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Jeff Merkel

I know it gets brought up every once in a while, but I thought I'd post again to see what the interest was out there for getting Max working in Linux.

I jump between Mac, Winows, and Linux (Ubunutu) fairly regularly as no single OS can do everything I need under one roof. I teach at a university in physics and recording arts where I use Max, Wavelab, Nuendo, and Live extensively for demonstrations and PowerPoint/Keynote for presenting. I also run a recording/mastering/post studio where I again use Nuendo & Wavelab. But I also run an acoustic R&D company where I use Solidworks, QCAD, and a few other drawing/modeling tools. And lastly I head up an interdisciplinary research collective that mostly uses Max, but also vvvv, Processing, TouchDesigner, Quartz Composer, etc.

But I'm finding that I prefer Linux above Windows and Mac more and more for the sheer speed, customization, and adaptability even though it's by far the least supported for applications which really bums me out. While I'm a big supporter of open source I'm also happy to pay for good commercial software like Max. i just wish Max, and a few others, would run on Linux.

Max is one of the biggest hangups for me to not spend almost all of my time in Linux. PD is a great program, no doubt, but I rely on a lot of the awesome and amazing externals out there and the great Max community (along with a number of other reasons). Even getting Max to run under Wine would be OK, though native support would be much more preferable. But the iLok stuff only works on Mac/Win, even though I use the software key/internet activation.

So I'm interested if there's any other folks out there in the same boat as myself. I know Linux support is a low priority for most commercial companies that are trying squash bugs and be innovative, but I feel like Ubuntu and other flavors are on the rise and have some very cool potential in the multimedia realm (but that could also be just because I've been getting more into it personally). If there's enough of us requesting maybe we could see a Linux release in the future! Anyone else interested in seeing this happen?

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Max on Linux

Valery_Kondakoff

I created an easy [phasor~] based sequencer, which works quite predictable. Now I'm planning to drive some MIDI devices and want to convert signal values to numbers. To do so I'm sending [bang] every quarter note to the [snapshot~]. Surprisingly, the converted numbers are one sequencer step behind the signal values ('banging' to early?). I was trying to play with [snapshot~] offset and toggling the Audio status 'Scheduler in overdrive' and 'Audio Interrupt' options. Unfortunately this does not solves the issue.

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What is going there? Am I doing something wrong? Should I delay [bangs] anyhow? Or should I use, say, [snapshot~ 10] and later parse the numbers stream for change? Your ideas? Thank you!

sig-to-event.maxpat

Hello!
I created an easy [phasor~] based sequencer, which works quite predictable. 

help-converting-signal-values-to-numbers-in-a-phasor~-based-sequencer

Help: converting signal values  to numbers in a [phasor~] based sequencer 

There was such a tangle of connections that I missed one. Turns out it wasn't the preset's fault after all.

preset-disconnected-but-it-still-controls-the-object

Preset disconnected, but it still controls the object: **PROBLEM SOLVED**

Franchouss

I'd like to create a patch with a logarithmic frequency scale between 0 and 20 kHz. I move a slider that selects a frequency, and I'd like to animate a second area around that frequency. However, I'd like this area to have a fixed frequency. For example, +/- 500 Hz, so if I'm at 400 Hz, I want this area to be between 0 and 900 Hz, and I want this area to be animated logarithmically.

I've made a first patch, but I can't seem to animate this area logarithmically. It's a real-time scale, and as a result, the animation isn't working properly.

Hello everyone,

I'd like to create a patch with a logarithmic frequency scale between 0 and 20 kHz. I move a slider that selects a...

animation-of-a-logarithmic-scale

Animation of a logarithmic scale

axers fall

Glitchy, Dreamy and Ethereal vocal process

glitchy-dreamy-and-ethereal-vocal-process

Rugerfred_84

Hi. I have a problem with Bandpass Filters. I need to create a bandpass filter with a slope of 60 dB per octave, and I need to have my passband between 90 HZ and 381 HZ.

My question is: how can I control this parameters in a Banpass filter? I suppose I shall use a reson~, a biquad~ or a fffb~... But I was not able to find in the Help or in the Reference what I was looking for.

Hi. I have a problem with Bandpass Filters. I need to create a bandpass filter with a slope of 60 dB per octave, and I need to have my passb

create-a-bandpass-filter-with-slope-and-two-cutoff-frequencies

CREATE A BANDPASS FILTER WITH SLOPE, AND TWO CUTOFF FREQUENCIES

alfonso santimone

I have to admit that, after a lot of patching with 7.0 and 7.1, i don't like so much the new UI (i prefer the old Max5/6 one).

So i'm trying to make my own template for new patchers.

I just changed the font size so all plain objects are a little smaller and i can open my old patches without having a lot of overlapping objects because the bigger size of Max7 default objects.

But the problem is with all other "interaction" objects.

There's no preference file where to set size and colors of those objects.

How can i change the default way most interactive objects appears as soon as they're created?

i.e. toggle, bang, float, int, message, gain~, ezdac~, ezadc~, slider, rslider, etc. etc.

No workarounds please :-) they waste the quickness of i.e. "B create a bang" "F create a float box" etc...

default-prototypes

Default Prototypes?

Dave

Hi all, I'm very new to max and am having a bit of trouble getting my head around how to easily use arrays / dicts, and am wondering if someone could point me in the right direction.

Lets say I've got a dictionary with the following structure:

And I want to access the value stored at a given key (in this case the key is variable). So I do that by sending a message with the key I want to look up into [sprintf get %d], and then wire that into my dict input. 

 Connecting a print to the second output of my dict, I get something like:

Now what I'm wanting to get is the reference to the actual array out of the dict's second output, so that I can then do array.tolist and look at the individual values within the list. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out a way of getting from this output to the actual array.

For instance, taking the dict's second output and doing [zl.nth 2] gives me the (string?) value "array", and doing [zl.nth 3] gives me the (also string?) value "u016000977".  I have tried to array.tolist both of these values and end up with nothing in the case of "array" and "u016000977" in the case of "u016000977", and I'm also quite confused as to why they behave differently since they appear to my uninitiated mind as just "strings". 

I've noticed that adding @legacy 1 to the dicts outputs my values as a list, which is where I want to be eventually anyway, but I would like to figure out how I'm intended to do that with the current API.

Please see below a screenshot showing my confusion. How can I get my foo bar?  Any help much appreciated! 

Confusion around accessing arrays as dict values

confusion-around-accessing-arrays-as-dict-values

I was having a problem with sends, but I overlooked a silly mistake involving $1 syntax.

new-sends-arent-working

Solved my problem... it was a silly mistake (sorry for the post)

Uasmi Nasser

I'm trying to slice a sample based on transient detection. I currently have a gen~ patch (attached) that detects transients and their position in samples (using accum). 

What I'm struggling to do right now is to tie it to a groove~ position (from 0. to 1.) I've tried using delta~, but I get a lot of noise when I try to move it from MSP to Max world.

So, ideally, I would like to store indexes (slice numbers) inside coll, where each row will contain slice number and position in range of 0. to 1. (rather than in samples). 

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to slice a sample based on transient detection. 

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