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johyde

Hi. I could do with an object to provide instant access to a custom range of colours. Something a bit like [swatch], but with a limited custom range of colours rather than the full gamut.  A single row of colours (as found in photoshop etc.) might be more doable/useful than the 2-dimensional array used by [swatch], but either could work. I have been mucking around with [colorpicker] which gives a lot of the functionality I need, but I want something that gives one-click access to the colours rather than opening up windows/dialogues etc. Any thoughts? Sounds like a javascript sort of thing maybe, but I don't really have the knowledge to build my own. Any help gratefully received!

Hi. I could do with an object to provide instant access to a custom range of colours. Something a bit like [swatch], but with a limited...

custom-swatch-object

Custom swatch object?

F_Dos

Assuming I have in a patch send with the name 'drum' and I also have multiple receive with the name 'drum' . Is there a way in Max to change all the sends and receive in the patch with the name 'drum' to different name? 

Assuming I have in a patch send with the name 'drum' and I also have multiple receive with the name 'drum' . Is there a way in Max to...

change-name-of-send-and-receive-at-once-to-all-sendreceive

Change name of send and receive at once to all send/receive?

Laurin Baumann

this is just a little trick question i'm trying to figure out. I have a phasor feeding into subdiv to create subdivions within a certain time from 0-1. 

how would I recreate that without the subdiv object? 

hi,

this is just a little trick question i'm trying to figure out. I have a phasor feeding into subdiv to create subdivions within a...

how-to-recreate-subdiv-without-subdiv

how to recreate subdiv without subdiv

mattyo

For a project I'm working on, I need to import some images, and have both a matrix and a texture for each image. I've written a little js that creates a dictionary entry for each matrix/texture pair, but I'm failing to successfully pass the matrix successfully to the texture. I think I'm just not grokking matrixcalc().

Demo patch & js attached. Any help appreciated!

Hi,

For a project I'm working on, I need to import some images, and have both a matrix and a texture for each image. I've written a little...

passing-a-matrix-to-a-texture-in-js

passing a matrix to a texture in js

Laura Papke

Hi all, this is a very simple question with a probably difficult answer. I would like to map my matrixctrl in MaxMSP to use it with a Midi controller for a live performance. As the midi map functions (enable for mapping & assign midi map) aren't available, what would be the best way to create a similar structure that I could map onto? I tried to find a solution via google search already, but couldn't really find anything. Thank you very much already.

Hi all, this is a very simple question with a probably difficult answer. 

midi-map-function-for-matrixctrl-doesn't-work-is-there-an-alternative-way

MIDI map function for matrixctrl doesn't work. Is there an alternative way?

Nathan Swedlow

I have an Ableton session that plays through a number of different scenes using follow actions. I need to change the OSC port that is receiving incoming messages from one value to another value based on whichever scene is playing. I have found several solutions for monitoring the active scene using LOM, observer, etc.. that allows me to identify which scene is playing, however these only seem to work if I actively click on the scene- I have not discovered a way to simply observe which scene is playing without actively selecting the scene with the mouse. Anyone have any ideas?

Hi all, 

I have an Ableton session that plays through a number of different scenes using follow actions. I need to change the OSC port...

observing-which-scene-number-is-playing-using-follow-actions-instead-of-selecting-the-scene-with-the-mouse

Observing which scene number is playing using follow actions instead of selecting the scene with the mouse

Sam Morrison

Hello - I'm working with a patch that's doing granular synthesis-like processing of a series of WAV files. It basically started with the tutorial patch for granular synthesis, which I then modified and saved under a new name.

I have been trying to use the "replace" message to load a new file into the [buffer] object without opening a dialog box, but I cannot get the patch to find the file in its search path.

I moved the patcher into the same folder as the sound files I wanted to cycle through, which I 

 was where the search path would start by default.

    When that didn't work, I tried moving the sound files to a sub-folder in the same folder as the patcher, but no good there either.

I'm using Max 7 (I know, it's several versions old, but I'm on an older Mac OS) - I found the documentation on search paths 

. I tried adding the file path I wanted manually to the path list. It prompted me to save the edited path list and saved it a plain text file in the same folder as my patcher.

I imagine that was the wrong location to save the edited path list, but I'm not sure what the right one was. Beyond that, I'm still puzzled that simply putting my sound files in the same folder as the patcher didn't work. It would really help the project I'm doing if I could change the file loaded in the buffer quickly. 

Hello - I'm working with a patch that's doing granular synthesis-like processing of a series of WAV files. It basically started with the...

search-path-cant-find-sound-files-mac

Search path can't find sound files (Mac)

Connector

I still did not get an answer to my question so i try to edit my original post for better understanding and reproducing my Problem to hopefully some hints to my issue:

I am writing an jitter external for Max 9.0.8 with max-sdk-8.2.0:

max.testexternal.c.txt

testexternal.c.txt

Inside the external i am filling a 2x2x3 matrix and storing the matrix to brightnessTest.jxf in the Filesystem. After reading back into a matrix object i want to get the stored Values back in a jitter Patch. 

Testexternal.maxpat

 While storing the values to the matrix with this code: 

for (x->currentframe = 0; x->currentframe < 3; x->currentframe++) {
    for (i = 0; i < x->nrOfCells; i++) {
        yCellPos = i / x->cols;
        xCellPos = i % x->cols;

        brightness = 25. * i;
        post("i: %ld", i);
        post("x->currentframe: %ld, xPos: %ld, yPos: %ld", x->currentframe, xCellPos, yCellPos);
        post("brightness: %f", brightness);

        brightnessp = brightness_bp  
            + xCellPos * sizeof(float) 
            + yCellPos * sizeof(float) * (&brightness_minfo)->dim[0]
            + x->currentframe * sizeof(float) * (&brightness_minfo)->dim[0] * (&brightness_minfo)->dim[1];
        *brightnessp = brightness;

    }
}

The output to console looks fine (frames 0,1,2 are filled with values):

But when i try to read back the matrix values in the patch

it seems that only the first frame (frames 0) was read back correctly. At the second frame (frames 1) i only get 0. Values and the third frame (frames 2) i get no Values.

Hope anyone could give me a hint to solve my problem. 

I still did not get an answer to my question so i try to edit my original post for better understanding and reproducing my Problem to...

problem-with-writing-a-matrix-to-jxf-file-and-reading-it-back-to-jitter

Problem with writing a matrix to jxf File and reading it back to Jitter

YaleO'neil

I’m building a system for live performance where I may need many different shader modes. To avoid having one very long shader file with dozens of branches, I’d like to preload multiple jit.gl.shader objects and simply switch them at runtime. For this to be reliable on stage, I need to be sure about when compilation actually happens, and whether switching shaders ever triggers recompilation.

• When exactly does a jit.gl.shader compile its code? Is it compiled immediately when I read a file or set the @file attribute (when autowatch is 1), or only once it is bound to a jit.gl.mesh (or other OB3D)? Otherwise, if autowatch is 0, does it just sit idle until I explicitly send "compile" or "read"?

• Is “compile” and “bind” treated as separate steps in Jitter (like OpenGL’s glCompileShader vs. glUseProgram)? “For example, if I change the @shader attribute of a jit.gl.mesh from phongShader to blinnShader, does that trigger any recompilation, or does it simply bind an already compiled program?”

• Does the autowatch attribute affect this process? My understanding is that autowatch 1 only recompiles when the source file changes on disk, not when shaders are bound/unbound. Is that correct?

I’ve read the reference docs, and while they imply this separation, they don’t spell it out. I’d love to have a confirmation of how jit.gl.shader handles compilation vs binding, and exactly what role autowatch plays. 

I’m building a system for live performance where I may need many different shader modes. To avoid having one very long shader file with...

jitglshader-compilation-vs-binding-and-autowatch-behavior

 jit.gl.shader — compilation vs. binding, and autowatch behavior

Jan M

 is end of life since long. The goto solution for using a DMX USB Pro recently was using the serial object directly.

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