Running Max from USB Flash drive
Hi,
I am running an introduction course to electronic music in a modular environment that I built in Max MSP.
The point is that I don't want the students to get into Max, I want all of it to be about the modular environment.
So at the beginning of the course they receive a USB Stick and all the files of the course will be there. The first thought was to explain them how to download Max, install it and set it to listen to the USB stick folder. So I'm not sure if for this purpose any USB stick will do the job.
and then I was thinking that maybe it ail will be far more easy for them if the Max application will be installed already inside the USB stick (dependent on the operating system I guess) .
I don't know much about computer memory and how it actually work so maybe it's a ridiculous idea.
thanks much, :)
Erez.
You can't run Max directly from the pen drive. You could provide the installer on the drive so they don't have to download it first.
If they don't need to edit the patches you might build your system as a standalone, that might/should be executable from the pen drive.
A standalone would be insane! unfortunately there are so many patches and I still can't deal with the size of Max 7 standalones.
Thanks.
where can we see pictures of your enviroment? :)
ah, nevermind, found it.
Really? where did you find it?
here I uploaded some pictures here, and also a patch that I just finished today. The first patch of the entire course! I'm pretty proud :)
To make the patch work hold the curser on the string and release it so it will vibrate.
youtube - probably by one of your students who now claims he made it himself. :)
i am always keen to get some new ideas, mouse input methods are always welcome. i´ve build something similar based on a set of strings using pmpd 2d, but i hated it a lot and removed it from my collection.
OHH… that was me. I uploaded a demo a year ago, a very bad one though and silent
I erased it now.
I'm still at the development of the course, soon will be running properly hopefully.
Mine is rather simple in comparison to this pmpd thing… I made it with Jit.lcd :D I'm so sure there was a better way to do it, but I had my fun.
using jit.lcd is very clever, it allows you to use layers without redrawing the background stuff at any update.
but i dont get the releasing to work, it just stays at the position moved it.
max7 claims "jit.lcd doesnt like planecount 1", not sure if it is related. (there are no other error messages.)
strangeee
the audio should be turned on.
And yes I get this plane count thing as well but it works for me.