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I'm using a speech analysis software called PRAAT and would like to integrate some of it's functions into MAX5. PRAAT is open source, and the source codes can be found here:

PRAAT can be edited in Xcode and I understand that max externals can be created using Xcode, so:

1) How simple is the operation of 'converting' PRAAT functions to MAX5 externals for a newbie?, or:

1) How simple is the operation of 'converting' PRAAT functions to MAX5 externals for a newbie?, or:
2) Who can do it for me?


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You can edit both PRAAT source code and write max externals in Xcode because both are written in C.

C and its derivatives have reputations for being a little less newbie-friendly than some other languages out there. For example, C's (and C++'s) lack of garbage collection does make 'more work' for the programmer (ergo headaches for the newbie) but also allows extremely fine-grained control.

My recommendation is to read up on C's syntax and data structures for a few nights and continue scan through source code as you learn more and more of what the source is really saying from the ground up. Make sure you understand header files and the #include concept well and how it relates to linking and compiling.

Ultimately, you'll want to download the Max SDK (

 and read some of the documentation. The examples help a great deal.

By then integrating the functions and working with Atoms should be much clearer.

No, it is not a simple task, but a good first few steps are to: read up on C, read up on the Max SDK, tweak code, let it simmer, and then the "encapsulation" will be much clearer.

C and its derivatives have reputations for being a little less newbie-friendly than some other languages out there. For example, C's (and C++'s) lack of garbage collection does make 'more work' for the programmer (ergo headaches for the newbie) but also allows extremely fine-grained control. 

My recommendation is to read up on C's syntax and data structures for a few nights and continue scan through source code as you learn more and more of what the source is really saying from the ground up. Make sure you understand header files and the #include concept well and how it relates to linking and compiling. 

Ultimately, you'll want to download the Max SDK (https://cycling74.com/products/sdk) and read some of the documentation. The examples help a great deal. 

By then integrating the functions and working with Atoms should be much clearer. 

No, it is not a simple task, but a good first few steps are to: read up on C, read up on the Max SDK, tweak code, let it simmer, and then the "encapsulation" will be much clearer.


Volker bohm made a nice lpc patch + set of externals using some Code from praat I think

https://cycling74.com/forums/max-and-lpc


speaking of Praat, anyone knows if it'd possible to create a "SDIF resonant collection model" from a given sound with it ? During a maxMSP class about CNMAT's resonators and stuff, we tried to use this instead of IRCAM's ResAn, because at the first glance it would seem able to do that kind of thing, but never actually succeeded...

and @oli larkin : the download link in the topic you're talking about seems to have been broken...

from PRAAT to MAX5