jducat

Hi, I have just started to explore Max/MSP this semester and one of our projects that we are trying to accomplish is using Max/MSP respond to a room full a people who would start off being very quiet and gradually get louder. There vocals would be picked up by a microphone and that acoustical signal would be converted into a MIDI signal through Max/MSP and that signal would be sent to our expression light board. What we want to have happen is once the audience gets to a certain level a light cue will fire that will take the lights out. Now being new to Max/MSP I don't know if this is possible our where is should even start. I thought I would ask everybody on this forum and see if anybody could give me any good ideas. I appreciate any help you can give me,

Hi, I have just started to explore Max/MSP this semester and one of our projects that we are trying to accomplish is using Max/MSP respond to a room full a people who would start off being very quiet and gradually get louder.  There vocals would be picked up by a microphone and that acoustical signal would be converted into a MIDI signal through Max/MSP and that signal would be sent to our expression light board.  What we want to have happen is once the audience gets to a certain level a light cue will fire that will take the lights out.  Now being new to Max/MSP I don't know if this is possible our where is should even start. I thought I would ask everybody on this forum and see if anybody could give me any good ideas.  I appreciate any help you can give me,

using-maxmsp-to-fire-light-cues

You could get your university/school/college to buy a dmx interface 

like to enttec usbpro (+ dmxusbpro externals) - I used one with a 

powerbook+expression (emphasis) setup and it worked well. Maybe start 

with a "dry" setup first, just your computer and a microphone, and 

when you are happy with triggering events by certain features of your 

sound add your dmx control as a next step. Don't be afraid of the 

tutorials, you will get to your first working patch in just a few hours.

Am 12.12.2006 um 02:43 schrieb Jason Ducat:

> Hi, I have just started to explore Max/MSP this semester and one of 

> our projects that we are trying to accomplish is using Max/MSP 

> respond to a room full a people who would start off being very 

> quiet and gradually get louder. There vocals would be picked up by 

> a microphone and that acoustical signal would be converted into a 

> MIDI signal through Max/MSP and that signal would be sent to our 

> expression light board. What we want to have happen is once the 

> audience gets to a certain level a light cue will fire that will 

> take the lights out. Now being new to Max/MSP I don't know if this 

> is possible our where is should even start. I thought I would ask 

> everybody on this forum and see if anybody could give me any good 

> ideas. I appreciate any help you can give me,

You could get your university/school/college to buy a dmx interface  
like to enttec usbpro (+ dmxusbpro  externals) - I used one with a  
powerbook+expression (emphasis) setup and it worked well. Maybe start  
with a "dry" setup first, just your computer and a microphone, and  
when you are happy with triggering events by certain features of your  
sound add your dmx control as a next step. Don't be afraid of the  
tutorials, you will get to your first working patch in just a few hours.

Links:
http://www.enttec.com/
http://www.nullmedium.de/dev/dmxusbpro/

>
> Hi, I have just started to explore Max/MSP this semester and one of  
> our projects that we are trying to accomplish is using Max/MSP  
> respond to a room full a people who would start off being very  
> quiet and gradually get louder.  There vocals would be picked up by  
> a microphone and that acoustical signal would be converted into a  
> MIDI signal through Max/MSP and that signal would be sent to our  
> expression light board.  What we want to have happen is once the  
> audience gets to a certain level a light cue will fire that will  
> take the lights out.  Now being new to Max/MSP I don't know if this  
> is possible our where is should even start. I thought I would ask  
> everybody on this forum and see if anybody could give me any good  
> ideas.  I appreciate any help you can give me,
>
> Thanks
> --
> Jason Ducat


Using Max/MSP to fire Light Cues