Crinkle

Hi all im quite new to this MaxMSP thing, but have done a forum search or two and didn't find what i was looking for, i'm a complete noob (for now), but am making some good advancement in the world of MaxMSP, having already gotten it to seem to play a theme tune from one of my favourite tv shows, when 48 hours previously i had no idea what the program was.

I would like to use this program to develop songs, i can see potential here. But the previous application i have been using (jeskola BUZZ, last updated October 2000) allowed me to press computer keys and hear the notes of the instruments play, i have discovered the "KeyMidi" extra and was wondering if there is a way of using this sort of thing to create a sequence of notes which an instrument would play.

I know that im pretty new to all of this and im not asking for disgrams and extended examples, i would just like some hints at what to look at trying, in order that pressed "keymidi" keys results in generated notes and/or scripts for instruments? Perhaps by the time you reply to this i may have stumbled on the answer, but if not...

maxmsp-demo-a-few-noob-questions

 which turns your keyboard into a midi controller in max. It sends out note and velocity information much like [notein] would do for an extenral midi keyboard. From there its up to you to turn it into an instrument, look at [mtof] to get note frequencies and look at the synthesis examples in the max folder to get you started.

Check out this patch which turns your keyboard into a midi controller in max. It sends out note and velocity information much like [notein] would do for an extenral midi keyboard. From there its up to you to turn it into an instrument, look at [mtof] to get note frequencies and look at the synthesis examples in the max folder to get you started.

i can smell aready that there are about 10 people looking at 

your post righjt now, and they all wonder if they should answer

"read the manual! do the tutarials! check the examples! search the web! ..."

create a [key] object and a [keyup] object.

now you know how to send messages from the keyboard.

what kind of messages could you send? well, for example

this could be used for midi out, or for the [vst~] object.

you could also make it play [f 261.] to make it play something

or you can let it just "bang", using atrigger object:

oh yes, did i mention already that maxmsp is a 

i can smell aready that there are about 10 people looking at 
your post righjt now, and they all wonder if they should answer
something like 
"read the manual! do the tutarials! check the examples! search the web! ..."

what kind of messages could you send? well, for example
the Q key could trigger the number "60":

you could also make it play [f 261.] to make it play something
in Hz.

or you can let it just "bang", using atrigger object: 

oh yes, did i mention already that maxmsp is a 
programming language?

MaxMSP Demo . . . A few Noob questions