Tony B

I'm looking for an M4L patch that will change amplitude of a pre recorded audio clip when I play my trombone at various volumes - a patch for fixed media amplitude attenuation when a live trombone is played and interacts with it. The affect I'm looking for is when I play my trombone at various volumes the louder I play the quieter a clip of someone speaking becomes - at various speeds and reaction times. Can anyone help? I am very new to max/msp - currently working my way through the online Kadenze course.

I'm looking for an M4L patch that will change amplitude of a pre recorded audio clip when I play my trombone at various volumes - a patch for fixed media amplitude attenuation when a live trombone is played and interacts with it.  The affect I'm looking for is when I play my trombone at various volumes the louder I play the quieter a clip of someone speaking becomes - at various speeds and reaction times. Can anyone help? I am very new to max/msp - currently working my way through the online Kadenze course. 

I'm looking for an M4L patch that will change amplitude of a pre recorded audio clip when I play my trombone at various volumes - a patch fo

m4l-patch-for-attenuating-audio-clips-when-a-live-instrument-is-played

I don't think there's a prebuilt patch that does this, but it wouldn't be too hard to accomplish. 

It's basically two things, and envelope follower to get amplitude data from your trombone, and then a live API thing to reduce the volume of the track that the audio clip is on according to the amplitude data. I'm sure there's examples of both in the documentation.

I don't think there's a prebuilt patch that does this, but it wouldn't be too hard to accomplish. 
It's basically two things, and envelope follower to get amplitude data from your trombone, and then a live API thing to reduce the volume of the track that the audio clip is on according to the amplitude data. I'm sure there's examples of both in the documentation. 

Or you could use the built in side chain compressor?

I always say to only learn max if there's no other way to do what you want

Or you could use the built in side chain compressor?
I always say to only learn max if there's no other way to do what you want

Good point - although he may want to do more with the attenuation (time, delay, curve, etc.) that might not be possible with a traditional compressor.

M4L patch for attenuating audio clips when a live instrument is played