Cycling 74 » Topic: Max/MSP "Listener"

Max/MSP "Listener"

pmj — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:16:05 +0000

I’d like to be able to build a patch which can sit in the background while I have other programs running audio and “grab” the audio from the soundcard and save it to HD.

I’ve done things in the past with udpsend linking supercollider to max/masp, but is there an object that can read “soundcard activity” for want of a better phrase?

Re: Max/MSP “Listener”

Brian Gruber — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:02:57 +0000

you can use something like jack or soundflower to route all coreaudio sound into max’s [acd~].

Re: Max/MSP “Listener”

Brian Gruber — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:18:08 +0000

clearly i meant [adc~]

Re: Max/MSP “Listener”

pmj — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:19:10 +0000

Oh yeah, had forgotten Jack for Mac. I don’t like Soundflower much (or rather, my set-up doesn’t like it for some reason…) but the latest Jack works just fine.

Thanks!

The very simple “grabber” patch below should any one else want it.

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –

Re: Max/MSP “Listener”

Peter Ostry — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:33:15 +0000

If your audio interface supports “loopback” you can send the main output channels to a defined software input. This way you don’t need Jack or Soundflower but record straight from the interface.