data output fft spectral analysis

Jane Solano's icon

Hi,
I'm a newbie - hoping to use Max as a way to get frequency analysis data to then make visual representation. I've looked up some sample patches - but they get extremely complicated, and at least for now, all I want to be able to do is plug in an audio file, get a spectral analysis, and then output that data so I can manipulate it for graphical display. Any suggestions on the simplest way to approach this? Thanks!

Jean-Francois Charles's icon

Hi Jane,
You might be interested in one of the toolboxes I left on the site:

Hope that helps.

Jean-Francois Charles's icon

Thanks Raja.
There is also a very good old example right in Max, dating back from the first Jitter version, if I recall correctly:
Help->Examples->jitter-examples->audio->jitter_pvoc->jitter_pvoc_2D
There's a 3D version as well. Have fun!