Brendan Eder

Thanks in advance for your help. Wondering what I'm up against here. I'm new to MAX. Hoping to jump straight to experimenting and skip the grueling task of figuring out the following:

Trying to make live audio input transients affect/warp video files. Not sure how that signal flow would work.

How do I get the live audio input to affect/manipulate a silent video file via filtering or any kind of visual effects? I'm looking to basically have a kick drum warp/abstract a movie projecting out of MAX.

I started with a sort of relevant tutorial where you use an mp3 to create abstract images. You can IGNORE the attached image (can't remove it for some reason).

Trying to  make live audio input transients affect/warp video files. Not sure how that signal flow would work. 

How do I get the live audio input to affect/manipulate a silent video file via filtering or any kind of visual effects? I'm looking to basically have a kick drum warp/abstract a movie projecting out of MAX.  

live-aud-feed-affectingwarping-video-file-playback-help

I have a simple drum pad. I figured out which the midi note numbers (0-127) belong to each pad. I just need to isolate each trigger pad note (12-16) so they can act as a start/stop trigger for video(s). You can see (photo attached) I turned the note release off to simplify the midi signal.

The left side is another experiment started with a tutorial but I want the adc input to produce images instead of a pre-recorded track. It was working for a while. Now the generators hardly react to either a WAV playback of the adc when I patch it in. It was working pretty well for a while but I must have messed up the signal flow or something. Argh!

1) Switch between videos using my MIDI trigger pad, each trigger starting/stopping a video file or something like that.

2) Create abstract images that react/interpret live sound (through the mic input on my laptop).

3) Create a composite of both visuals (maybe 50% opacity for each).

4) Send the visuals out through a projector (as a composite)

The learning curve to MAX is intense! I understand the signal flow and what needs to happen but executing it is proving very difficult!

I have a simple drum pad. I figured out which the midi note numbers (0-127) belong to each pad. I just need to isolate each trigger pad note (12-16) so they can act as a start/stop trigger for video(s). You can see (photo attached) I turned the note release off to simplify the midi signal. 

It would be so fun to do the following:
1) Switch between videos using my MIDI trigger pad, each trigger starting/stopping a video file or something like that.
2) Create abstract images that react/interpret live sound (through the mic input on my laptop).
3) Create a composite of both visuals (maybe 50% opacity for each).
4) Send the visuals out through a projector (as a composite)

The learning curve to MAX is intense! I understand the signal flow and what needs to happen but executing it is proving very difficult!


Here's a sketch of the signal processing I'm looking to accomplish.

LIVE AUD. FEED AFFECTING/WARPING VIDEO FILE PLAYBACK help