johannes

i am thinking about getting a wacom tablet to use it as a controller in max 6.

any recommendations which one to get, any good or bad experiences with a specific tablet?

is there one which handles multiple pencil gestures at the same time?

i am thinking about getting a wacom tablet to use it as a controller in max 6.
any recommendations which one to get, any good or bad experiences with a specific tablet?

wacom-tablet-recommendations-wanted

Hi I was looking into this before but I believe that MAX can't get info from WACOM tablets. There was an object someone made for MAX 5 to get the data but I don't think it works under MAX 6. I know thats not all that helpful. Maybe someone else will chip in with better info....

Hi, I have the object Liam is talking about. I don't know how it behaves on Max 6, but I'll tell you my experience on Max 5 with the old Bamboo from Wacom:

-The 2 buttons on the pen are very useful

I don't know if my tablet was the worst to work with, but the object never got updated (i checked 2 months ago) so it depends what you need it for!

Pros:
-Pen is very precise
-Pressure works well
-The 2 buttons on the pen are very useful 

Cons:
-Touch does not work
-Tilt neither
-No buttons on the tablet give data

what is the name of the object you guys talking about? wacom?

surpisingly, i just get an old wacom digitizer 2 tablet by a friend…

does that tablet works with max 5/ 6 under osx?

there seems to be an emulation to get it work under osx, but didnt found infos on max msp usabilty…

before i buy the serial to usb adapter i like to know: does somebody get it to work with max? as it is a quite old piece of gear iam also interessted in the quality/ handling of the tablet… i comparrison to newer but smaller tablets like the bamboo…

surpisingly, i just get an old wacom digitizer 2 tablet by a friend…
does that tablet works with max 5/ 6 under osx?
there seems to be an emulation to get it work under osx, but didnt found infos on max msp usabilty…

before i buy the serial to usb adapter i like to know: does somebody get it to work with max? as it is a quite old piece of gear iam also interessted in the quality/ handling of the tablet… i comparrison to newer but smaller tablets like the bamboo… 

It works with Max 5, not with Max 6. There are other threads on this forum where people have posted Max Standalones which will send out OSC data. A search for Wacom should do it.

There is an OSX wacom object here:
http://cnmat.berkeley.edu/downloads

It works with Max 5, not with Max 6.  There are other threads on this forum where people have posted Max Standalones which will send out OSC data.  A search for Wacom should do it.


of course i already got CNMAT Depot running on my mac as well as

jvkr´s Ior. anyway, i was not sure about the digitizer quality/resolution …

does it output pressure and tilt values or are these only feature of current tablets?

of course i already got CNMAT Depot running on my mac as well as
jvkr´s Ior. anyway, i was not sure about the digitizer quality/resolution …
it was build in 1992! :)
does it output pressure and tilt values or are these only feature of current tablets?

couldn't say if a 1992 tablet would work, nor of it sends out the same kind of data than actual tablets. I would be very suspicious, since compatiblity varied strongly with my Bamboo with a different driver, which was not really obvious to find. A Bamboo is not so expensive, and i don't know the price of a usb to serial adapter, but maybe you should check this. Also, tablets supporting several pencils are, i guess, pretty expensive... don't know about yours. Fwiw i would maybe not, personnally, invest in an expensive tablet today, more have a look in the direction of iPads or such... it's not the same price, i know. And another world of problems again, and it might not be relevant at all, depending on your needs. Just my 2 cents !

thanks for your feedback. in terms of precision

i found graphic tablets better/ more accurate than the ipad, i phone stuff.

of course, on the other hand its good to have the visual representation directly where you draw - thats the pro fot the ipad.

and i guess its also possible to control a ipad via a pen, no?

another criteria is the size of the tablet/ipad. i found it important to have enough place for conttolling things … very similar to the drawing on a paper.

btw. i heard something about a pen that dont need a tablet at all, somebody out there who use it for musical things and can report more on this?

thanks for your feedback. in terms of precision
i found graphic tablets better/ more accurate than the ipad, i phone stuff.
its the finger against the pencilpoint.
of course, on the other hand its good to have the visual representation directly where you draw - thats the pro fot the ipad.
and i guess its also possible to control a ipad via a pen, no?

wacom tablet recommendations wanted