Basis function generator

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.

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Original components:

Colorbars

colorbars

Noise gradient function

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A few minor changes were made to the original patch, including addition of comments and presets.

Download

https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects

folder: bfg

patch: dude837-tut30-tz.maxpat

Physics simulation driven by audio

From tutorial 21b by dude837

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COl3ft1PPNU

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What’s different?

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.

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Download

https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects

Folder: physics

Project: bumper-phsyics

External objects: bonk~ from: http://vud.org/max/

Ableton Push as a low resolution video display

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.

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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.

Download

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https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects

folder: push

patches:

  • pushpix-tz.maxpat

Phasor clock

A sample accurate version of the Max metro object.

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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.

Download

https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects

folder: phasor-clock

patches:

  • phasor-clock.maxpat

Fractal drawing in Max

Fractal geometry with Jitter.

By Peter Elsea

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“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.

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download

https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects

folder: fractals

patches:

  • fractal1.maxpat (triangle)
  • fractal-n-corners.maxpat (N corners)
external dependencies

You will need to download Elsea’s Lobjects abstractions and add the path to Max in Options | File Preferences: http://peterelsea.com/lobjects.html

 

Random dots in Max

Draw random colored dots on a 2d plane.

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Dots are superimposed on a world map using the lcd object.

download

https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects

folder: random-oval-paint

patch: random-oval-paint.maxpat

additional files: worldMap.jpg

Instructions

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.