Noisey Parker

I am trying to build different kinds of samplers to teach myself more about max. One of the common types, a bit like the fairlight, is to have the pitch altered by a kslider and the note to be transposed accordingly. However for this transposition to work you need a base frequency for each sample in order to offset the calculation. Does anyone know why the base frequency only shows for some sound files, even the provided examples?

The attached patch is a rough work in progress but should explain what the problem is.

I am trying to build different kinds of samplers to teach myself more about max. One of the common types, a bit like the fairlight, is to have the pitch altered by a kslider and the note to be transposed accordingly. However for this transposition to work you need a base frequency for each sample in order to offset the calculation. Does anyone know why the base frequency only shows for some sound files, even the provided examples?  

info-object-can-output-base-freq-midi-pitch-but-not-for-every-sound-file

I havent checked your file, but i believe that info~ reads the info that was saved with the file , rather than actually measuring the pitch. Ie some sample editors will let you input a midi note number field as you save the file.

So - many samples wont have this data, and if it's there, no guarantee it's correct.

If you have max 7, there is a few objects that will measure the note/ frequency of a played sample, perhaps look into that instead?

I havent checked your file, but i believe that  info~ reads the info that was saved with the file , rather than actually measuring the pitch. Ie some sample editors will let you input a midi note number field as you save the file.

If you have max 7, there is a few objects that will measure the note/ frequency of a played sample, perhaps look into that instead?


Info~ object can output base freq (midi pitch) but not for every sound file?