Is there away to make the transition between different presets smoother? i.e. a kind of "morphing effect" rather than a straight jump to the next set of values?

smooth-preset-transition

Your friends in this case are the pattr family. Take a look into the 'Pattr Basics' inside the max tutorials.

Hello
Your friends in this case are the pattr family. Take a look into the 'Pattr Basics' inside the max tutorials.
Emmanuel


Thanks, I will have to go back a re-read this tutorial.

The pattrstorage~ object looks likely for what I'm doing but it didn't seem to be very obvious how you could incorporate a preset bank object that held a number of values.

Thanks, I will have to go back a re-read this tutorial.  

The pattrstorage~ object looks likely for what I'm doing but it didn't seem to be very obvious how you could incorporate a preset bank object that held a number of values.


The formula might be pattrstorage+autopattr+function

The best example you can find is the Andrew Benson's recipe number 31:

https://cycling74.com/story/2006/2/17/153427/406

The formula might be pattrstorage+autopattr+function
The best example you can find is the Andrew Benson's recipe number 31:https://cycling74.com/story/2006/2/17/153427/406

Here check this out it should help. Key to making life easier is to use the autonamepattr with bpatchers so exclude objects that dont need controlling, patches far less messy.

Ah, that really helps.  Thanks for that.


Set up your pattrstorage with the pattrs you want, then make a regular preset object. In the Inspector, type the name of your pattrstorage, and it'll be linked to it. No need to connect the preset to anything in this case. It won't let you choose a non-existent pattrstorage name in the Inspector.

Now when you use the preset as usual, shift-click to store is the same as "store $1" message to pattrstorage, and click to recall is the same as sending pattrstorage an integer. This method (using integers or clicking the preset) won't interpolate, you need to use a float # to pattrstorage to get at the in-between values. Or you can do a recall between two non-adjacent stored slots by

where $1 is the first, $2 is the second stored slot, and $3 is a number between 0. and 1. which tells "where" to go between the two values.

pmj wrote on Mon, 18 May 2009 11:55
The pattrstorage~ object looks likely for what I'm doing but it didn't seem to be very obvious how you could incorporate a preset bank object that held a number of values.

Now when you use the preset as usual, shift-click to store is the same as "store $1" message to pattrstorage, and click to recall is the same as sending pattrstorage an integer. This method (using integers or clicking the preset) won't interpolate, you need to use a float # to pattrstorage to get at the in-between values. Or you can do a recall between two non-adjacent stored slots by
recall $1 $2 $3
where $1 is the first, $2 is the second stored slot, and $3 is a number between 0. and 1. which tells "where" to go between the two values.

Its really useful little bit of code, so use it well my friend.

seejay great tip, this is why I love MAX there is always more to learn.

...the only thing I've just noticed is that it doesn't go from one preset to the next smoothly. I've added a line~ and [1,2 1000] ramp command as in the help file for pattrstorage~ but no dice. Any idea what I may be doing wrong?

MadBeat wrote on Mon, 18 May 2009 12:18Its really useful little bit of code, so use it well my friend.

...the only thing I've just noticed is that it doesn't go from one preset to the next smoothly.  I've added a line~ and [1,2 1000] ramp command as in the help file for pattrstorage~ but no dice.  Any idea what I may be doing wrong?


line~ wouldn´t work, because its for audio.

and in "line" you need to specify expressly that its sending out float values

and in "line" you need to specify expressly that its sending out float values
(look in the helpfile: line for floats)

Great, thanks for all the tips guys. Very helpful.

Great, thanks for all the tips guys.  Very helpful.


I use the pattr preset approach in the third part of my 12th tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G1jnVyXc8k

Look at the "recallmulti" message to [pattrstorage] if you have't noticed it already. You can intepolate between multiple non-adjacent slots, in a word: awesome!

i made something to manage preset with interpolation.it's not perfect but maybe it will help...

i made something to manage preset with interpolation.it's not perfect but maybe it will help...http://pan-etc.net/res/dev/Preset-v5.zip


Thanks again guys, great stuff - all useful.

you might also like to look at int.lib for controlling smooth preset transitions graphically...

http://www.olilarkin.co.uk/index.php?p=max

max5 version coming sometime soon i hope


Smooth Preset Transition