Jan Klug

i'd like to investigate the possibilities that exist to let regular 

phones call a gsm that is connected to a mac (would a gsm usb modem 

a) dialing tones passed on to max, for triggering

b) spoken sound passed on to msp, for sound processing

[ok, a) could be realized thru b).. would that be the way to go?]

i saw a) possible in an installation by olaf matthes; b) should be 

but are a) and b) possible in the same constellation?

any tips on modems, connections, additional soft/hardware that would 

i'd like to investigate the possibilities that exist to let regular  
phones call a gsm that is connected to a mac (would a gsm usb modem  
be the thing in need?).
the things that i would like to use are

a) dialing tones passed on to max, for triggering
b) spoken sound passed on to msp, for sound processing

i saw a) possible in an installation by olaf matthes; b) should be  
possible, too.
but are a) and b) possible in the same constellation?

any tips on modems, connections, additional soft/hardware that would  
make this possible are welcome!

gsm-to-max-on-osx

> i'd like to investigate the possibilities that exist to let regular 

> phones call a gsm that is connected to a mac (would a gsm usb modem 

> the things that i would like to use are

> a) dialing tones passed on to max, for triggering

> b) spoken sound passed on to msp, for sound processing

> [ok, a) could be realized thru b).. would that be the way to go?]

> i saw a) possible in an installation by olaf matthes; b) should be 

> but are a) and b) possible in the same constellation?

what you saw was an analogue modem connected to a normal telephone 

line, not a GSM modem. I have a [gsm] external, but GSM modems 

usually don't support detection of DTMF tones, so in order to trigger 

anything you'd have to pass the audio on to the mac and do the DTMF 

detection separately. If you really find a GSM modem that does it, 

> hi list,
>
> i'd like to investigate the possibilities that exist to let regular  
> phones call a gsm that is connected to a mac (would a gsm usb modem  
> be the thing in need?).
> the things that i would like to use are
>
> a) dialing tones passed on to max, for triggering
> b) spoken sound passed on to msp, for sound processing
>
> [ok, a) could be realized thru b).. would that be the way to go?]
>
> i saw a) possible in an installation by olaf matthes; b) should be  
> possible, too.
> but are a) and b) possible in the same constellation?

what you saw was an analogue modem connected to a normal telephone  
line, not a GSM modem. I have a [gsm] external, but GSM modems  
usually don't support detection of DTMF tones, so in order to trigger  
anything you'd have to pass the audio on to the mac and do the DTMF  
detection separately. If you really find a GSM modem that does it,  
please let me know!

gsm to max on osx