jit.bfg provides basis functions including various noise contours.
Here is yet another example co-opted from dude837 tutorial 30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoCpbxslvS8
This is a set of color bars composited with a noise gradient.
Original components:
Colorbars
Noise gradient function
A few minor changes were made to the original patch, including addition of comments and presets.
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: bfg
patch: dude837-tut30-tz.maxpat
From tutorial 21b by dude837
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COl3ft1PPNU
There was a problem with the spheres not returning to the resting position. They were constantly expanded outward. By removing the frame rate trigger from qmetro, and triggering only when audio data is received, the response was improved. You can also set signal amplitude going into the bonk~ object.
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
Folder: physics
Project: bumper-phsyics
External objects: bonk~ from: http://vud.org/max/
Yet another basic synthesizer design.
First in a 3 part series for Berklee EP-341 Max/MSP course
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
Folder: Synth-design-2
patch: synth-thing1
Is 8 x 8 enough?
Adapted from a tutorial by Darwin Grosse
This Max tutorial, from Cycling 74, connects the builtin-camera to a Push display matrix, using Midi sysex codes. https://cycling74.com/wiki/index.php?title=Push_Programming_Oct13_03
If you set the frame rate high enough, you can clearly see motion.
I thought it would be interesting to display icons at this resolution, but its not very impressive. Here’s an example.
The 8 x 8 version is on the left. The original, on the right, is 57 x 57. Another problem is that the RGB quality of the Push is not very accurate for anything beyond primary colors. Here is the modified version of the patch.
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: push
patches:
A sample accurate version of the Max metro object.
Detects state change when a phasor goes from one to zero. I first saw this in a patch by jhno. Here is a tutorial by Cycling 74: https://cycling74.com/wiki/index.php?title=MSP_Sequencing_Tutorial_1:_Audio-Rate_Sequencing
This patch is used as a clock in an RTTY (frequency shift keying) project. https://reactivemusic.net/?p=8893. It uses the count~ object instead of phasor~ because its easier to restart the clock at zero phase.
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: phasor-clock
patches:
40 voices of “drunken” motion in Max
Audio engine and concept stolen from Sam Tarakajian
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: poly-synth-drunk.maxpat
patches:
You may notice similarities to dude837’s Boids sonificiation patch. https://reactivemusic.net/?p=18388 The swarm was replaced by drunken dots.
Pitch Tracker and Autotuna M4L devices without Live.
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: pitchtracking
patch: autotuna-test.maxpat
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: video-feedback
patches:
Fractal geometry with Jitter.
By Peter Elsea
“Fractal geometry is the study of objects that have a property known as self- similarity – They are made up of smaller copies of the overall shape. One of the most popular is called the Sierpinski triangle”
The Max patches were developed (stolen) from Elsea’s lecture notes at http://peterelsea.com/Maxtuts_jitter/Fractals_in_Max.pdf. The first patch draws Sierpinski triangles. The second patch is generalized to circular shapes with N corners.
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: fractals
patches:
You will need to download Elsea’s Lobjects abstractions and add the path to Max in Options | File Preferences: http://peterelsea.com/lobjects.html
Draw random colored dots on a 2d plane.
Dots are superimposed on a world map using the lcd object.
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: random-oval-paint
patch: random-oval-paint.maxpat
additional files: worldMap.jpg
Load the patch and click the toggle in the upper left corner to begin drawing. Number boxes allow you change rate and dot size. Click the purple “clear” message to start over.
