Evan Berger

Final Project.maxpat

I'm taking an interactive computer media course with Max, and for my final project, I'm creating a randomized soundscape using different sections of bird sounds from Maui. please be aware I don't have a toggle switch currently. I am able to randomize the four different selections, and now I am trying to randomize different sections of these selections. Let me know if you have any ideas to help!


 
Hey everyone,
I'm taking an interactive computer media course with Max, and for my final project, I'm creating a randomized soundscape us

randomizing-different-sections-in-a-playlist-help!

As first, disconnect everything between 2 playlist objects
and check what gets output from playback notification outlet.
example :
start 3 "/Volumes/HD3/BBC/Audio mix2Ozone2.wav"
done 3 "/Volumes/HD3/BBC/Audio mix2Ozone2.wav"
you can't connect that outlet directly to another playlist.

Playlists the way you connected them are not synced at all.
Read tab advanced in playlist help to
get the messages to control
clip selection , loop state and play / stop.
one message could carry combined stuff like for example
selectionms 2 500 2000, setclip 2 loop 1, 2
or
selection 2 0.25 0.5, setclip 2 loop 0, 2
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Randomizing different sections in a playlist - Help!

fabio m

Are there any M4L devices that read the state of the trasport (playing on/off, recording on/off) and that of the looping (on/off) and make them available to be mapped?

Are there any M4L devices that read the state of the trasport (playing on/off, recording on/off) and that of the looping (on/off) and make t

m4l-devices-that-read-ableton-transport-and-looping-states

For finding already made M4L devices, your best bet is probably the M4L devices group on facebook. (unfortunately -  I hate to be recommending facebook instead of a proper forum, but it does seem the best place to get those sorts of answers).

 Live has a Max for Live Building Tools Pack meant for teaching the basics, it has lots of example devices. 

M4L devices that read Ableton transport and looping states

McAnix

I downloaded a random note generator device but I would like to sync it to Abletons play/stop or have the start bang quantized to bars. I managed to get the ms linked to beats but I can't figure out how to get it synced.

I'm pretty much completely new to this, thanks.

I downloaded a random note generator device but I would like to sync it to Abletons play/stop or have the start bang quantized to bars. I ma

how-to-sync-a-m4l-device-to-ableton-transport

You should take a look at the Max transport external, for starters.

Since you're completely new, had you considered looking at the tutorials? that come with Max for Live? It's been a while, but I believe that the first discussion of the relationship between time-sync stuff and Max for Live is covered in the basic LFO tutorial (I could be wrong, so perhaps someone can correct me).

Thanks Greg, I just found a device that had the sync function I wanted and copied that section the device I'm using. I have  no idea how,  but it works!

Hi MCANIX, I know it's an old thread but if you are still listening would you mind sharing which was the device you found that has sync control, please?

Sorry it's been a while since I opened Ableton. I did some searching and it seems I made an edit to a device that plays random notes and I wanted them quantized to the global clock. Looking at the device internals it seems I copied it from one of the official tuts. I think it came from the tuts that are included with ableton. If you click the help view you might find the tuts.

The best I can offer is to send you the .axmd file? Apologies, I think the reason I never mentioned the device was because I copied it from the tuts.

How to sync a M4L device to Ableton transport.

I'm on a Mac, making a subpatcher (let's call it PATCHERNAME.MAXPAT) in Max that can be used as an external in another "Master" patcher – but I want the contents of the subpatcher to be hidden to an end user.

If I make a patcher and then build it as a Collective, this creates a stand-alone application (called PATCHERNAME.MXF) that can be run (in Max).

However, if I try to load PATCHERNAME.MXF into the "Master" patcher as an external (by typing either PATCHERNAME.MXF or just PATCHERNAME into a new object), I get the message "newobj PATCHERNAME: No such object". It's not a file preferences problem... It's not a cross-platform problem...

I'm on a Mac, making a subpatcher (let's call it PATCHERNAME.MAXPAT) in Max that can be used as an external in another "Master"  patcher – but I want the contents of the subpatcher to be hidden to an end user.

However, if I try to load PATCHERNAME.MXF into the "Master" patcher as an external (by typing either PATCHERNAME.MXF or just PATCHERNAME into a new object), I get the message "newobj PATCHERNAME: No such object". It's not a file preferences problem...  It's not a cross-platform problem...

I'm on a Mac, making a subpatcher (let's call it PATCHERNAME.MAXPAT) in Max that can be used as an external in another "Master"  patcher – b

problems-loading-a-collective-as-an-external

patcher is not external
what you describe is abstraction
if you want that abstraction to be included in mxf file
than paste it into main patcher as patch.


Thanks for the reply but it's the opposite that I'm trying to achieve. I want to be able to use the mxd file as an abstraction.

However, a colleague suggested a nice work-around. I've embedded the sub-patcher in a bpatcher, and made everything invisible. It's not bullet-proof, but it'll do. 

Turns out that the invisible sub-patcher is not an option... All you need to do to circumvent this is to open the main .maxpat file in a text editor and delete all the lines that say
"hidden" : 1,
and save it. This reveals everything...

So, I'm still looking for a way of sending someone an abstraction to use in another Max patcher without them being able to see the contents. Is this possible? 

It really depends what in that patcher is.
Do you need to embed some externals ?
pcontrol object can load mxf fies, but they open as separate patchers, without inlets and outlets.

If you provide more infos about that patcher that needs to be hidden,
one coud make some suggestions


Attached is a very simple example of a patcher with one audio inlet, one audio outlet and two control inlets.

How can I share this patcher with someone so that they can use it as an abstraction but they cannot see the contents? 

If I build this patcher as an .mxf file, and try to use it as an abstraction in another patcher, I just get the error "newobj : abstraction_example: No such object"

It feels like I'm asking a stupid question - so: my apologies if I'm missing some basic feature here...

main problem with this is that you need inlets and outlets.
mxf file format can not be used as abstraction.
you can load mxf file using pcontrol, but that is same as opening it as a file.

but anyway - mxf file can easily be turned into "normal" patch
although it offers some sort of possibilities to keep stuff more secret than
normal patch.

You need to build mxf file using line
excludeexternals true

on top of build script.
that  builds mxf file without any externls embeded.
It is anyway my prefered method for many reasons.


Problems loading a Collective as an External

josh j

Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be able to help. I've tried reading through all I can with no luck. I'm trying to create a patch where a specific time is entered in a number box and then it triggers buttons through different metro objects. I'm trying to make it so it triggers one button right on enter and then cycle between two buttons almost like a metronome. My issue is that when the patch is running and I input a new time it often makes the buttons trigger out of whack before it settles back into a rhythm again.

It kinda looks to me that it wants to force out any remaining bang messages in the system before it continues to work. My hope is that I can get these buttons to work so they can trigger audio, but it won't work if the audio files get triggered out of order. Hopefully the file makes more sense if my explanation doesn't. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be able to help. I've tried reading through all I can with no luck. I'm trying to create a patch where a specific time is entered in a number box and then it triggers buttons through different metro objects. I'm trying to make it so it triggers one button right on enter and then cycle between two buttons almost like a metronome. My issue is that when the patch is running and I input a new time it often makes the buttons trigger out of whack before it settles back into a rhythm again. 

It kinda looks to me that it wants to force out any remaining bang messages in the system before it continues to work. My hope is that I can get these buttons to work so they can trigger audio, but it won't work if the audio files get triggered out of order.  Hopefully the file makes more sense if my explanation doesn't. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I was wondering if anyone would be able to help. I've tried reading through all I can with no luck. I'm trying to create a patch where a

metro-patch-not-in-time

4. no idea yet. what is the aim? mabye dont forget that you can turn metro off an on when required.

You need to learn how metro, delay etc objects work.


Using delays is allways tricky, there are also other ways to run a sequence ot timed events

Thank you so much! I'm having a look through it now. Works exactly how I was imagining it when I tried to make mine. I'm still super new so still not making 100% sense to me with how it works, but I'll slowly rebuild my own to see how all the pieces work together. Thanks again. 

follow colored patchcords coming out of trigger object
the order of execution right to left is the key to all.


Metro patch not in time. 

2000

Please forgive the basicness of this question, but I was wondering if anyone could help? I'm sending MIDI CC information from MAX to an Elektron Machinedrum. However, it does not always seem to respond to CC commands. Also, I am unable to, on occasion, stop the pattern from playing. I've tried the usual stop commands, but I'm unable to get a response. I don't seem to have this problem with a Roland device I am using. 

I mean to say that the pattern has stopped playing in MAX, but continues on the Machinedrum.

I was unsure whether to post this question here or on the Elektron forum, but if anyone was able to offer any help it would be much appreciated.

Please forgive the basicness of this question, but I was wondering if anyone could help? I'm sending MIDI CC information from MAX to an Elektron Machinedrum. However, it does not always seem to respond to CC commands. Also, I am unable to, on occasion, stop the pattern from playing. I've tried the usual stop commands, but I'm unable to get a response. I don't seem to have this problem with a Roland device I am using. 
I mean to say that the pattern has stopped playing in MAX, but continues on the Machinedrum.
I was unsure whether to post this question here or on the Elektron forum, but if anyone was able to offer any help it would be much appreciated.

Hello,
Please forgive the basicness of this question, but I was wondering if anyone could help? I'm sending MIDI CC information from MAX to 

note-offstopping-midi

Note Off/Stopping MIDI

James Kogane

Hi--live granulation is kind of a trivial thing in supercollider but I'm having a hard time making it work in Max. Wondering if anybody can point in the direction of a tutorial or a patch? Basically just trying to implement this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnD8stNB5tE&t=180s

Hi--live granulation is kind of a trivial thing in supercollider but I'm having a hard time making it work in Max. Wondering if anybody can 

live-granulation

Hi James, have you checked out the Grainflow package on the package manager? The launcher for that package has some great examples and helpful abstractions. 

live granulation

Detlef Fossan

I used a live.dial to change values ​​via automation and i wont output this value via a message object and a live.text button via MIDI-Out. I trigger live.text with the mouse, everything is okay. I trigger live.text via automation, this reset the value in the live.dial to the last value set.

liveM4L.PNG

What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. Regards

 I used a live.dial to change values ​​via automation and i wont  output this value via a message object and a live.text button via MIDI-Out. I trigger live.text with the mouse, everything is okay. I trigger live.text via automation, this reset the value in the live.dial to the last value set.  

 I used a live.dial to change values ​​via automation and i wont  output this value via a message object and a live.text button via MIDI-Out

reset-the-values-when-i-trigger-a-live-text-button

If you trigger that button A to bang
it will force first message to output it's currently set value.
that is 18 on the screenshot.
So what is going wrong ?
What should it otherwise do ?
Are you using that live.text as toggle or as button ?
if toggle it will trigger both on high and low.
If button it will bang depending on what it is set to do.
You first clear that, before proceeding.


I don't understand "data previously assigned ..." and the rest
Are you trying to say that live.dial does not output it's automated value
into first message ?
And when button triggers the first message has wrong value ?
Maybe values in that first message change too fast for you to realise that maybe automated trigger
comes a tick earlier than automated dial output changes ?


 I use the live.text as a button. I set the live.dial value in a first dummy clip. If I need the value later, then I trigger the live.button via a dummy clip. In this new clip is only the trigger command. In this case, the value set via the dummy clip is not pushed into the message, but the last changed in the max-device or the init value is written back to the live.dial value. If both live.dial and live.text are addressed in the dummy clip, it works perfectly. Unfortunately, that's not my goal. 

Reset the Values when i trigger a live.text button

Pierre Alexandre Tremblay

My colleague James Bradbury has put together a series of 4 short tutorials to learn the basics of coding your own sample browser in Max with the FluCoMa toolset.

This four-part video walks you through building a two-dimensional corpus exploration patch. We'll cover workflows like segmentation, audio analysis and querying data.

Find the completed code here:
https://learn.flucoma.org/examples/batch/2d-plot/plotter-4.maxpat

The Fluid Corpus Manipulation Toolbox (FluCoMa) is a software extension that enables programmatic sound bank mining with machine listening and machine learning within Max, SuperCollider, and Pure Data. 

Website: https://www.flucoma.org/
Download: https://www.flucoma.org/download/
Discourse: https://discourse.flucoma.org/

Max: https://cycling74.com/
SuperCollider: https://supercollider.github.io/
Pure Data: https://puredata.info/

#machinelistening #machinelearning #flucoma #max

Building a 2D Corpus Explorer (Part 1)

Now, if you just want a 2d-browser, you don't need this... yet! You can use the fantastic 

 or the incredible CataRT in MuBu (check the package manager) for ready-made powerful solutions... but then, you might want to build your own from scratch, to be able to mould it to do exactly what you want. This is where FluCoMa fits in this ecosystem.

This is the first strand, getting you to get used to our interface. It is quite a souple and powerful and max-feel, we think, but comments are welcome, on the tutorial, and everything else! 

Now, if you just want a 2d-browser, you don't need this... yet! You can use the fantastic audiostellar.xyz or the incredible CataRT in MuBu (check the package manager) for ready-made powerful solutions... but then, you might want to build your own from scratch, to be able to mould it to do exactly what you want. This is where FluCoMa fits in this ecosystem.

This is the first strand, getting you to get used to our interface. It is quite a souple and powerful and max-feel, we think, but comments are welcome, on the tutorial, and everything else!  

We hope you enjoy!

p


Dear all
My colleague James Bradbury has put together a series of 4 short tutorials to learn the basics of coding your own sample browser in

building-a-2d-soundbank-browser-in-maxflucoma

Building a 2D soundbank browser in Max+FluCoMa

Jonatan Krogh

Hello everyone! This is a little demo of some of the things you can do in Cantor!

Download the program + user manual here: http://bit.ly/38AjLJ2

Cantor is a live looping software meant for improvisation, inspired by things like the Beardytron, the Flow Machine by Tim Exile, and hardware like the Boss rc-505 and the Chaos Pad series.

It features among other things
- 8 Stereo tracks
- Powerful FX processing with 20+ built in effects
- Polyrhythmic synchronisation 
- Sidechaining
- Scratching 
- Multitrack performance capture
... and a LOT more. 

Cantor is completely free, packed with features, and under active development LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK! 

If you'd like to support the project you can join me at: https://www.patreon.com/cantorlooper

..or dropping a one time donation at:
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cantorlooper 

Have fun!

CANTOR - a New Free Live Looping Software

So I've got some more work done on my Live Looping software Cantor, and made a little video demonstrating some of the features. 

You can download the App + user manual >> 

All feedback is extremely valuable! Everything from how it's running on your system and how intuitive you find the interface, to how well it fills your live-looping needs and wishes!I have some optimisation left to do, so it might be a bit CPU heavy at the moment. If you could let me know what system specs + buffer sizes you can get away with, that would be amazing!

Hope some of you can get some joy out of this during quarantine :) 



So I've got some more work done on my Live Looping software Cantor, and made a little video demonstrating some of the features. 

You can download the App + user manual >>  HERE 

All feedback is extremely valuable! Everything from how it's running on your system and how intuitive you find the interface, to how well it fills your live-looping needs and wishes!I have some optimisation left to do, so it might be a bit CPU heavy at the moment. If you could let me know what system specs + buffer sizes you can get away with, that would be amazing!

Hope some of you can get some joy out of this during quarantine  :) 

Take care! /Jonatan


 


So I've got some more work done on my Live Looping software Cantor, and made a little video demonstrating some of the features. 

You c

cantor-live-looping-software-video!

Looks very interesting Jonatan! 

Didn't get my hands on it yet but looking forward to it. Never found a good polyrythmic looper out there,  wanted to build one myself,  you might just have saved me the effort :) 

Hope it does the job for you :)  If you have any ideas on how to improve it just let me know! If you have trouble figuring out what to do, have a look at the entries for "Quantise fraction", "Blanks",  and  "Track Synchronization" in the user manual, at page 19, 20 and 30. Those are the places where polyrhythms are implemented so far! 

I'm really happy with this way of using fractions to define the lengths! Makes it very easy to come up with new ideas! And it's all phase-driven, so it should perfectly in sync even if you drive the speed up to *1000 and leave it for ten minutes which is quite a miracle for anyone who's dealt with Mobius or other loopers where drift is an issue.  

I noticed some quite severe mistakes in the latest build and just uploaded a new patch, so if you already downloaded 0.55 or 0.56 i recommend you download again and get version 0.56.3!   http://bit.ly/38AjLJ2 

Wow. CANTOR is a really great tool. 

Live looping software is a great tool for creating music. It is user-friendly and easy to use, and it has a wide range of features. The Andersen is a great place to start if you're looking for live looping software.

CANTOR - live looping software (VIDEO!)

Ben Bracken

We are excited to announce the availability of our 

 as a public beta. We’ve worked closely with 

. The Eventide H9000 is a rack-sized multi-effects unit with powerful DSP processing capabilities and numerous high quality built-in effects. We’re excited to enable RNBO export for this and open the door to unique custom studio effects and instruments without the strict limitations of other hardware platforms.

RNBO support is similar to the existing Gen support, but more streamlined, and uses the built-in 

, rather than a watcher patcher, to manage the export process. Eventually, all of these changes will be rolled into the standard release versions of RNBO and this package.

Get the preview version of the RNBO package (v1.2.7-eventide.0):

Get the preview version of the "Eventide H9000" package (v1.0.4-beta.3):

We’d love to hear any experiences and feedback from RNBO users with access to an H9000. To join the discussion, use the 

We are excited to announce the availability of our Eventide package for RNBO as a public beta. We’ve worked closely with Eventide to bring...

eventide-h9000-package-for-rnbo-public-beta

Eventide H9000 Package for RNBO - Public Beta

This update focuses on Max for Live stability, fixing regression bugs, and a few new 

The full list of improvements are below, or on the Max 8.6.2 release page:

: Updated LOM documentation to the state on 12.0.x.

We are happy to announce the release of Max 8.6.2.

This update focuses on Max for Live stability, fixing regression bugs, and a few new...

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We are excited to announce the availability of our Eventide package for RNBO as a public beta. We’ve worked closely with Eventide to...

We are happy to announce the release of Max 8.6.2. This update focuses on Max for Live stability, fixing regression bugs, and a few new...

As first, disconnect everything between 2 playlist objects and check what gets output from playback notification outlet. example : start 3...

Live has a Max for Live Building Tools Pack meant for teaching the basics, it has lots of example devices.

Hey Fabio, Sorry it's been a while since I opened Ableton. I did some searching and it seems I made an edit to a device that plays random...

main problem with this is that you need inlets and outlets. mxf file format can not be used as abstraction. you can load mxf file using...

follow colored patchcords coming out of trigger object the order of execution right to left is the key to all.

Hello, Please forgive the basicness of this question, but I was wondering if anyone could help? I'm sending MIDI CC information from MAX to

oh perfect ty!

I use the live.text as a button. I set the live.dial value in a first dummy clip. If I need the value later, then I trigger the live.button...

Dear all My colleague James Bradbury has put together a series of 4 short tutorials to learn the basics of coding your own sample browser in

Any chance of a windows version?