Kevin Cox

Does anybody have any info on a build of our beloved FFTease for Max 5?

fftease-for-maxmsp-5

Thanks for your interest. I have used the Max 4 FFTease externals in Max 5 and have not experienced any problems. Rest assured that I have plans for future development of FFTease. However I will not be able to take advantage of any Max 5 features until the new SDK is released.

Quote: Eric Lyon wrote on Thu, 29 May 2008 15:18

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> Rest assured that I have plans for future development of FFTease. However I will not be able to take advantage of any Max 5 features until the new SDK is released. 

Quote: Eric Lyon wrote on Thu, 29 May 2008 15:18
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> Rest assured that I have plans for future development of FFTease. However I will not be able to take advantage of any Max 5 features until the new SDK is released. 
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> Eric
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Hey Eric, I downloaded the windows version of FFTease 2.5 and 

found that there are no help files included. Where can I find 

Hey Eric, I downloaded the windows version of FFTease 2.5 and 
found that there are no help files included. Where can I find 
the latest help files?


Ahhh found them! They are in the Mac files.

Another question, is there a way one can do convolution 

Another question, is there a way one can do convolution 
with FFTease?

Are you referring to convolution with an impulse response? Can't do that in FFTease. However I have written a LyonPotpourri external called convolver~ that will convolve a source sound with an arbitrarily long impulse response. The only catch is that the convolution is done in non-real-time. convolver~ has not yet been released but will be part of the next LyonPotpourri, which will be made available sometime after the Max 5 SDK hits the streets.

Not real time? That is a bummer... ideally I would want

to use it for a live performance. Is it not real time because 

we do not sufficient computing power or is it some other

Not real time? That is a bummer... ideally I would want
to use it for a live performance. Is it not real time because 
we do not sufficient computing power or is it some other
technical hurdle?


It would require a partial convolution algorithm. I've heard that some of these algorithms have been kept out of the public domain by patents, but have not looked into this too closely. CPU limitations should not be a factor, since even with fairly long impulse responses, convolver~ computes quite a bit faster than real-time. The main reason is that I haven't yet felt the need for a live convolver in my own work, but I can see how it might be quite useful.

Can you elaborate a bit more on "partial convolution algorithm". 

I assume by partials you mean freq components. Why would

you need to make this distinction? Why would the 

process be different in real time versus non-real time?

Can you elaborate a bit more on "partial convolution algorithm". 
I assume by partials you mean freq components. Why would
you need to make this distinction? Why would the 
process be different in real time versus non-real time?


As I understand it, the impulse response is chopped into smaller pieces and then used for multiple overlapping convolutions with appropriate delays. The point is to reduce overall latency to less than the size of the impulse response, which would be problematic for real-time reverb generation.

Is there any news about a new version of FFTease and/or Pot Pourris libraries ?

They are still to me among the best sound processing engines available.

I'm sure you have hundreds of new tools to share Eric...

By the way, thank you for your crazy work.

Is there any news about a new version of FFTease and/or Pot Pourris libraries ?
They are still to me among the best sound processing engines available.
I'm sure you have hundreds of new tools to share Eric...
By the way, thank you for your crazy work.


Thanks for the kind words, Bertrand. There are new versions of LyonPotpourri and FFTease in the works. However everything is on hold until my Max/MSP programming book comes out. Hopefully much or all of this will be out within 2011 but it's not possible to give specific dates.

FFTease for Max/MSP 5?