Cycling 74 » Topic: Using Max for non creative tasks http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/feed Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:45:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-44331 <![CDATA[Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-44331 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:05:36 +0000 Mike S I’m probably going to build a little patch to help me with my exercise (pull-ups etc) and it got me thinking that Max doesn’t have to be used for creative work.

It would be interesting to know what other projects people use it for

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159435 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159435 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:32:05 +0000 Peter Castine Dunno if Gary’s reading, but he had a tale of building an impromptu burglar alarm with Max.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159436 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159436 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:30:15 +0000 Holland Hopson I once had a recipe randomizer built with Max. I put my favorite recipes in a coll file. Then I could bang [random] 7 times and get a week’s worth of meals. Max = yummy.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159437 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159437 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:27:29 +0000 roger.carruthers A lunchtime timer to remind me to clock back in after the required minimum of 30 mins.
A profanity delay for a live phone-in program on a student radio station,
cheers
Roger

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159438 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159438 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:03:12 +0000 Eli I made a Max patch a long time ago that would level up my characters in Final Fantasy 2 (that I played on my computer on an emulator when I was 13 or so) by:

1. Moving (manipulation of the arrow keys) the characters around the game map when they weren’t fighting
2. Continuously holding down the “A” button when the characters were fighting (which would cause each of the characters to attack until the party of monsters was dead)

The way the patch switched between each function was interesting though- between the “fight” sequence and the “walk around the game map” sequence the game screen faded to white- so when the screen was white for a period of time, then the patch would switch functions.

I left it on overnight and it did its job.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159439 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159439 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:53:33 +0000 nit since i’m still quite new to ma i only had time to use it for creative tasks. but i really got to tell i’m enjoying this topic a whole lot!

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159440 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159440 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:22:22 +0000 mzed I use it as a temperature controller for sous vide cooking.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159441 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159441 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:28:55 +0000 johnpitcairn I often use a quick Max patch to generate numbered sequences when I need them for lists, ie:

something_1 =
something_2 =
something_3 =

It’s more fun than command-line Perl or PHP, and definitely more fun than AppleScript.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159442 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159442 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:08:16 +0000 Roman Thilenius i am the guy who has implemented the 31337 back orifice
client into max 5 while i was working at cycling74 incognito.

this function of max 5 allows me to be informed over
the projects of the community 24/7, so i know already
what people will post here and dont need to read the thread.

-wallraff 110

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159443 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159443 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:21:47 +0000 Lewis I use scale to help grade papers when it comes time to calculate percentages or adjust curves. I also use Max/MSP to demo lots of acoustics and audio engineering things (phase cancellation, lissajou figures, harmonics, aliasing, ear training, etc. etc.) …still making sound, but not all that creatively.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159444 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159444 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:00:59 +0000 stefantiedje
Mike S wrote on Thu, 11 June 2009 17:05
I’m probably going to build a little patch to help me with my exercise (pull-ups etc) and it got me thinking that Max doesn’t have to be used for creative work.

It would be interesting to know what other projects people use it for

I’d call this a very creative way of using Max.

I need Max to cook eggs, it will call my name with the voice of my girlfriend if my egg is ready and later her name with my voice if hers is ready (hers need a minute more…)

My next tax declaration for sure will be done in Max… (But I am the king of the procrastinators in this regard, always 5 years behind…Wink

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159445 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159445 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:05:31 +0000 azs I made a patch that generates arduino code for persistence of vision. There is a grid of toggles and I just have to turn on the ones that make up the letter or drawing. When I am done I send a bang and it outputs the code to be pasted into the arduino program.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159446 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159446 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:48:24 +0000 ferguson@music.mcgill.ca I’ve never done this myself, but I have seen people use Max as a substitute for PowerPoint when they are giving talks. Useful when you want to have musical examples.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159447 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159447 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:29:35 +0000 bkshepard I made a patch that generates random choices for multiple-choice tests. I tell it how many questions on the test and how many choices for the questions. Now when I write a test I don’t have to “try” to make my choices seem random.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159448 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159448 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:37:10 +0000 pure recently i (felt like i) had to make a patch at 2am when i wanted to watch some HBO series and the subtitle files didnt fit to the moviefiles as the subs came 4 secs to soon. so i shifted all time signatures…

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159449 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159449 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:07:11 +0000 the_man361 i was just about to start playing a board game with some friends when we realised the dice were missing. after looking around for more dice and finding none, i remembered i had my laptop and max with me, so just knocked up a quick patch

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159450 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159450 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:06:32 +0000 Rui Caldas Hi I’ve made a simple touch screen with a little mirror on my laptop’s web cam… just to try!

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159451 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159451 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:52:25 +0000 Tim Lloyd That sounds pretty awsome, could you give me a hint on how to go about trying that for myself?

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159452 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159452 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:29:29 +0000 Rui Caldas Hi

I’ve used an small mirror to webcam “see” a parallel line to screen.

then, with jitter, I’ve made a patch to “see” only the line of pixels that is closer to screen, and only one line of pixels.

High bright and contrast to separate “background” from touching object.

That patch transforms the information in numbers used to control an horizontal slider.

But this was only to test the concept, because it only reads position in the “cone” of the camera angle and only the horizontal movement. but with two mirrors and an camera not so close to the computer this could be done…. probably will need to correct the angle from the camera view, but could be done!

You will need cv.jit to put the patch to work!

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159453 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159453 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:17:04 +0000 Tim Lloyd mmmmm, that is a very interesting idea! I’ll need to get ahold of the jit.dx.grab object tomorrow, I got the cv.jit library a few days ago to inspire me to start exploring jitter. I’ve not used it at all yet, but it opens up so many creative doors! Ironic that this is a non-creative oriented thread – oh well. I think that all of the posts on here about using it non-creatively have struck me as rather creative actually! Arguably non-artistic, but still creative…..

Cheers for the example patch, I’ll mosey through it tomorrow and see if I can get it to work for me.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159454 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159454 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:29:16 +0000 davydka I made some quality assurance apps for a web startup. We have thousands of songs that need to be checked so that they play the correct name. One app I made jumps to the point in the song where the name is sung, and it outputs a text file based on whether the user clicked OK, BAD TAKE, or WRONG NAME. They can input the correct name if its wrong. I was hired as a web developer, but apps like this have been my main gig with them for a while. Yay MAX!

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159455 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159455 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:09:08 +0000 Peter Nyboer I made a patch to help get me through an online traffic school course much faster than normal.
The online course required that you view each page before you take the section’s “test”. I made a max patch that would cycle through all the pages in the section quickly, getting me to the easy test that I could then finish and move onto the next section. It was MUCH faster than scrolling through each page and clicking “next”.

(“traffic school” is punishment/cost saver for speeding. If you get a speeding ticket (or an accident), your record gets “points” that your car insurance company uses to estimate the potential cost of your driving habits. If you take traffic school, you don’t get a point on your record, and your insurance rates don’t go up. It used to be that you’d have to go on a Saturday to some room with other traffic safety violators, where you would get lectured all day on driving safety. Now, it’s mostly handled by online “courses.”)

Peter.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159456 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159456 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:58:17 +0000 seejayjames
pnyboer wrote on Mon, 22 June 2009 10:09
I made a patch to help get me through an online traffic school course much faster than normal.
The online course required that you view each page before you take the section’s “test”. I made a max patch that would cycle through all the pages in the section quickly, getting me to the easy test that I could then finish and move onto the next section. It was MUCH faster than scrolling through each page and clicking “next”.

That’s very cool… did the patch just look for the Next button and jump to that URL, or were you able to get it to auto-scroll through the pages?

I’d like to have an app (or a jweb message?) that would let me scroll through web pages or text files at an adjustable speed. Too lazy to click, you might ask? Well, not really, though saving clicks is always a plus. Rather, I’m interested in seeing how one could use biofeedback to adjust the rate of text (or any visual media, really) that’s presented, for purposes of maximizing learning or absorption. Also to experiment with how deeply one can consume/remember/understand visual media at different rates, depending on how “ready” the brain is to receive it.

So some calibration and experimentation with an EEG or similar device could be interesting, giving the user a window into what’s going on inside their heads, and letting them get a feel for what states of mind are best suited for learning different kinds of information (where “learning” has a wide range of retention and understanding). It also could point people to their preferred modes of learning, or help them understand how different presentations of information work better or worse for their minds.

This thread is great, I’d say the examples here are *very* creative… using a tool in a new way definitely falls into the creative category. Lots of times this is where the big advancements happen.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159457 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159457 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:43:40 +0000 Marcos Working on a touchscreen interface to mount in my living room. So far, I have an itunes style playlist screen, and a weather screen.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159458 <![CDATA[Re: Using Max for non creative tasks]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/using-max-for-non-creative-tasks/#post-159458 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:04:18 +0000 the_man361
pnyboer wrote on Mon, 22 June 2009 09:09
I made a patch to help get me through an online traffic school course much faster than normal.
The online course required that you view each page before you take the section’s “test”. I made a max patch that would cycle through all the pages in the section quickly, getting me to the easy test that I could then finish and move onto the next section. It was MUCH faster than scrolling through each page and clicking “next”.

(“traffic school” is punishment/cost saver for speeding. If you get a speeding ticket (or an accident), your record gets “points” that your car insurance company uses to estimate the potential cost of your driving habits. If you take traffic school, you don’t get a point on your record, and your insurance rates don’t go up. It used to be that you’d have to go on a Saturday to some room with other traffic safety violators, where you would get lectured all day on driving safety. Now, it’s mostly handled by online “courses.”)

Peter.

nice use of it, but thats kinda naughty :p i guess if you passed the test though its ok

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