Max for Live objects
By Florian Zand
Spectrum composition with the BigBang Rubette
by Florian Thalmann
More about BigBang Rubette: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-00148-2_17#page-1
Max for Live Push abstractions
Max clippings for Ableton Push
By Mark Egloff
Dowload: Media:MFL-Push_Package.zip Copy the “Ableton Push” folder into the Max 6.1 Packages folder.
Cycling 74 tutorial. https://cycling74.com/wiki/index.php?title=Push_Programming_Oct13_01
Pitch tracking device in Max 7
Pitch Tracker and Autotuna M4L devices without Live.
Download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: pitchtracking
patch: autotuna-test.maxpat
ep-426 – Interactive video – Spring 2015 week 7
Audio data for Visualization and Introduction to Open GL
Audio data for visualization
Generally, visualizations will track amplitude, pitch – or any characteristic of audio that is changing over time.
Translation
- jit.catch~
Envelope followers
- peakamp~
- average~
- avg~
Transient detection
- bonk~ (from http://vud.org/max/)
dude837 – “Delicious Max 6 Tutorial 21: Bump It” (with physics simulation) – note: during the class, we didn’t actually get this patch to work. Patches for dude837 tutorials: http://otherbirds.com/tutorials/
Pitch/spectral analysis
- fzero~
- Max 7 amxd’s for pitch detection https://reactivemusic.net/?p=18434
- gbr.yin~ from IRCAM ftm externals: http://ftm.ircam.fr/index.php/Gabor_Modules
- fiddle~, etc., (Ted Apel) http://vud.org/max/
- pitch~, etc., (Tristan Jehan) http://web.media.mit.edu/~tristan/maxmsp.html
Introduction to Open GL
- Open GL Lissajous patterns by Oli Larkin: https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects/tree/master/lissajous/larkin
- Dancing Sprites by Andrew Benson: https://reactivemusic.net/?p=18380
- Boids sonification by Sam Tarakajian https://reactivemusic.net/?p=18388
- jit.gl.videoplane Max help patch
Max builtin Jitter Open GL tutorials:
- 30 : Introduction to Open GL concepts and display of text, using jit.gl.text3d
- 31 : Rendering to destinations (jit.pwindow, jit.window, and matrixes)
- 32 : Positioning the camera
- 34: Textures – playing video on a 3D object
Miscellaneous
- Animating with drunk (Jitter tutorial 18: iterative process)
- Jonas Margraf http://jonasmargraf.tumblr.com
- jit.noise (upsampling and downsampling a matrix by adjusting the dimensions)
Not covered:
- jit.gl.volume
- jit.gl.slab
- pixelface tutorial
Assignment
Next week we will look at some of your work in progress for the midterm assignment (that will be due by March 31. Please be ready to demonstrate something or you will have to listen to me again.
ep-341 Max/MSP – Spring 2015 week 7
The Live Object Model in Max for Live.
Several ways of working with Ableton Live parameters in a M4L patch. (This is an improved version of the patch we built in class) https://reactivemusic.net/?p=18401
The Live Object Model description: https://cycling74.com/docs/max5/refpages/m4l-ref/m4l_live_object_model.html
In the coming weeks we will build synthesizers and work with control surfaces in M4L
Assignment
Build 3 or more M4L devices, including one of each of the following
- An audio effect
- An instrument
- A Midi effect
Its ok to adapt and “improve” an existing device.
Please bring in your work in progress for next week and be prepared to demonstrate something. The entire assignment will not be due until March 31.
The Live Object Model in Max for Live
Introduction to getting, setting, and observing Live parameters with Max for Live.
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-for-live-projects
folder: lom
patch: aaa-lom-examples
tutorial
This example device shows several ways of working with Ableton Live parameters in a M4L patch. It can be a confusing process. And there are many different ways to accomplish the same result.
The examples here will use the LOM (Live Object Model) directly, and via builtin LiveAPI abstractions and choosers – available from the context menu that appears when you <ctrl> click inside of an open patcher window.
live.observer
The snippet above shows how to continuously monitor Live’s tempo.
- live.this.device sends out a bang when the device loads
- the “path live_set” message tells live.path to get an id number for the current set. This id is sent to the right inlet of live.observer, telling it we want to observe the current Live set
- the “property tempo” message asks live.observer for the current tempo value
- If the tempo changes it will be automatically updated
live.object (set)
The snippet above shows how to set Live’s tempo.
- Get the Live set path id using the same method as shown for live.observer
- the “set tempo” message sends a tempo value to live.object
live.object (get)
The snippet above shows how to get Live’s tempo.
- Get the Live set path id using the same method as shown for live.observer
- the “get tempo” message requests the current tempo value from live.object
live.object (call)
The snippet above shows how to start or stop the Live transport by calling functions.
- Get the Live set path id using the same method as shown for live.observer
- the “call start_playing” message tells live.object to start the Live transport. “start_playing” is the name of a function builtin to the Live set.
LiveAPI abstractions
The LiveAPI abstractions provide convenient shortcuts to working with Live parameters. Copy them into your patch by <ctrl> clicking inside an open (unlocked) patcher window – and selecting “Paste from -> LiveAPI abstractions”
Observing the Live transport
The snippet above shows how to monitor whether the Live transport is running
- paste the abstraction into your patch as explained above
Selecting the master track
The snippet above shows how to select the Master track
- paste the abstraction into your patch as explained above
LiveAPI choosers
The LiveAPI choosers provide convenient shortcuts to selecting Live parameters from menu objects. Copy them into your patch by <ctrl> clicking inside an open (unlocked) patcher window – and selecting “Paste from -> LiveAPI choosers”
Setting device parameters remotely with live.remote
The snippet above shows how to remotely set the volume on the master track
- paste the chooser into your patch as explained above
- connect the left outlet of “substitute” to the right inlet of live.remote
- send values to live.remote to change the selected parameter
Holdr
Boids sonification in Max
“Boids is a bird flight and animal flock simulator. It is based on the same algorithm which was used in “Jurassic Park” for herding dinosaurs.”
Max external by Singer, Jasch, Sier and Smith. Tutorial by dude837
download
https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects
folder: boids
project: boids23
patch: main-tz.maxpat (slight modification to enable existing presets to work)
externals
- Download version 1.1 from http://s373.net/code/ (in the section called “boids for max”)
- Then add the path to the downloaded folder to Max objects | file preferences
Abstraction of noise
jit.gl.volume example from a snippet in the Jitter reference manual.
by Cycling 74
Produces an infinite stream of abstract art
