Beat detection & adsr~ object

For beat detection check out the beat~ object made by Tristan Jehan.
(Search at maxobjects.com)

For ADSR~ you must send the value of 0 to trigger the release portion of the
envelope.

On 11/4/07 1:50 PM, "ilikepie" wrote:

> Hi, this is my first Max list post so bare with me if I sound a little
> moronic!
> I have two unrelated questions here, both for uni projects.
> I am working on a project at the moment which will (hopefully) eventually
> result in a small dancing robot powered by MAX MSP.
> My first hurdle is beat detection. I have a suspicion this may be either a
> completely worn-out subject or barely touched upon.
> If anyone can give me ANY info based on beat detection in maxmsp I'd be
> eternally (though temporarily) grateful!
> I'm looking to have an audio input (either from an MP3 loaded into a buffer or
> from a microphone), and have the audio processed to give me a BPM and/or bangs
> corresponding to beats.
> I'm not expecting a solution right away, but if someone can point me in the
> right direction that'd be great.
>
> Another project is very simple, just involving synths really. I just
> discovered the adsr~ object (after trying (and failing) to create my own using
> breakpoint function editors and line objects).
> Now it's a very simple object. The only problem I find is that it doesn't seem
> to return to zero. It ramps up to the inputted amplitude inthe set attack
> time, decays in X milliseconds to Y amplitude level and stays there. I have
> set a release time but it doesn't seem to do anything with it. I feel I must
> be missing something glaringly obvious here, but I'm a bit of a newb so that's
> allowed... right?
>
> Thanks for any advice you can give me,
>
> Joe Bicker
>
>