so ive heard you can sort of combine max/msp plus flash, i was wondering if with the actionscript i can somehow make a piano roll, basically just use 2 for loops to make a piano roll grid, then make it so you can click stuff in, and then have a long thin line that scrolls across and has collision detection for each note, and plays the proper pitch for it.

maxmsp-flash-to-make-a-piano-roll

you certainly could, but when you consider the relative ease of [live.step] and/or [matrixctrl] you might want to stick with Max. No collision detection needed, it's all in the column outputs.

Soon, I hear, there will be a new GUI for [detonate] which will give you a modern piano-roll option right in Max. Very much looking forward to that one...

you certainly could, but when you consider the relative ease of [live.step] and/or [matrixctrl] you might want to stick with Max. No collision detection needed, it's all in the column outputs. 

Soon, I hear, there will be a new GUI for [detonate] which will give you a modern piano-roll option right in Max. Very much looking forward to that one...


You mean live.step is native to Max 5.1.4? Looks like I only have 5.0.8. Time for an update!

Yes live.* objects are native objects since 5.1.x, and comes for free, wether you own Max for Live or not.

max/msp + flash to make a piano roll?