigining Sound” by Andy Farnell
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: jet-engine
patch: jetengine-wrapper.maxpat
pd abstractions:
- bp~.maxpat
- hip~.maxpat
- vcf~.maxpat
polyphonic Midi synth in Max
The [poly~] object
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: poly-synth
patches:
- (main) poly-generic-example1.maxpat
- ([poly~] sub-patch) polyvoice-template1.maxpat
instructions
- Connect an external Midi keyboard
- Open poly-generic-example1.maxpat
- Turn on audio
- Play notes
Leap Motion Midi synth in Max
Midi notes triggered by finger movement
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: leap-motion
patch: leapfinger2.maxpat
externals and dependencies
Download the aka.leapmotion external – and add it to your Max file path in options | file preferences: http://akamatsu.org/aka/max/objects/
instructions
- plug in a Leap Motion sensor
- Click the toggle to start reading Leap Motion data
- Wave your fingers around to play notes
tempo dial in Max for Live
How would you make the dial respond to tempo changes?
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-for-live-projects
folder: tempo
device: tempo-test.amxd
instructions
- drag the tempo.amxd file into a midi track
- turn the dial and watch the tempo change
chord generator using Live Object Model
Global tempo setting triggers Midi chords
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-for-live-projects
folder: repeater
device: chord.amxd
instructions
- drag chord.amxd into a midi track
- put a midi instrument after the device in the track
- start the global transport (play on top toolbar)
- arm the midi track for record
- play some midi notes
- adjust the note value in the device
random tone and speed changes
This version randomly generates chord tones and and note durations.
In the same folder, device: chord2.amxd
instructions
- drag chord2.amxd into a midi track
- put a midi instrument after the device in the track
- start the global transport (play on top toolbar)
- arm the midi track for record
- hold down a Midi note
- Use toggles to select parameters to randomize
etch-a-sketch in Max
Try connecting the dials to a Midi controller
basic synthesizer in Max
- sine wave oscillator
- low pass filter
- LFO
- ADSR
- Midi keyboard control
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: synth-basics
patch: synth-341.maxpat