a student of mine wants to use the jit.phys objects to place several small balls inside a hollow, transparent sphere. The small balls should roll around inside. At the moment we have a problem whereby they occasionally fall through the sphere. We are trying to understand exactly why this is happening. It doesn’t seem to [...]

Hey all, I’ve been digging around a bit and I have a super simple question. How do I reset a phasor when a signal goes from 0. to 1.? I need the phasor to be going at a given frequency but reset intermittently by another signal. It must be done at signal rate which I [...]

Hi. I was wondering – is there a way to exploit the magic behind [print @popup 1] in a custom object? And, btw, are you Cycling guys still sure that you will never provide a way to show a custom name in the “object” column of the Max window? please… fwiw, I just want the [...]

Hi there, First time poster, I’ve been using Max for a few years now but have only recently integrated it with my live performance setup, primarily as a MIDI router for my guitar gear (usually an FCB1010 footboard and Sansamp PSA1 through an UA-25 audio interface to a Macbook Air). I’ve been thinking about getting [...]

I’m creating a set of learning objects that need to be accessible on both Mac and Windows computers. In a couple of the learning objects, I need to add emphasis to a line of text. Since you can’t change font style within a comment box, I use two different comment boxes and align them. The [...]

Hi! I am having troubles with the poly~ object. Basically I built a sampler for sustaining sine waves. I have a cycle~ with envelope inside a poly~ and I am giving it different frequencies through a $1 message. This works fine for a few minutes then suddenly it starts clipping and sometimes even the sound [...]

When I send xyc 0 0 0., xyc 127 127 0. to a [function] object using a message box all is well. When I send send “xyc 0 0 0., xyc 127 127 0.” from [coll]>[route symbol]>[fromsymbol]>function the Max Window says “wrong argument for message xyc.” Why? OXs 10.6.8, Max 6.1.2 ———-begin_max5_patcher———- 1081.3oc6XsriihCEccxWAhMyFlHay6Q8lVp+GlEsFEY.mTzEXGYLUmZZU+6 ie.Dxapj.cVLJJHied74du9dL+Z9L6D1VRks0eY8cqYy907YyzUopXVy6yrK waSKvU5tYSI+jk7CaGSSBxVgt5BFNqjTUYkVPv71l2fEoujSWujSRElUwMDt [...]

Hi All, I’m trying to get the standard deviation of my blobs from cv.jit.blobs.centroids – not having any luck with the cv.jit.stddev object. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, -meg

So this is simple, I need an object where I input an integer number, lets say 3, and the object then outputs 3 bangs! It should be simple to make so I hope someone can answer me what object should I use. Thanks

Hello, wondering if anyone has a sense of ease of use/performance of the standard gaming Kinect and the “Microsoft Kinect for Windows Sensor.” Also curious whether certain generations of the Kinect are more Max 6.1+ friendly I am planning to start Kinect/Max patching. Especially of interest is the ability to work in both Windows and [...]

The Department of Music at Goldsmiths are running intensive four-day MaxMSP summer courses designed for anyone working with sound in a creative way, or to expand your fundamental knowledge of the MaxMSP programming environment. Introductory Courses (4 day course, 10am-6pm; Either 13, 14, 20, 21 July 2013 or 16-19 July 2013 inclusive) The Max Introductory [...]

Hello all, My patch utilizes the serial object to communicate with an external device. The patch was developed on OS 10.6.8 and Max 6.0.4 and it works very well there. On a much faster OS 10.8 Mac Mini it’s garbage. The message/ack cycle has gotten very slow and inconsistent rendering my patch useless. It’s the [...]

We are happy to announce the release of Max 6.1.3. There are a handful new features, as well as over 100+ bug fixes. You can download it here: http://cycling74.com/downloads/ Enjoy! -Ben New Features: • dict.deserialize: nested key support • jit.lcd: works in x64 Max • jit.mgraphics: reset alpha state • jit.path: implementation in a javascript [...]

I would like to rotate a texture for 90 degrees in a slab chain in a way that can be done with jit.dimmap. So in a way that would be equal to “90 degrees rotation of jit.pwindow”. Is there any slab appropriate for that job? I tried already td.rota.jxs. It rotates texture but i get [...]

Hi, i’m trying to create a list of random numbers with Zl Join. Theorically i must create a list with the last generate number and the list himself, and after that i probably need a “zl rev” to have the correct order. The only thing is that i’m not really praticed with Zl and the [...]

Hi, i bought Max 6.1 but i’m having troubles because it doesn’t recognize my monome64. I would like to uninstall and reinstall, but i don’t want to buy another licence. Do you know how can i do the entire process without lose my licence?

I have been playing with jit.openni and would like to report how far away an object is from the kinect. To do this I will need to report on the lowest value in the 1 plane depth map output. My question then is how do I report the second lowest value within a matrix so [...]

I’m using the jit.qt.movie object to play a rather long video file that I want to split into multiple sections that automatically stop at differing lengths. I realise that I could edit it and load in multiple clips, but I’d like the option to change the input file after a while. Triggering at specific times [...]

Hi all, I’m trying to control video playback with some wii nunchuks but am having problems controlling the data streams from the accelerometers. I want to measure the overall change in the accelerometer to control the speed of the video. In other words, the faster the viewer moves their hands, the faster the video will [...]

I was trying to use kink~ as the basis for a Casio-styled Phase Distortion synth. But to get a left-kinked sawtooth waveform, you need to feed it a number between 0.5 and 1 linearly. To get a right-kinked sawtooth waveform you need to feed it a number between 1 and infinity with some sort of [...]

I just wonder how to get this. I tried to record a movie with the jit.qt.record help file, and then while it was still recording I tried to play it back with the jit.qt.movie help file. It didn’t work, only when I stopped the recording, it would be able to play back… Background, I want [...]

Hm.. i guess i must be overlooking something here.. I’m actually doing a lot within gen and I started to make gen abstractions some time ago too. Now i see that i can not siimply open a .gendsp file is that right?? My problem is that I apperently have two files with the same name [...]

I’m working on a project that makes heavy use of very large JS objects. I’d prefer to write these to JSON for saving/loading projects within the patch but am running up against the 32768 character limit in Max. My next thought is to write a custom serializer that exports to a text file but wanted [...]

Hi all, thanks for reading, Maybe it’s a stupid question but i really need to read an audiofile (.wav) that contains 32ch, unluckly sfplay reaches only 28ch (what a stupid number!)..so anybody know the solution!?!? THanks a lot guyz!