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spin lud

I am not sure if this is possible but I was wondering if Ableton can send data to Max standalone with some message protocol (touchosc?), without using M4L.

The reason why I am asking this is because I would like to integrate some Jitter visualization insides my Live set and it is common opinion that M4L is quite unstable with Jitter. So could be a viable approach to keep them separated and sending control messages from Ableton to Max (like midi/automations to control some parameters on the Max patch)? For sending audio I guess is more complicated then sending midi messages?

I am talking about having Ableton and Max running and communicating (Ableton -> Max, no need for the other way around) on the same machine, without using M4L.

Hi guys,

I am not sure if this is possible but I was wondering if Ableton can send data to Max standalone with some message protocol...

sending-control-messagesaudio-from-ableton-to-max-standalone-instead-of-using-m4l

Sending control messages/audio from Ableton to Max standalone instead of using M4L

seftyhuji

Hi, I've been wondering if there's any shortcut to reset the zooming factor in Max. A little bit like in most of modern applications you can hit ctrl(cmd)+0 to reset the zoom to 100%. is there any shortcut in Max for that?

2nd question. I guess it's more of a feature request than a question but, I'm a windows user, and for all of my other applications, zooming goes in the same direction: mouse scrolling down = zooming out (% down) and scrolling up = zooming in (% up). Max seems to behave in the opposite way, which makes it very frustrating. What would be convenient, would be to go with the system settings, or adding an option to go from "normal" to "inverted" scrolling behaviour.

Hi, I've been wondering if there's any shortcut to reset the zooming factor in Max. 

invert-mouse-scroll-zooming-direction-and-resetting-the-zooming-factor

All shortcuts are so nicely visible in max menus, never took a look ?
ctrl 1
zoom direction :
this has been answered sooo many times here
set zoomfactor in preferences to negative value to invert it.
or 


I'm sorry, I've been looking all morning for answers on the forum and couldn't find any. Maybe I didn't search with the right terms. That doesn't excuse the harsh reply. Feel free to delete this entry if you may.

Also, the ctrl+1 shortcut doesn't work with the keypad... Don't worry, I changed I toggled the num lock key. I can't find any option to activate the keypad and as a matter of fact, the keypad numbers don't work at all with any other shortcut (showing the side bar, the tool bar etc.)

Really all morning? Here are the result with exactly the words from your thread topic https://cycling74.com/search?q=invert+mouse+scroll+zooming+direction  

invert mouse scroll zooming direction and resetting the zooming factor

Isabel Kaspriskie

Hello forums! I've just finished up an initial release of a side project I've been working on for a few months -- a package of 150+ audio effect externals all ported directly from the open source 

VSTs. There are compressors, delays, reverbs, bitcrushers, filters... All sorts of good stuff. Big thanks to Chris Johnson for making Airwindows open source!

Screen Shot 2021-12-27 at 10.11.15 AM.png

 v1.0.0 (you can find the downloads on the release page). 

https://github.com/isabelgk/airfx/releases/tag/v1.0.0

You may ask: why not just use the vst~ object? Well, the real answer is that I wanted an excuse to see if I could automate generating min-based externals! The Airwindows plugins' source code is pretty standardized and easy to parse as text, so I decided to give it a go. But also it's nice to know that you can bundle up the external in, for example, a M4L device and not require the user to have the plugin installed.

Anyway. Hope you enjoy! If you run into anything that seems broken, feel free to leave a GitHub issue. :)

Hello forums! I've just finished up an initial release of a side project I've been working on for a few months -- a package of 150+ audio effect externals all ported directly from the open source airwindows VSTs. There are compressors, delays, reverbs, bitcrushers, filters... All sorts of good stuff. Big thanks to Chris Johnson for making Airwindows open source!

Here is airfx v1.0.0 (you can find the downloads on the release page). https://github.com/isabelgk/airfx/releases/tag/v1.0.0 

You may ask: why not just use the vst~ object? Well, the real answer is that I wanted an excuse to see if I could automate generating min-based externals! The Airwindows plugins' source code is pretty standardized and easy to parse as text, so I decided to give it a go. But also it's nice to know that you can bundle up the external in, for example, a M4L device and not require the user to have the plugin installed. 

Hello forums! I've just finished up an initial release of a side project I've been working on for a few months -- a package of 150+ audio ef

airfx-package

This is awesome Isabel! These will be hugely helpful  as min examples. I will definitely be playing with this, and will also share it with my professor friends at UVic for potential course materials!

I'm probably being dim here, but I downloaded the zip and put the airfx folder in my Packages folder, but when I launch any of the help files , the ar. objects all get the message "no such object". What am I missing? Ta.

Are the .mxo and .mxe64 files in the externals folder?

Also, are you on Windows? (If so, there could have been an issue with the GitHub actions build and I can recompile and test again soon when I’m near my Windows machine again.)

I’m on Mac, and there isn’t an externals folder at all! Have I downloaded the wrong thing? (“Download ZIP” in the Code drop-down. (I’ve never really gotten my head around GitHub)

yup. the /source folder is emtpy, too (unzipped under win here)

Ah, to clarify you should download from the releases page here: https://github.com/isabelgk/airfx/releases/tag/v1.0.0 (the first item, not the source code)

Lots of useful objects… but loading any of the ones I tried (in the help files) bumped processor load up to around 35%. That seems a bit hungry for a single object to me!

Some of the reverb algorithms might be higher performance hits, but I wouldn't expect that for a lot of the lighter weight ones. 

For example, ar.pocketverbs~ is around 10-15% load on my machine whereas ar.adt~ is around 2% load.

I _was a bit surprised when I saw that. So I’ll check them again tomorrow. This will be on an M1 and max 8.2 without Rosetta.

Hmm. I tried several of the objects, and with Max8.2/Rosetta they were using  from 15-30% cpu, but with Rosetta off, the load was 0-1% . Pocketverbs used a steady 5%. Would you would expect that much difference with/without Rosetta? 

Thanks for making these! I'm noticing an issue where the external's attributes reset when the dsp chain resets. i.e. if I make a new msp object somewhere, the attributes will reset to the their default value. I can get around this by setting them in a numbox and resending them each time. 

Would you would expect that much difference with/without Rosetta?

I am not too surprised to hear there's a pretty different level with/without Rosetta. It's hard to say, unfortunately.

 if I make a new msp object somewhere, the attributes will reset to the their default value.

Thanks for this catch! I know why it's happening, but it may take a little while to fix all the objects. ;)

no rush! I appreciate the effort that went into this. thanks again

I've just released v1.0.1 which should hopefully fix the issue mentioned above! 

You can grab it at https://github.com/isabelgk/airfx/releases/tag/v1.0.1 by downloading the airfx-*-release.zip and unzipping it into your ~/Documents/Max 8/Packages directory.

airfx package

Baek Santarek

I am not sure if this is possible but I really want to give it a chance as this is my long-time dream and I finally feel ready to attempt this.

I want to record 4 hours (I have chosen this amount as a potential maximum based on my experience) of sample accurate automation data with values being written at audio rate (user input automation, LFOs, envelopes, everything...).

Basically, I want to be able to capture any movement of any parameter in my patch with absolute precision so that when played back the results would be truly identical to what I heard at that point in time when recording it. I want totally deterministic results like one can get from audio files but editable. That means I want to be able to skip to a certain point in time and have the automation and modulation values (the precise shape and phase of an LFO at that point in time, for example) adjust accordingly.

There could be hundreds of parameters to be recorded, sometimes even at once.

What would be the best approach to handle this? Is this even possible in Max Msp if we assume the performance of my computer is not a limitation?

I imagine I would need to do some serious performance and data filtering/compression work for this but I have zero experience with this problem and would love to avoid getting stuck and waste my time attempting to develop something that would be pointless in the end.

I have experience with recording CV signals in wav files in a DAW and the results are great. However I need to be able to redraw the recorded signals in real-time and I also want the optimize the performance for large amounts of automation tracks and make sure the whole system is truly deterministic (unlike in all the DAWs I have tested so far where there is always something changing the resulting sound when compared to the intended original) so that is why I am looking to do this in Max Msp.

Please, give me your ideas to get me started.

Hi guys,

I am not sure if this is possible but I really want to give it a chance as this is my long-time dream and I finally feel ready to...

recording-hours-of-sample-accurate-automation-data

Recording hours of sample accurate automation data

Brett Balogh

I am helping a student connect an ESP32 to max via USB, which I have done many times before, but this time it is not working. I can see the ESP32's port when I send a print message to the serial object, but I never get any data in Max 8.6.5, Max 8.5.6 or Max 8.3.1. I do not receive any errors, either. If I print the output from the status outlet, I am getting "status: read 0" messages at the polling rate. I am able to receive what the esp32 is sending with Pd, CoolTerm and the Arduino Serial Monitor (of course not at the same time). I am on a M2 Macbook with OSX 12.4 Monterey. I have read many forum posts about this, and nothing seems to help. I am sure I am overlooking something, but I just can't see it. Some other notes:

I will attach some example code I am testing with instead of the stuff I was specifically trying to accomplish. The example works for Pd, and I can also get the ESP32 data in coolterm. Again, nothing I do seems to work in Max. I'm puzzled. Please advise.

cannot-send-or-receive-serial-from-max

Cannot Send or Receive Serial from Max

missmiss

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I'm study the package "max for visual arts" these days, but I can find where to download tap tools, the link in the tutorial patch not working any more. Anyone could tell me where to find them? 

I'm study the package "max for visual arts" these days, but I can find where to download tap tools, the link in the tutorial patch not working any more. Anyone could tell me where to find them? 
Thanks a lot


 
I'm study the package "max for visual arts" these days, but I can find where to download tap tools, the link in the tutorial patch not wo

where-can-i-find-tap-tools

I believe that the latest versions can be found on github, although it's not been updated in a while... take a look at https://github.com/tap/TapTools/releases 

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