creating a metronome sound in Max

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terrible ideas of mine

you're aware of the built-in Max MIDI ch10 metronome?

yep, use [noteout 10] for the drum channel. you can use pitches 27-87 I believe. In that range, somewhere, are metronome "long" and "short. I also like clave or sticks for tick-tocking...

this any use?

Brendan

This is what I've used before.

great examples!

All these examples are great! But I think I will go with AaronMButler's example. How do people know about Max MIDI Ch10? I was not aware of this. Rim shots do sound very good as metronomes.

Also, is there a way to send the Noteout10 to a multiplier? Or a way to get those MIDI sounds to transmit as an audio signal.

"How do people know about Max MIDI Ch10? I was not aware of this."

That's kinda what the extensive tutorials and helpfiles are for ;-)

There are very very few people who can claim to know, understand and use every single aspect and application of Max/MSP/Jitter/Gen, so don't be disheartened or surprised by 'new' information.

There is no way to artificially boost audio from external MIDI (soundcard/chip) within Max, unless you're using a hardware MIDI sound module and mixer.

Brendan

Another thing I've done is use a sample of an 808 cowbell (and a pitch shifted version a 4th lower that I made in ableton). It's basically the same patch except the the [sel 1] triggers 2 [sfplay~]s.

I also forgot to include the bit that resets the counter so that when you turn the met on it always starts on a downbeat.