Sarah El Mahi

So I am doing a sound track on Ableton and I wanted to do a visual effect on max, but whatever I do the vizzie effects does not want to interact with sound although I used the beapconverter

So I am doing a sound track on Ableton and I wanted to do a visual effect on max, but whatever I do the vizzie effects does not want to inte

max-and-ableton-live

What kind of audio signal are you sending to the beapconverter? Make sure that it is an audio rate control signal going in. Also make sure that the output of the beapconverter is being mapped to a useful range. See the help file for beapconverter to see an example.

I have the LFO and M4L-IN audio signals to the beapconverter, and I connected the beapconverter to the scamblr effect

Sarah El Mahi Senior Project .maxpat

It looks like you are using an audio signal as a voltage control. Beap uses control voltages that go from -1/1. Your audio signal is probably changing too fast for it to handle.

The best approach for what you want to do is to extract audio descriptor info and convert that into an audio control signal. I added a simple audio envelop follower to your patch. It creates a ramp when ever audio is detected and I use that to modulate and LFO. Now any sound that plays will trigger the video effect. Play with envelop follower gain and threshold for best results.

You can experiment with other audio descriptors and get different effects. zsa.descriptor is a great package to experiment with if you want more granular control.

http://www.e--j.com/index.php/what-is-zsa-descriptors/

Sarah El Mahi Senior Project 2.maxpat

You can experiment with other audio  descriptors and get different effects.  zsa.descriptor is a great package to experiment with if you want more granular control.
http://www.e--j.com/index.php/what-is-zsa-descriptors/  It is found in the package manager.

Thank you Anthony this really helped me a lot!

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