Chad DeVore

So, I am a very new MAX user, and my knowledge is novice at best. What we are trying to do is relatively simple. We are using an Xbox Kinect camera via synapse to bring in x,y,z coordinates from your left and right hand. Using only the y coordinate, we have told max to output a bang when your hand reaches a certain height.

Here is our problem, as Max outputs a bang, what we want is a 30 second audio clip to start playing continuously. What seems to be happening now is that it is playing the first millisecond of the audio clip continuously.

While we want the audio clip to be playing till the end, we still want to be able to control the volume (So as you raise your hand, the volume of the audio clip increases)

I was hoping someone had some advice or ideas on how to solve our problem?

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first, add a counter object to your bang and an integer to the counter to see if the you are receiving continuous bangs and restarting your player. if so, you can try 'past' object which i have just started using to send only one bang when you reach a certain number and then not send another bang until the incoming data goes below that number and back up again. so the 'past' will go between your incoming data and the bang for your player.

example: if raising your hand sends a flow of numbers and bangs when it reaches 100 (for example). then set past 99 and when it reaches 100 you get one bang . then you lower your arm below 99 resets the past object.

need to know what your incoming data is to make a volume control.

first, add a counter object to your bang and an integer to the counter to see if the you are receiving continuous bangs and restarting your player. if so, you can try 'past' object which i have just started using to send only one bang when you reach a certain number and then not send another bang until the incoming data goes below that number and back up again. so the 'past' will go between your incoming data and the bang for your player. 

need to know what your incoming data is to make a volume control.


also, if you want it play continuously and only need one bang try the 'onebang' object. it sends only one bang until you reset it manually. then you will be free to move around and control volume without replaying the clip.

Need advice on manipulating sound clips.