I have a max external that basically consists of a flext wrapper around a program I have written.

I am wondering if rather than transform my flext based external into a jitter external I might instead simply reference a jitter matrix to which I would output the data my program is producing.

If this is possible, can someone point me to an example?

The goal is to visualize parts of the state of the program.

I have a max external that basically consists of a flext wrapper around a program I have written.  

I am wondering if rather than transform my flext based external into a jitter external I might instead simply reference a jitter matrix to which I would output the data my program is producing. 

simple-jit-matrix-output-from-max-object

Yes this is possible. Al you have to do is include jit.common.h in

you max external and do something like the following to create a

m = jit_object_new(_jit_sym_jit_matrix, &info);

m = jit_object_method(m, _jit_sym_register, x->Uname);

Yes this is possible.  Al you have to do is include jit.common.h in
you max external and do something like the following to create a
matrix:

void *m;
jit_matrix_info_default(&info);
info.type = _jit_sym_float32;
info.planecount = 1;
x->Uname = jit_symbol_unique();
m = jit_object_new(_jit_sym_jit_matrix, &info);
m = jit_object_method(m, _jit_sym_register, x->Uname);

> I am wondering if rather than transform my flext based external 

> into a jitter external I might instead simply reference a jitter 

> matrix to which I would output the data my program is producing.

Sure, this is possible. There is no requirement for being a jitter 

MOP to process or output Jitter Matrix data. One example in the 

Jitter SDK which is a normal Max object which references a Jitter 

Matrix, is jit.fill. For an MSP object which does similar, see 

Hopefully these point you in the right direction, but if you have 

>
> I am wondering if rather than transform my flext based external  
> into a jitter external I might instead simply reference a jitter  
> matrix to which I would output the data my program is producing.

Sure, this is possible. There is no requirement for being a jitter  
MOP to process or output Jitter Matrix data. One example in the  
Jitter SDK which is a normal Max object which references a Jitter  
Matrix, is jit.fill. For an MSP object which does similar, see  
jit.peek~/jit.poke~.

Hopefully these point you in the right direction, but if you have  
specific questions, just let us know.

Hey, many thanks for the rapid responses and info!

Indeed, the jit.fill example does really what I need, which is to copy my data (basically, a particle set with various attributes) to an existing named matrix (in my case, for subsequent rendering)

I'm studying the jitter SDK now trying to understand the jit.fill code well enough to implement the needed functionality, but it will take me longer than I reckoned to get my head around all the details.

This was fairly easy to get working, even amidst the natural distractions of the rural swiss alps. I made a little C++ class to dump matrix data to a named jitter matrix. After a little cleanup, I'll post it in case it is useful for someone else.

This was fairly easy to get working, even amidst the natural distractions of the rural swiss alps.  I made a little C++ class to dump matrix data to a named jitter matrix.  After a little cleanup, I'll post it in case it is useful for someone else.

Simple jit.matrix output from max object?