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Simone

I have a quick question regarding best practices for working with the "expr" object in gen. Is there a "best practice" when it comes to formulas within gen? Is there any efficiency gained or lost with writing one long expression versus breaking it up into separate expressions that connect to one another? 

I have made a quick and simple expression with two instances of gen~. In the example on the left I am using expr to mix between two sine waves. The sine waves and their respective mix values are all calculated with the same expr object. 

In the second example the two sine waves are calculated with separate expr objects and then the result is mixed using the "mix" object. 

The result is the same but is one approach more efficient? 

Hello all,

I have a quick question regarding best practices for working with the "expr" object in gen. Is there a "best practice" when it...

efficiency-when-working-with-gen-expr-object

Efficiency when working with gen~ expr object

papertree

I am trying to make a jit.gl.pix patch that gets different values from a matrix.

One of them is getting the sum of all of the values within a float32 matrix. 

I have tried using the nearest() function and a for loop within codebox to iterate through all the values and sum them, thus generating a matrix the elements of which are the sum of the values.

However, this doesn't seem to work. Here's the code I've tried:

summed = 0;

for (i=0; i<dim; i+=1){
	summed = nearest(in1, i);
}

out1 = summed;

I attach the patch I've been using for testing. I have included a non-gl.pix version that does what I want it to do. 

Using jit.gl.pix and codebox to get a sum of all values within a matrix

using-jitglpix-and-codebox-to-get-a-sum-of-all-values-within-a-matrix

Cornelius Renken

Hi! I've successfully managed to recreate pitch movement in a delay by changing the write and read index position. In hindsight my issue with this is that after the delay time has reached it's target, all pitching goes back to normal, because now the difference between read and write index is constant again and there is no more doppler effect. The only way to combat this is having a really long smoothing time between tempo changes but it seems inelegant.

I'm looking to fully recreate the effect of a slowed down tape:

When I change the delay time, the whole 'tape' changes tempo and all previously recorded sounds are staying pitched forever, only newly recorded sounds are at the 'correct' pitch. As I understand it, for this model, the read and write heads (index position) stay constant, and the delay time is only effected by the speed of the tape.

My thought process was therefore to keep the index positions at a constant difference, and only change the rate of the phasor writing and reading the data buffer.

I've found an amazing forum post that tackles the exact questionI have. I tried to implement everything but I failed to do so correctly. Maybe somebody with more gen/max knowledge would know of a better way to convert this explanation into gen.

https://forum.mutable-instruments.net/t/simulating-tape-analogue-delay-in-dsp/7789/7

If somebody could give an insight into where im going wrong, i'd be extremely thankful! Especially with the linked forum post being exactly my question, I feel so close but yet so far.

Tape Delay in Gen~.maxpat

I'm looking to fully recreate the effect of a slowed down tape:
When I change the delay time, the whole 'tape' changes tempo and all previously recorded sounds are staying pitched forever, only newly recorded sounds are at the 'correct' pitch. As I understand it, for this model, the read and write heads (index position) stay constant, and the delay time is only effected by the speed of the tape.

My thought process was therefore to keep the index positions at a constant difference, and only change the rate of the phasor writing and reading the data buffer.

I've found an amazing forum post that tackles the exact questionI have. I tried to implement everything but I failed to do so correctly. Maybe somebody with more gen/max knowledge would know of a better way to convert this explanation into gen.
https://forum.mutable-instruments.net/t/simulating-tape-analogue-delay-in-dsp/7789/7 
(This is the post, by user TheSlowGrowth)

If somebody could give an insight into where im going wrong, i'd be extremely thankful! Especially with the linked forum post being exactly my question, I feel so close but yet so far.

Thanks!
Cornelius

Hi! I've successfully managed to recreate pitch movement in a delay by changing the write and read index position. In hindsight my issue wit

gen~-tape-delay-emulation-tape-speed

Gen~ Tape Delay Emulation (tape speed)

jamesway

I prob missed this in the forums and tutorials.

I have a master phasor outside Gen locked to Ableton, triggering stuff and resets to Gen phasors.

I was trying to use what~ and where~ to send something to Gen, perhaps a line before the reset.  Ideally I'd like to modify the last cycle 's speed in gen before the reset to try and reach .25 on a  downward slope to match the reset. Mainly very slow lfo's I'm dealing with.

Gen still hurts me abit, either from struggling to get used to the per sample world, or from smacking myself in forehead when I realize how simple something was the whole time. Putting my foam hat on for this one again.

phasor-reset-smoothing

Phasor reset smoothing

oshii

Hopefully you've had nice new year's celebration. Mine mostly went in banging my head with Gen - my favourite head banger these days! :D

Honestly, I'm not quite  happy with the amount of information provided in the help files/ Gen references, which (not for a first time) couldn't help me finding solution for this simple problem which would take just few minutes to solve in Max: write simple data in buffer.

I've attached a simple patcher, would be really happy if someone can have a look and let me know what I'm doing wrong.

Happy new year everyone!

Hopefully you've had nice new year's celebration. Mine mostly went in banging my head with Gen - my favourite...

gen-simple-data-management-with-buffer

Gen~ simple data management with buffer

Max Waters

 tutorial on using  mc.gen~ to write a granular synth. I haven't got very far however as the mc.gen~ window regularly crashes. 

It reports a huge list of errors like this:

gen_domain: dsp.gen: [string "gen2.PatcherToExpr.max"]:45: attempt to index local 'patcher' (a userdata value)
gen~: failed to compile patcher
gen_domain: dsp.gen: [string "-- main2.lua..."]:697: failed to compile genpatcher
gen~: failed to compile patcher

And then the mc.gen~ object resets to its default (a simple sum of its inputs).

Does anyone have any idea what the problem is? 

I'm following this tutorial on using  mc.gen~ to write a granular synth. I haven't got very far however as the mc.gen~ window regularly...

contents-of-mcgen-disappearing

contents of mc.gen~ disappearing

axers fall

In this video,I will show you how to re-creat this famous 

please check out my youtube channel for more 

In this video,I will show you how to re-creat this famous bernoulli gate module named "branches" only with gen~.

please check out my...

bernoulli-gate-re-creat-braches-module-in-gen

Bernoulli gate ------ re-creat braches module in gen~

Eren Utku

I am trying to implement this phaser algorithm from the book "Audio Processes" by David Creasey in gen~ but I don't get any crucial audible difference.  I think the problem has to do with the second order all pass filter but I couldn't figure it out. I would appreciate any help, thanks in advance! 

I am trying to implement this phaser algorithm from the book "Audio Processes" by David Creasey in gen~ but I don't get any crucial audible...

phaser-in-gen

Phaser in gen~

In this video,I will show you how to play 

if you like this type of content,please press like button,share this video and subscribe to my youtube channel!!!THANKS!!!!!!

In this video,I will show you how to play random drum slices and make some chance% paramaters including reverse your playback.

if you like...

how-to-play-random-drum-slices-with-gen

How to play random drum slices with gen~

mizu

perplex around gen~.curve.maxpat : the += continues to count after the clipped value is reached. Maybe in gen~ is it without consequence, and add 0 or 1 is the same charge of cpu. Maybe one time compilled, if a "branch" of calcul has no more usage, the process is ignored ? Is it more "sane" to use a counter and stop it at the end of a ramp ?

sorry for my english ( i learned it essentially on the Max forums :-)) Thanks You all !

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