MIDI Tremolo control

    Sandeep Dasari
    Oct 30 2018 | 9:57 pm
    Hi, I'm really new to MAX and so far the tutorials have been self explanatory, I'm building a midi M4L instrument and I'm using midiformat. I am trying to develop a variable tremolo control on the midi note. There is a midi event for a tremolo at 176 1 127 but that only turns on/off the tremolo. I was thinking about ways to implement a variable tremolo control like a lfo on a synthesizer would let us do. Any ideas where I can start from or similar patches?
    • Roman Thilenius
      Oct 31 2018 | 12:33 am
      if you apply an LFO onto the current value of controller #7 (volume) that should do it, no?
    • Sandeep Dasari
      Oct 31 2018 | 4:38 pm
      apply a LFO onto the velocity of the note? I'm basically emulating a midi event from a hardware controller (Leap Motion in this case). I will fiddle with the LFOs in the meanwhile, can you point me to an example? Thanks.
    • Roman Thilenius
      Oct 31 2018 | 7:36 pm
      on the note velocity it works likewise. but tremolo is usually something which happens also during the note plays, so with a CC you can arrange that effect better.
    • Sandeep Dasari
      Oct 31 2018 | 8:26 pm
      Oh yes! I didn't think about CC at all. Since I figured out using virtual midi ports, controlling CCs from a number object is a breeze. Thank you Roman.