Masayuki Akamatsu

http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_iphone_ex1

You can check a simple demo on YouTube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZntmJhaU1Eo

This is my first trial to communicate between iPhone and Max/MSP.

In this time, you can only send any text from iPhone to Max/MSP when 

you tap a button (mouseup/click) on iPhone. I think you can't 

implement a mousedown and mousemove behavior due to the limitation of 

I'm trying to improve it and this is a quick and dirty report.

I'm very glad if anyone shows me how to implement a finger drag handler.

I uploaded aka.iphone (Experiment 1) at:
http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_iphone_ex1

You can check a simple demo on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZntmJhaU1Eo

This is my first trial to communicate between iPhone and Max/MSP.
In this time, you can only send any text from iPhone to Max/MSP when  
you tap a button (mouseup/click) on iPhone. I think you can't  
implement a mousedown and mousemove behavior due to the limitation of  
iPhone OS/UI.

I'm trying to improve it and this is a quick and dirty report.
I'm very glad if anyone shows me how to implement a finger drag handler.

aka-iphone-experiment-1

If you want I would be happy to help you with a finger drag handle a 

Seems like it would be easy to do via javascript, etc.

Have you used script.aculo.us? That library has some really great 

AJAX sliders implemented, that look perfect for a web -> max interface.

On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Masayuki Akamatsu wrote:

> I uploaded aka.iphone (Experiment 1) at:

> You can check a simple demo on YouTube at:

> This is my first trial to communicate between iPhone and Max/MSP.

> In this time, you can only send any text from iPhone to Max/MSP 

> when you tap a button (mouseup/click) on iPhone. I think you can't 

> implement a mousedown and mousemove behavior due to the limitation 

> I'm trying to improve it and this is a quick and dirty report.

> I'm very glad if anyone shows me how to implement a finger drag 

San Francisco, CA    Work: 857-544-3967

If you want I would be happy to help you with a finger drag handle a  
little later this week.

Have you used script.aculo.us?  That library has some really great  
AJAX sliders implemented, that look perfect for a web -> max interface.

> Hi All,
>
> I uploaded aka.iphone (Experiment 1) at:
> http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_iphone_ex1
>
> You can check a simple demo on YouTube at:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZntmJhaU1Eo
>
> This is my first trial to communicate between iPhone and Max/MSP.
> In this time, you can only send any text from iPhone to Max/MSP  
> when you tap a button (mouseup/click) on iPhone. I think you can't  
> implement a mousedown and mousemove behavior due to the limitation  
> of iPhone OS/UI.
>
> I'm trying to improve it and this is a quick and dirty report.
> I'm very glad if anyone shows me how to implement a finger drag  
> handler.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
> Masayuki Akamatsu

San Francisco, CA	Work: 857-544-3967
Email: bthrew@gmail.com
IM: captogreadmore (AIM)
http:/www.barythrew.com


With script.aculo.us an other dhtml libraries you could totally make 

a scriptable interface mimicking the Lemur.

On Jul 16, 2007, at 11:03 PM, Masayuki Akamatsu wrote:

With script.aculo.us an other dhtml libraries you could totally make  
a scriptable interface mimicking the Lemur.

Thank you for quick replies, Barry and vade.

I tried script.aculo.us but their slider demo and drag-and-drop demo 

AFAIK, iPhone Safari does not give us a mousemove message.

http://ajaxian.com/archives/iphone-safari-notes-and-quirks

I tried script.aculo.us but their slider demo and drag-and-drop demo  
don't work on my iPhone.

AFAIK, iPhone Safari does not give us a mousemove message.
http://ajaxian.com/archives/iphone-safari-notes-and-quirks

On 2007/07/17, at 12:47, vade wrote:
> can anyone say pocket lemur !?

Yes.  I wish it.
a pocket lemur (multi-touch display)
+ wiiremote (acceleration sensor)
+ theremin (distance sensor)
+ street lamp (light sensor)
  ;-)

> Hi All,
>
> I uploaded aka.iphone (Experiment 1) at:
> http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/#aka_iphone_ex1
>
> You can check a simple demo on YouTube at:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZntmJhaU1Eo
>
> This is my first trial to communicate between iPhone and Max/MSP.
> In this time, you can only send any text from iPhone to Max/MSP  
> when you tap a button (mouseup/click) on iPhone. I think you can't  
> implement a mousedown and mousemove behavior due to the limitation  
> of iPhone OS/UI.
>
> I'm trying to improve it and this is a quick and dirty report.
> I'm very glad if anyone shows me how to implement a finger drag  
> handler.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Best,
> Masayuki Akamatsu
>


var drag = document.getElementById("drag");

drag.addEventListener("mousemove", moveme, true);

drag.addEventListener("click", function(evt)

But only as a click, not an actual mousemove...however, for sliders 

http://dev.visualdrugs.net/mootools/iphone/iphone.html

I'm going to have to think about this a bit more to figure out how to 

deal with it...would be a nice lemur-esque interface.

function init() {
var drag = document.getElementById("drag");
drag.addEventListener("mousemove", moveme, true);
drag.addEventListener("click", function(evt)
{ evt.preventDefault(); }, false);
}

But only as a click, not an actual mousemove...however, for sliders  
this would work ok, though lame...

I'm going to have to think about this a bit more to figure out how to  
deal with it...would be a nice lemur-esque interface.

you friggin rule... always one step ahead. I sat down one afternoon in feb to try and hack the WIImote... i discovered your objects...

todays task was to start on iPHONE hacks - im in tech right now and have a lot of time free...

now im patching my fractalizer patch to this glorious object...

pocket lemur here we come, the real reason i bought an iPHONE anyways.

while this is probably the wrong place to ask this - ive been having some issues getting PHP running on my mac.

While the error_log says that PHP is running when i start apache - when i make a call to phpinfo();, it does not return any data. I have also tried this on my personal web server (online), and to no avail it does not work either.

i am a total PHP noob, but im pretty programming savvy - and usually dont find it to difficult to kluge together different snippets of code to make thins work...

while this is probably the wrong place to ask this - ive been having some issues getting PHP running on my mac. 

have you enabled php in the httpd.conf file in the modules section? 

http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/

compiles as package installers, they are great and I use them for my 

servers for clients if they need an OS X server web server.

On Jul 19, 2007, at 2:19 PM, dr.light wrote:

> while this is probably the wrong place to ask this - ive been 

> having some issues getting PHP running on my mac.

> While the error_log says that PHP is running when i start apache - 

> when i make a call to phpinfo();, it does not return any data. I 

> have also tried this on my personal web server (online), and to no 

> the source of my index.php file is thus:

> i am a total PHP noob, but im pretty programming savvy - and 

> usually dont find it to difficult to kluge together different 

have you enabled php in the httpd.conf file in the modules section?  
check macosxhints.com for tips, etc.

http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/ also has 'newer' php  
compiles as package installers, they are great and I use them for my  
servers for clients if they need an OS X server web server.

>
> Aka,
>
>
> while this is probably the wrong place to ask this - ive been  
> having some issues getting PHP running on my mac.
>
> While the error_log says that PHP is running when i start apache -  
> when i make a call to phpinfo();, it does not return any data. I  
> have also tried this on my personal web server (online), and to no  
> avail it does not work either.
>
> the source of my index.php file is thus:
>
>
>

>
>
> phpinfo();
>
> ?>
>
>
> i am a total PHP noob, but im pretty programming savvy - and  
> usually dont find it to difficult to kluge together different  
> snippets of code to make thins work...
>
> any ideas?
>
>

That's freakin awesome, it would be great to have something like that. Wonder if anyone's working on a more affordable Lemur-like interface -- without quite so many features, but still with the multi-touch, that could be made a lot cheaper I think.

Being able to set areas of the screen to Max interface objects would be fantastic, the ultimate in flexibility (patch shows up on the screen).

I'm sure lots of you have seen this but it's pretty awesome still:

Some version of that might be doable in a smaller and cheaper scale, some kind of pressure-sensitive multi-touch device. If it didn't need all the fancy features of an iPhone (just a MIDI controller basically) I think it could be pretty affordable.

Connect with bluetooth and show up in the *hi* menu. Nice!

I'm sure I'm overlooking lots of technical problems though... but you gotta dream.

That's freakin awesome, it would be great to have something like that. Wonder if anyone's working on a more affordable Lemur-like interface -- without quite so many features, but still with the multi-touch, that could be made a lot cheaper I think. 

I'm also interested in seeing where this project goes.

I was starting to program up something for the DS, but realized that with my skills in programming it would be years before it was completed. If anyone wants to program this, I would love to see it happen:

I've got a lot of it thought out, and created graphics for most of the easy to program stuff already. There are many possibilities I've thought of past the simple drag and drop. From the small amount that I used the DS as a simple XY controller I was hooked. It's so much better than a Lemur because it's so small that you can carry it everywhere and be moving around.

Let me know if graphics are needed for the iphone interface.

I was starting to program up something for the DS, but realized that with my skills in programming it would be years before it was completed.  If anyone wants to program this, I would love to see it happen:
http://www.noema.art.br/
I've got a lot of it thought out, and created graphics for most of the easy to program stuff already.  There are many possibilities I've thought of past the simple drag and drop.  From the small amount that I used the DS as a simple XY controller I was hooked.  It's so much better than a Lemur because it's so small that you can carry it everywhere and be moving around.

hi guys! an iphone is coming to my place in Italy in these days... how is it going this project?

> hi guys! an iphone is coming to my place in Italy in these days... 

You can create WEB 2.0 application for iPhone that controls Max/MSP/ 

Jitter ( and SuperCollider, Reaktor, Flash....) with "aka.iPhone/ 

Experiment 1" technique. But I can't figure out the mouse (finger) 

On the other hand, some experts are creating native iPhone 

applications such as vRecord (a voice recorder), NES ( a Nintendo 

emulator), DOOM ( a shooting game). Thus I'm interesting in the 

native approach even though I've not started it yet.

> hi guys! an iphone is coming to my place in Italy in these days...  
> how is it going this project?

You can create WEB 2.0 application for iPhone that controls Max/MSP/ 
Jitter ( and SuperCollider, Reaktor, Flash....) with "aka.iPhone/ 
Experiment 1" technique. But I can't figure out the mouse (finger)  
drag handler.

On the other hand, some experts are creating native iPhone  
applications such as vRecord (a voice recorder), NES ( a Nintendo  
emulator), DOOM ( a shooting game). Thus I'm interesting in the  
native approach even though I've not started it yet.

Thanks,
Masayuki Akamatsu @ Stuttgart - http://www.camp-festival.de/


On Aug 13, 2007, at 7:04 AM, Masayuki Akamatsu wrote:

>> hi guys! an iphone is coming to my place in Italy in these days... 

> You can create WEB 2.0 application for iPhone that controls Max/MSP/ 

> Jitter ( and SuperCollider, Reaktor, Flash....) with "aka.iPhone/ 

> Experiment 1" technique. But I can't figure out the mouse (finger) 

> On the other hand, some experts are creating native iPhone 

> applications such as vRecord (a voice recorder), NES ( a Nintendo 

> emulator), DOOM ( a shooting game). Thus I'm interesting in the 

> native approach even though I've not started it yet.

cool! thanx!
  keep going man!
i trust in you!

> Hi,
>
> On 2007/08/08, at 10:06, tommy wrote:
>
>> hi guys! an iphone is coming to my place in Italy in these days...  
>> how is it going this project?
>
> You can create WEB 2.0 application for iPhone that controls Max/MSP/ 
> Jitter ( and SuperCollider, Reaktor, Flash....) with "aka.iPhone/ 
> Experiment 1" technique. But I can't figure out the mouse (finger)  
> drag handler.
>
> On the other hand, some experts are creating native iPhone  
> applications such as vRecord (a voice recorder), NES ( a Nintendo  
> emulator), DOOM ( a shooting game). Thus I'm interesting in the  
> native approach even though I've not started it yet.
>
> Thanks,
> Masayuki Akamatsu @ Stuttgart - http://www.camp-festival.de/
>


I know, I know... you can't even buy it yet. But when someone gets a chance to try this aka.iphone technique on the new iPod touch, let us know if it works. The iPod touch has Safari and wi-fi, so I imagine it should work almost the same.

I don't intend to give AT&T hundreds (or is it thousands?) of dollars for a 2 year iPhone contract that I definitely do not need, so the iPod touch looks pretty tempting especially if it has good hacking possibilities :)

In case you haven't heard: http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/

On Sep 6, 2007, at 1:39 AM, Adam Murray wrote:

> I know, I know... you can't even buy it yet. But when someone gets 

> a chance to try this aka.iphone technique on the new iPod touch, 

> let us know if it works. The iPod touch has Safari and wi-fi, so I 

> imagine it should work almost the same.

> I don't intend to give AT&T hundreds (or is it thousands?) of 

> dollars for a 2 year iPhone contract that I definitely do not need, 

> so the iPod touch looks pretty tempting especially if it has good 

>
> In case you haven't heard: http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/
>
> I know, I know... you can't even buy it yet. But when someone gets  
> a chance to try this aka.iphone technique on the new iPod touch,  
> let us know if it works. The iPod touch has Safari and wi-fi, so I  
> imagine it should work almost the same.
>
> I don't intend to give AT&T hundreds (or is it thousands?) of  
> dollars for a 2 year iPhone contract that I definitely do not need,  
> so the iPod touch looks pretty tempting especially if it has good  
> hacking possibilities :)
>
> Adam
>


On 6 sept. 07, at 09:01, Tommaso Perego wrote:

According to the specs on apple website, it does not.

http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html

what is upsetting are the high changes in iphone prices

this is what they should have done from the firs moment.

On Sep 6, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Emmanuel Jourdan wrote:

> On 6 sept. 07, at 09:01, Tommaso Perego wrote:

> According to the specs on apple website, it does not.

thnx...looks good...
what is upsetting are the high changes in iphone prices
this is what they should have done from the firs moment.

go mister aka!!
we want aka.ipod
native app!!!

> On 6 sept. 07, at 09:01, Tommaso Perego wrote:
>
>> does it have bluetooth?
>
> According to the specs on apple website, it does not.
>
> http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html
>
> ej
>
>
>


(3) Enable PHP (on Mac OS X 10.4, as below)

- Remove "#" character at the top of the line below

(Line 240) #LoadModule php4_module libexec/httpd/libphp4.so

i've opened it with text wrangler and at the line you specified I 

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

but there are no # to delete, as you suggested.

I connected succesfully from iPhone to my computer's server, but no 

are you still developing this wonderful object?

hello
i have a question:
in your help file you say we need to :

- Open "/etc/httpd/httpd.conf"
- Remove "#" character at the top of the line below
(Line 240) #LoadModule php4_module        libexec/httpd/libphp4.so
(Line 284) #AddModule mod_php4.c
- Save and close "httpd.conf"

when I go to httpd.conf file
i've opened it with text wrangler and at the line you specified I  
cannot find
the code you specified.
I did a search and I've found this:

# PHP4 configuration
LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

I connected succesfully from iPhone to my computer's server, but no  
message from iPhone is
received by your patch.

ps
are you still developing this wonderful object?
it's a grat idea! 


On 2007/09/08, at 17:03, Tommaso Perego wrote:

> i've opened it with text wrangler and at the line you specified I 

Which version of Mac OS X are you using ?

http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=225

http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=136

http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=70

> when I go to httpd.conf file
> i've opened it with text wrangler and at the line you specified I  
> cannot find
> the code you specified.

Please check these articles:
http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=225
http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=136
http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=70

On Sep 11, 2007, at 2:22 AM, Masayuki Akamatsu wrote:

> On 2007/09/08, at 17:03, Tommaso Perego wrote:

>> i've opened it with text wrangler and at the line you specified I 

> Which version of Mac OS X are you using ?

thanx, im reading it now.
my osx is 10.4.10

> Hi Tommaso,
>
> On 2007/09/08, at 17:03, Tommaso Perego wrote:
>
>> when I go to httpd.conf file
>> i've opened it with text wrangler and at the line you specified I  
>> cannot find
>> the code you specified.
>
> Which version of Mac OS X are you using ?
>
> Please check these articles:
> http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=225
> http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=136
> http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=70
>
> Best,
> Masayuki Akamatsu
>


On Sep 11, 2007, at 8:48 AM, Tommaso Perego wrote:

> On Sep 11, 2007, at 2:22 AM, Masayuki Akamatsu wrote:

>> On 2007/09/08, at 17:03, Tommaso Perego wrote:

>>> i've opened it with text wrangler and at the line you specified I 

>> Which version of Mac OS X are you using ?

> thanx, im reading it now.
> my osx is 10.4.10
>
> the latest
>
>
> on macbook
>
>
> talk to u later
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2007, at 2:22 AM, Masayuki Akamatsu wrote:
>
>> Hi Tommaso,
>>
>> On 2007/09/08, at 17:03, Tommaso Perego wrote:
>>
>>> when I go to httpd.conf file
>>> i've opened it with text wrangler and at the line you specified I  
>>> cannot find
>>> the code you specified.
>>
>> Which version of Mac OS X are you using ?
>>
>> Please check these articles:
>> http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=225
>> http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=136
>> http://www.phpmac.com/articles.php?view=70
>>
>> Best,
>> Masayuki Akamatsu
>>
>
>


As Adam said, "aka.iPhone / Experiment 1" works on HTTP+JavaScript 

and iPod touch has Safari. Thus I believe it works on iPod touch.

About a native application, I can't promise anything but I'm starting 

it now after one month trip around Europe.

On 2007/09/06, at 16:41, Tommaso Perego wrote:

> what is upsetting are the high changes in iphone prices

> this is what they should have done from the firs moment.

> On Sep 6, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Emmanuel Jourdan wrote:

>> On 6 sept. 07, at 09:01, Tommaso Perego wrote:

>> According to the specs on apple website, it does not.

As Adam said,  "aka.iPhone / Experiment 1" works on HTTP+JavaScript  
and iPod touch has Safari. Thus I believe it works on iPod touch.

About a native application, I can't promise anything but I'm starting  
it now after one month trip around Europe.

Masayuki Akamatsu @ Seoul
http://www.nabi.or.kr/party2007

> thnx...looks good...
> what is upsetting are the high changes in iphone prices
> this is what they should have done from the firs moment.
>
> well, cool
>
> go mister aka!!
> we want aka.ipod
> native app!!!
>
> we trust in you!
>
>
> On Sep 6, 2007, at 9:23 AM, Emmanuel Jourdan wrote:
>
>> On 6 sept. 07, at 09:01, Tommaso Perego wrote:
>>
>>> does it have bluetooth?
>>
>> According to the specs on apple website, it does not.
>>
>> http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html
>>
>> ej
>>
>>
>>
>


i've been looking to some cool apps for iphone and i've seen that

maybe "sketches" or "sensors" (that you can upload to iphone using 

have some features that may interest you:

with sketches you can draw continously lines with finger

with sensors you get display of sensors tilt data coming from iphone.

im not a programmer and dont understand quite anything about this, 

but maybe you may ask them for the source code...

i am a bit scared that "pinching" feature on iphone is only related 

to the phone phocus, so I cannot figure out any way to use it in a 

sorry for these not-technical ideas... but they come from a little 

On Sep 12, 2007, at 11:47 PM, Masayuki Akamatsu wrote:

> As Adam said, "aka.iPhone / Experiment 1" works on HTTP+JavaScript 

aka.iphone / Experiment 1