apply and expression to jit.noise

    efe
    Jan 18 2010 | 7:44 am
    Hello! I am trying to port this simple jitter code into java:
    However, i am finding difficulties to apply the expression to the noise. Maybe a simple solution but i haven't been able to figure it out. I realize that i suck in java! So far this:
    import com.cycling74.max.*; import com.cycling74.jitter.*;
    public class NoiseExpr2 extends MaxObject { JitterObject noiss; JitterObject expression; JitterMatrix dim1; JitterMatrix dim2;
    public NoiseExpr2(Atom[] args){ declareInlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL}); declareOutlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL}); noiss=new JitterObject( "jit.noise"); expression=new JitterObject("jit.expr"); expression.setAttr("expr","hypot((norm[0]-0.5)+((in[0]*0.1)-0.05) , (norm[1]-0.5))"); dim1=new JitterMatrix("dimen",3,"float32",10,100); noiss.matrixcalc(null,dim1); expression.matrixcalc(noiss,dim1); //noiss.expr("hypot((norm[0]-0.5)+((in[0]*0.1)-0.05) , (norm[1]-0.5))"); }
    public void bang(){ noiss.matrixcalc(null,dim1); outlet(0,"jit_matrix",new Atom[]{Atom.newAtom(dim1.getName())}); } }
    any idea?
    Emmanuel
    • Florito
      Jan 18 2010 | 7:59 am
      one way to create a JitterObject:
      JitterObject(java.lang.String classname, com.cycling74.max.Atom[] args) creates a JitterObject
      so your noiss should be // jit.noise 12 float32 10 10 Atom[] args = new Atom[] { Atom.newAtom(12), Atom.newAtom("float32"), Atom.newAtom(10), Atom.newAtom(10) } noiss=new JitterObject("jit.noise", args);
      also, you could check if your noiss.matrixcalc is succesfull by doing boolean success = noiss.matrixcalc(null,dim1); post("noiss succes: "+success);
      btw. the outlet can also be called like this:outlet(0,"jit_matrix", dim1.getName()); (no need to create atoms)
      I am doing this off the top of my head, so I can't guarantee success. Alos, I haven't worked with JitterObjects like noise in java yet either... Will get back to it.
      Marcus
    • efe
      Jan 18 2010 | 8:11 am
      Thank you Marcus: nice tips!. However, the problem is not to generate the noise in java(that is working already) but to apply the expression to the matrix. Somehow i was thinking that by using the expr as a method(noiss.expr) it would work, but it didn't. Emmanuel
    • efe
      Jan 18 2010 | 5:17 pm
      Another option might be to use the java lang directly. But it seems strange that jit.expr cannot be used as a simple JitterObject
    • Florito
      Jan 19 2010 | 1:54 am
      It's working:
      import com.cycling74.jitter.JitterMatrix;
import com.cycling74.jitter.JitterObject;
import com.cycling74.max.DataTypes;
import com.cycling74.max.MaxObject;

public class NoiseExpr2 extends MaxObject {

	JitterObject noise;
	JitterMatrix noiseOut;

	JitterObject expression;
	JitterMatrix expressionOut;

	public NoiseExpr2() {

		declareOutlets(new int[] {DataTypes.ALL, DataTypes.ALL});

		// jit.noise 12 float32 10 10
		noise = new JitterObject("jit.noise");//, noiseArgs);
		noise.setAttr("planecount", 12);
		noise.setAttr("type", "float32");
		noise.setAttr("dim", new int[] { 10,10});

		noiseOut = new JitterMatrix(12, "float32", 10, 10);

		// jit.expr @expr "hypot((norm[0]-0.5)+((in[0]*0.1)-0.05) , (norm[1]-0.5))"
		expression=new JitterObject("jit.expr");
		expression.setAttr("expr","hypot((norm[0]-0.5)+((in[0]*0.1)-0.05) , (norm[1]-0.5))");

		expressionOut = new JitterMatrix(12, "float32", 10, 10);

	}

	public void bangnoise() {
		noise.matrixcalc(null, noiseOut);
		outlet(1, "jit_matrix", noiseOut.getName());
	}

	public void bang() {
		bangnoise();
		expression.matrixcalc(noiseOut, expressionOut);
		outlet(0, "jit_matrix", expressionOut.getName());
	}

}
    • Florito
      Jan 19 2010 | 1:56 am
      And here's an example patch using this object:
    • efe
      Jan 19 2010 | 3:35 am
      Thank you Marcus! You are really a java-jitter guru it is quite interesting the use of two matrices