jazzcat07

still very new to this program... following youtube tutorials to learn max/msp one patch at a time.

right now im working on simple effects for guitar that im playing through the adc~ object. i have them all laid out in the same window (Delay, Ring Modulator, and the unmodified audio signal). Each of these has its own ezdac~ but when i turn on the ezdac~ they all turn on. is there a way i can choose which effect i want on/off?

still very new to this program... following youtube tutorials to learn max/msp one patch at a time. 

right now im working on simple effects for guitar that im playing through the adc~ object. i have them all laid out in the same window (Delay, Ring Modulator, and the unmodified audio signal). Each of these has its own ezdac~ but when i turn on the ezdac~ they all turn on. is there a way i can choose which effect i want on/off?
thanks for taking the time to read this,
Sebastian


playing-individual-exdac

They all turn on because the ezdac functions as a global on/off for audio in msp, and also as the output for channels 1 and 2. So anything connected to channel 1/2 will play out through channel 1/2 when audio is on.

One way is to use gate~ after each audio source, and then connect all the separate sources to one ezdac, with a master volume.

Something like this : (copy everything between ---begin/end_etc---- and choose new from clipboard from the file menu)

I use a lot of patches with guitar as well, and I often prefer to not have a dry signal playing through maxmsp, because it introduces latency, which makes it odd to play. when I use my saffire le, I can use the control software to give me a latency-free playthrough signal. Although, if I was then playing a processed signal out the same output as the dry signal (ie to an amp) the added latency on the processed signal would create phasing against the dry signal. It depends on the type of patch you're using which approach is best. Try playing around with the I/O and signal vector sizes in the dsp window to keep your latency to a minimum.

Also, the built-in tutorials, help files and reference pages for every object are very very useful.

They all turn on because the ezdac functions as a global on/off for audio in msp, and also as the output for channels 1 and 2.  So anything connected to channel 1/2 will play out through channel 1/2 when audio is on.

I use a lot of patches with guitar as well, and I often prefer to not have a dry signal playing through maxmsp, because it introduces latency, which makes it odd to play.  when I use my saffire le, I can use the control software to give me a latency-free playthrough signal.  Although, if I was then playing a processed signal out the same output as the dry signal (ie to an amp) the added latency on the processed signal would create phasing against the dry signal.  It depends on the type of patch you're using which approach is best.  Try playing around with the I/O and signal vector sizes in the dsp window to keep your latency to a minimum.

Also, the built-in tutorials, help files and reference pages for every object are very very useful.


thanks for the reply and sorry for this next question *gulp*...

...how do i open this patch code that you gave me?

copy all the text inbetween and including the ------begin_max5_etc--- and ------end_...etc---- and then choose new from clipboard from the file menu in maxmsp

it's just a compressed max patch - not meant to be readable/understandable

You might also want to have a look at [matrix~] which is a bit like [gate~] but handles the smoothing itself to avoid any clicks. Have a look at this example patch which is set up with two [matrix~]s, one for the left and right channel, assuming you're using stereo effects.

playing individual exdac~