Rich Rath

I have been looking through the documentation but I am getting stumped. I am trying to set up a 6 column 24 row, 2 plane matrix to represent a guitar fretboard so that given a tuning, plane 0 will set the correct MIDI note numbers across the whole six-string 25-fret fretboard, including the unfretted/open strings or y=0 position so starting for standard tuning at offset 0 0 in plane 0, row one is 40 45 50 55 59 64' and i want to produce a jit.cellblock of plane 1 where the rows would equal y=0:"E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4" y=1:"F2 A#2 D#3 G#3 C4F4" etc.

I have plane 1 solved via the first patcher output to a jit.fill which correctly loads the fretboard midi note numbers on plane 0.

I can lookup the correct letter notation for each fret in the second patcher, but I am unable thus far to figure out how to get the output to set the note names in plane 1

i can output text strings via print that are in the format jit.fill used on the note numbers, but jit.fill seems to only work on integers and floats, not text strings.

any ideas for how to get the note names into plane 1? im probably missing something basic, but I'm stumped. any guidance would be appreciated!

guitrans-needhelp.maxpat

I have been looking through the documentation but I am getting stumped.  I am trying to set up a 6 column 24 row, 2 plane matrix to represent a guitar fretboard so that given a tuning, plane 0 will set the correct MIDI note numbers across the whole six-string 25-fret fretboard, including the unfretted/open strings or y=0 position so starting for standard tuning at offset 0 0 in plane 0, row one is 40 45 50 55 59 64' and i want to produce a jit.cellblock of plane 1 where the rows would equal y=0:"E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4" y=1:"F2 A#2 D#3 G#3 C4F4" etc. 

I have plane 1 solved via the first patcher output to a jit.fill which correctly loads the fretboard midi note numbers on plane 0. 

i can output text strings via print that are in the format jit.fill used on the note numbers, but jit.fill seems to only work on integers and floats, not text strings. 

I have been looking through the documentation but I am getting stumped.  I am trying to set up a 6 column 24 row, 2 plane matrix to represen

loading-a-text-matrix-into-jit-cellblock

I am not getting the fretboard layout, I would expect to either spread left to right,

But if you want it up to down, no problem.

cellfretboard.maxpat

I am not getting the fretboard layout, I would expect to either spread left to right,
having 6 rows = 6 strings.
But if you want it up to down, no problem.
Here is a patch in old fashioned way.
Maybe it would be of some help.


I apologize. I thought I had responded to this. Thank you so much for this code, it was the perfect solution to get me started! Still having fun with my hothand!

I apologize. I thought I had responded to this. Thank you so much for this code, it was the perfect solution to get me started!  Still having fun with my hothand!

loading a text matrix into jit.cellblock