frizzwig

As part of a uni project im cutting up some famous speeches for use in a track and i am going to use Max to chop and play the samples in time but in a random order. I am working on two possible methods to deal with this.

I need a patch to read from certain points in a buffer~ although to do this I need a way of locating certain words/phrases in the buffer. I then need a way of randomly playing these parts of the sample (which would most likely be triggered using a metro object)

I could chop up the words/phrases from the speeches and load them into separate buffers which could then be triggered

any help on the following would be appreciated

a) should I use one buffer~ read from different points OR multiple buffers - which do you think would work best?

b) is there a way to locate specific points in a buffer? (to send this data to the groove/play to trigger it from that specific point)

c) a good way of randomly triggering these

(ive been using max for about 2months and have a good, but basic, understanding )

I could chop up the words/phrases from the speeches and load them into separate buffers which could then be triggered 

any help on the following would be appreciated 

a) should I use one buffer~ read from different points OR multiple buffers   - which do you think would work best?  

random-playback-from-buffer

I've been using Roth Michaels' rm.slice for chopping up audio stored in a [buffer~] into chunks. You can then play these back at random, check it out:

If you're using a single buffer you might want to store your start and end points in a coll, then you can retrieve them using a number message.

Here's a quick patch using a waveform display to choose them. Rm.slice looks good too though I can't seem to find a link to download.

If you're using a single buffer you might want to store your start and end points in a coll, then you can retrieve them using a number message.
Here's a quick patch using a waveform display to choose them.  Rm.slice looks good too though I can't seem to find a link to download.


rm.slice grabs start and end points and puts them into a [coll]

http://www.maxobjects.com/?v=objects&id_objet=4748

but there's no download link at maxobjects.com

thanks dickmedd!
but there's no download link at maxobjects.com
...or am i missing it?


Down the bottom of this thread Roth's posted it!

https://cycling74.com/forums/buffer-snap-to-peak-in-sample

Nope, I'm the one that should be apologizing — it looks like something got bugged with those links on my site. I'll fix that later tonight when I'm home. The zip I posted in the thread dickmedd posted is the same version that is on my site. I'll be posting to that thread soon when I post another update.

PS: @dickmedd apparently my iPhone thinks I mean to type sickness when I type your screen name. ;)

Got it now - this is great, going to come in really handy. Thanks.

Got it now - this is great, going to come in really handy.  Thanks.


@Charles: the patch posted above works great in Max 6 but will not work for me (or my students) in Max 5. I can't see why. Why?

Random playback from buffer~