getting data into max
Aug 23 2006 | 8:06 am
I am trying decide whether to get data (generated by a proprietary sensor system) into max via midi or via some other way (e.g. creating a file outside of max, and reading a file when in max).
as I am a novice at max, I am not aware of the best ways of getting max's hands on this data. so any advice very welcome.
It will need to run on a pc (running Windows XP Professional), and with the software extracting and preparing the data also on the same pc. The proprietary sensors software seems to need a program written in C to get access to teh dat, but we are experimenting on a simpler way (as the project doesnt have any 'C' skills .... )
I would like midi coming into max, as easy to handle ... but 2 problems:
1. getting midi from other software into max on same PC (e.g. midi yoke does it, but apparently a bit 'flakey' on NT/XP...!)
2. knowing how to generate a midi message from C or similar ...
an alternative is by writing to a file in some front end software ... and then reading that file in max
or
maybe another (better) way that I dont know about ..???
any helpful comments/advice out there ...??
p.s. I normally work with max on a mac... so yet another layer of mystique in sorting this out ..!!