help needed for a project...

    kimchi_noodles
    Nov 11 2011 | 6:59 am
    Hi! I was wondering if someone could help me in creating a code on max5 for a project I have for a course called new media. I have little experience... although I am trying to learn, it is very difficult because I find it really confusing...
    I have an idea for my project! Although I'm not sure if it is achievable.. but here goes~
    My idea for this project is when you speak into the mic, your voice changes into a different tone! Something like a voice changer! I want it to have a setting where you can set the pitch, so you can make your voice high or low. Also, when you are speaking in the mic, I want it to be connected to a graph or any visualization that changes depending on how high your voice is! I also wanted to include a gif if that is possible to do... I was going to draw a character with different emotions and depending on how high and low the pitch is, it will change to a different face when you talk! For example, if you talk low, it will be scared, and if you talk normal it will be happy! If you start talking in a high pitch, it will change to an annoyed look. Something very simple!
    If someone could help me with this project, I would very much appreciate it!!! thank you!!
    PS, id like it if someone could help me understand and create it... I've tried the tutorials and I found that they were a bit confusing to me..
    • MIB
      Nov 11 2011 | 7:05 am
      couple of objects to look into:
      pfft~ with gizmo~ scope~ spectroscope~
      and some 3rd party externals for pitch detection:
      fiddle~ analyzer~
      ...
    • brendan mccloskey
      Nov 11 2011 | 8:40 am
      If you find the tutorials confusing, then try not to rush things. You won't learn Max in one month, so stick with them.
      You're probably aware that a quick and simple way to shift pitch in 'real time' is by shifting the time of a delay line; see dude837 here:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyzY_ZP54pA
      Also, look at the helpfiles for [pict]; and jit.qt.movie will read .bmp files.
      Brendan
    • kimchi_noodles
      Nov 11 2011 | 3:21 pm
      awesome! Thanks, I tried this tutorial and was able to make one! :D Although I still need to figure out how to connect it to a gif. I was wondering if that is even possible? I want 3 gif's to activate according to pitch of the voice. For example, when the phasor is set low like 4, the voice is comes out as deep, I want the gif that is scared to activate, and when the phasor is set high like 50, I want the other gif to activate. Sorta like a switch, but changes when you change the phasor... I'm not sure if I'm explaining it right, but that is what I want to do
    • mzed
      Nov 11 2011 | 4:38 pm
      If you're running Max 6 you might want to look at fzero~ for pitch detection.
      mz