Simon Christensen

I think the most reliable way to trigger something with the bass drum would be to use a small cheap contact pickup on the skin or shell of the BD. This would eliminate spill from cymbals and other percussion. Route the output to a channel in max and use thresh~ which you set up to trigger events when the audio from the pickup exceeds your threshold.

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alternatively, you could use a [fiddle~] object (i think [pitch~] is similar, don't know that one personally) and check at /around which frequency your bass drum sounds. use [split] to filter out the right domain and [trigger] whatever you like with it--and tell your bass player not to play those pitches ;)

this is no doubt a more unreliable way than using a contact mic, but in case of eg limitations on inputs on your soundcard / computer it could help, i imagine. please keep us posted about the solution(s) you come up with!

alternatively, you could use a [fiddle~] object (i think [pitch~] is similar, don't know that one personally) and check at /around which frequency your bass drum sounds. use [split] to filter out the right domain and [trigger] whatever you like with it--and tell your bass player not to play those pitches ;)
this is no doubt a more unreliable way than using a contact mic, but in case of eg limitations on inputs on your soundcard / computer it could help, i imagine. please keep us posted about the solution(s) you come up with!
cheers, robbert


Thanks for your reply, I have tried Fiddle~, but I didn't work for me..and the idea with a cheap contact mic dosn't give me the good bass drum sound that I want. I have tried Thres~ and maybe this will work. I'll be back.

Hi
Thanks for your reply, I have tried Fiddle~, but I didn't work for me..and the idea with a cheap contact mic dosn't give me the good bass drum sound that I want. I have tried Thres~ and maybe this will work. I'll be back.
Thanks again.
Best
Simon


I think that bonk~ will work much better than filddle~ for percusive 

http://www.maxobjects.com/?v=objects&id_objet=978

I think that bonk~ will work much better than filddle~ for percusive  
sound :
http://www.maxobjects.com/?v=objects&id_objet=978
and give a try to the new bonk3~ : http://www.barrythrew.com/software/

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> Hi Thanks for your reply, I have tried Fiddle~, but I didn't work for

That's why there is bonk~ from the same author. Its aimed at percussive 

sounds, you can teach it to listen to your bass drum and your cymbals at 

Simon Christensen schrieb:
> Hi Thanks for your reply, I have tried Fiddle~, but I didn't work for
> me..

That's why there is bonk~ from the same author. Its aimed at percussive 
sounds, you can teach it to listen to your bass drum and your cymbals at 
the same time... ;-)

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thanks for these reminders! so far i've been to lazy to go into teaching mode, i've only used [bonk~] for attack detection.

but i'm looking forward to spending some time on getting to [bonk~] in a more sophisticated and intricate way.

thanks for these reminders! so far i've been to lazy to go into teaching mode, i've only used [bonk~] for attack detection.
but i'm looking forward to spending some time on getting to [bonk~] in a more sophisticated and intricate way.
cheers, robbert


> Thanks for your reply, I have tried Fiddle~, but I didn't work for me..and the idea with a cheap contact mic dosn't give me the good bass drum sound that I want.

The cheap contact mic approach isn't for capturing audio, it's ONLY for 

Simon Christensen skrev:
> Hi
> Thanks for your reply, I have tried Fiddle~, but I didn't work for me..and the idea with a cheap contact mic dosn't give me the good bass drum sound that I want.
The cheap contact mic approach isn't for capturing audio, it's ONLY for 
using as a drum trigger.

Thanks so much for your concern, I'm working on it and I'll be back.

(Have never tried a trigger on the drums, maybe I should?)

Hi everybody 
Thanks so much for your concern, I'm working on it and I'll be back.
(Have never tried a trigger on the drums, maybe I should?)
Simon


isn't that (for your purposes) the same as using a cheap contact mic--apart from that a midi trigger is a lot more expensive... i guess the big question here is, whether you need the sound to be amplified by your "trigger" as well. any luck with teaching [bonk~] how your bass drum sounds?

isn't that (for your purposes) the same as using a cheap contact mic--apart from that a midi trigger is a lot more expensive... i guess the big question here is, whether you need the sound to be amplified by your "trigger" as well. any luck with teaching [bonk~] how your bass drum sounds?
cheers, robbert


can you describe the problem a little clearer? just looking at your patch (with missing samples) doesn't really help. what's not fast enough, [gate~]'s response to changing messages (1 or 2)? i don't recognise that problem, when audio comes in, it goes out the outlet you specify with the message. so i guess it must be something else...

it would be helpful if you'd isolate the problem in a small patch.

can you describe the problem a little clearer? just looking at your patch (with missing samples) doesn't really help. what's not fast enough, [gate~]'s response to changing messages (1 or 2)? i don't recognise that problem, when audio comes in, it goes out the outlet you specify with the message. so i guess it must be something else...
it would be helpful if you'd isolate the problem in a small patch.
good luck, robbert


Thanks for help and consideration; my patch is finally done and it's working! I have been away for some time, but here it is.

It ended up fairly simple and isn't that what usually happens with Max when you use a lot of time and energy?

Hi everybody
Thanks for help and consideration; my patch is finally done and it's working! I have been away for some time, but here it is.
It ended up fairly simple and isn't that what usually happens with Max when you use a lot of time and energy?
Thanks!
Best
Simon


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