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in general a siimple thing but I it is not clear to me, why it does not work.

I have a buffer and randomly chose a start location in the buffer with a random duration to record to. 

Record kind of behaves strange because it not always records the correct length, even though the attributes are set correctly.

Just try several times to record into the buffer.

record random parts into buffer - why does it not work?

record-random-parts-into-buffer-why-does-it-not-work

Brian Daurelle

I am trying to design a few little gestural toys to use with a MIDI instrument. One is a very simple, very fast chromatic glissando. However, I am not seeing Max put out every MIDI number in the ramp I want to generate. It seems to consistently put out every nth number for a certain ramp speed: if I ask it to play over 150 ms, for example, it only outputs every 11 notes. As far as I can tell, this problem is originating in the line object. Is there some sample-rate limitation that I don't know about here, and how can it be overcome?

fast-gliss_forum.maxpat

"sampling rate" issue for short line object ramps

sampling-rate-issue-for-short-line-object-ramps

scottish

long time lurker, and now i've got a problem that i don't know how to start on

i know what notes make up the chords i play on guitar but i want my computer to know them too. so my question is how can i extract incoming notes from chords as i play?

determining-the-notes-in-a-chord-from-an-incoming-audio-source

determining the notes in a chord from an incoming audio source

Rob Ramirez

Super excited to announce the Vision package is now live in the Package Manager, and with it comes a whole new way of working with computer vision in Max. 

The package provides cross platform support for hands/body/face/object tracking, image segmentation, and depth estimation tools, all with a simple, common UI and output behavior. Even if you have never touched Jitter before I bet you'll find something fun to play with. 

Give the package a download, open up the launcher/Extras patch, download some models, and start exploring the built-in examples and help patches. 

If you'd prefer to see a demonstration first, well you're in luck cause we just so happen to have one (starting around 26 minutes in) :

Questions, comments, requests, complaints, feel free to hit me up here, on the discord or privately (robr at cycling74.com).

Super excited to announce the Vision package is now live in the Package Manager, and with it comes a whole new way of working with computer...

introducing-the-vision-package

Introducing the Vision package

Jeff Merkel

I know it gets brought up every once in a while, but I thought I'd post again to see what the interest was out there for getting Max working in Linux.

I jump between Mac, Winows, and Linux (Ubunutu) fairly regularly as no single OS can do everything I need under one roof. I teach at a university in physics and recording arts where I use Max, Wavelab, Nuendo, and Live extensively for demonstrations and PowerPoint/Keynote for presenting. I also run a recording/mastering/post studio where I again use Nuendo & Wavelab. But I also run an acoustic R&D company where I use Solidworks, QCAD, and a few other drawing/modeling tools. And lastly I head up an interdisciplinary research collective that mostly uses Max, but also vvvv, Processing, TouchDesigner, Quartz Composer, etc.

But I'm finding that I prefer Linux above Windows and Mac more and more for the sheer speed, customization, and adaptability even though it's by far the least supported for applications which really bums me out. While I'm a big supporter of open source I'm also happy to pay for good commercial software like Max. i just wish Max, and a few others, would run on Linux.

Max is one of the biggest hangups for me to not spend almost all of my time in Linux. PD is a great program, no doubt, but I rely on a lot of the awesome and amazing externals out there and the great Max community (along with a number of other reasons). Even getting Max to run under Wine would be OK, though native support would be much more preferable. But the iLok stuff only works on Mac/Win, even though I use the software key/internet activation.

So I'm interested if there's any other folks out there in the same boat as myself. I know Linux support is a low priority for most commercial companies that are trying squash bugs and be innovative, but I feel like Ubuntu and other flavors are on the rise and have some very cool potential in the multimedia realm (but that could also be just because I've been getting more into it personally). If there's enough of us requesting maybe we could see a Linux release in the future! Anyone else interested in seeing this happen?

max-on-linux

Max on Linux

acousmatician

dac~ accepts the message 'startwindow' (start audio for just that patcher) but not 'stopwindow' (stop the audio for just that patcher). Is there a way to do this?

(I think stopwindow may have existed in years gone by...?)

(There is a similar, rather old question here 

https://cycling74.com/forums/how-can-i-temporarily-disable-a-particular-patcher-window

 but, I am not asking about a bpatcher, I just want to turn off all audio in a regular patcher window, but leave the others on. Re the 'active' object suggestion in the other thread, that just reports the on/off status, but it can't set it.)

dac~ accepts the message 'startwindow' (start audio for just that patcher) but not 'stopwindow' (stop the audio for just that patcher). 

how-to-achieve-the-same-thing-as-'stopwindow'

How to achieve the same thing as 'stopwindow'?

Valiumdupeuple

I want to get the ID of the first empty clip slot in the currently selected track.

How do I stop the iteration of the track's clip slots' ID as soon as the first empty one is found (my [sel 0] in the patch? At the moment the things keep going on until the last clip_slot... in other words it keeps iterating.

stop-iteration

Stop iteration?

xidance

since Ableton Live does handle audio and gui better/faster than Max I'd like to change back. But there is this sysex-problem leaving me doubts. It shouldn't be too hard to implement a straight through for Max' sysex? Did you hear sth about it to come in Live 9? And no, I don´t want to use Live + Max Standalone and virtual ports again.

max-sysex-through-in-upcoming-live-9

Max-Sysex-through in upcoming Live 9?

Joe Kaplan

Is there a way to get [nslider] just to show a single bass or treble staff?

My application has a range of about an octave, I don't need four staves to appear in my presentation. Looking for something nice and compact just to show which note is currently playing.

I can use panels to cover the unwanted sections, but it's still a bit awkward. For example, if I go down to the Bb below middle C, the panel that hides the top of the bass staff cuts off the bottom of the Bb. It's not a huge deal, but it's noticeable that something weird is going on in an otherwise clean looking app.

Just wondering if there's a better way. Thanks!

Is there a way to get [nslider] just to show a single bass or treble staff?  
My application has a range of about an octave, I don't need fo

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