Using raw data in Max/MSP/Jitter

    JW1001
    Jan 12 2012 | 12:05 am
    Hi,
    I'd like to use raw data in Max/MSP/Jitter (mostly in MSP) and I wonder if anyone knows how to do this. Specifically I would like to sonifiy EEG data. To do this I would I would like to know how to create an MSP signal directly from the data. EEG data is samples of a varying signal over time in the same way that audio is (albeit at a faster sampling rate), but I don't know what file types max will handle and how to deal with data so that I can use it in max. There are many places that you can get eeg data from, here are two examples:
    if anyone has any help to offer or an idea of where I should start I would very grateful,
    Many Thanks
    • Wetterberg
      Jan 12 2012 | 12:34 am
      Hi there,
      there are two types of EEG formats shared a lot in those two links;
      matlab format. If you have matlab you might be able to export it in the other common format;
      ascii. Those files should be easily loaded in Max.
      As with all other data - mapping is everything. Good luck.
    • JW1001
      Jan 12 2012 | 12:39 am
      Hi, thanks for the help.
    • seejayjames
      Jan 12 2012 | 2:06 am
      From
      http://kdd.ics.uci.edu/databases/eeg/eeg.data.html
      is an example data set that looks like this:
      # co2a0000364.rd # 120 trials, 64 chans, 416 samples 368 post_stim samples # 3.906000 msecs uV # S1 obj , trial 0 # FP1 chan 0 0 FP1 0 -8.921 0 FP1 1 -8.433 0 FP1 2 -2.574 0 FP1 3 5.239 0 FP1 4 11.587 0 FP1 5 14.028
      ...starting with line 6 you have the data. This would be super-simple to access using the [text] object, send it "line $1" commands and use [zl ecils 2] to get the sample number and value by themselves (unless you need the first two values for something). Then use [scale] with the right arguments to get the values to a -1. to 1. range (possibly with tweaking), and use [peek~] to write the values directly to a buffer~.
      Interested to hear what you come up with! Wish I had some EEG equipment too, I wanna hear my thoughts... ;-)
    • JW1001
      Jan 12 2012 | 1:51 pm
      That is superb, thanks. I'll get back to you when I've got somwhere with it :)