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Qian Liu

Is it possible to know the implementation of the objects in max/msp? For example, I want to know the mathematic theory behind the object "kink~", but I only can find the description of the relation between the output and input instead of the code of its implementation.

mathematic-theory-behind-kink

I'm not sure what you mean by "theory" here - the prose text in the kink~ object's help file (which is taken directly from the refpage, by the way) describes quite precisely how the calculation is done.


the ref page says that it applies a "slope". 

i would more generally say that the math behind it is in the field of "scaling a range". like tanh, cos, or *.

but both these desciptions wont explain what exact formula is used in case someone wants to replicate the functionality.

i am big fan of helpfiles such as the mtof one, which has always been revealing exactly what it does.


Apparently, you haven't looked at mtof.maxhelp in a while.

if ( * slope) < 0.5 then output =  * slope
else, a complimentary slope will be applied that connects 0.5 to 1.0 over the remaining input values.

I think that the complementary slope would be something like 0.5/(1-(0.5/slope)), with an offset applied (1 - complementarySlope?) to make it fit. 

I'm just having my coffee, so excuse me if the math is not exactly correct.


haha, but what IS slope? the rest is clear.

mtof ... duh. not even in the ref. and i bet it has changed and i will find out when the first incompatibilty occurs.


Re mtof, ftom, dbtoa, and atodb formulae:Pitch and loudness formulae

seems i just dont know the word. mb the OP had the same problem.

christopher: how do you know when it is no longer in the helpfile?


Mathematic theory behind "kink~"

Robert Garcia 

The Beap Midi Out doesn't allow to select the channel. Anyone had the same problem? Thanks

beap-midi-out-channel

beap is as most of premade stuff only making troubles.
Can't you simply create midiout, noteout or whatever you need and use it ?
This is the inner life of that beap midiout

menu object that should set midi channel is cleared, has no items
so no way to select midi channel.
Is this done on purpose to force beginners to learn using Max objects instead of that premade stuff ?


Hi Robert, yup this looks like a bug. While waiting for the fix to be released, you could just use the following:

Hi Isabel and Source Audio! Thank you for your answers. I've been learning this system just a few days, I wanted to try a simple example to sequence hardware via midi. I'm going to do what you've told me and I'll do it entirely in Max.
Thank you!

Beap Midi Out Channel 

CedricN.

I'm new to Max, so please excuse my newbie question. After googling, I still don't manage to find a proper solution.

I have this threshold attribute for jit.gl.pass and want it to change like an Oscillator from 0 to like 0.5 in an fixed interval, so that I can manipulate the interval and the output (0-0.3, 0-0.8, etc.).

I tried stuff with phasor and other oscillators, but direct linking it to the threshold attribute didn't work. Can somebody nudge me to the right direction?

Thank you in advance and have a nice day!

oscillate-value-of-an-attribute

Oscillate value of an attribute

Florian Schuster

for some reason my jit.mo.time and jit.time objects stopped putting out numbers. 

I use jit.mo.time for a little animation of a gl.gridshape object.

I found out that they suddenly only work when in a patch with enabled render context. In the patch of my concern the jit.mo.time even needs the @drawto [render-context] attribute to put out numbers.

In a blank patcher though, without anything else, none of them is putting out numbers anymore. But they did before and as far as I know these objects, once created and enabled they just did their thing and ran.

I attached two little patchers: in my case, the one without the jit.world object does not work, the other does.

time_with-render.maxpat

time_without-render.maxpat

for some reason my jit.mo.time and jit.time objects stopped putting out numbers. 
I use jit.mo.time for a little animation of a gl.gridshape object.

I found out that they suddenly only work when in a patch with enabled render context. In the patch of my concern the jit.mo.time even needs the @drawto [render-context] attribute to put out numbers.

Hello there,
for some reason my jit.mo.time and jit.time objects stopped putting out numbers. 
I use jit.mo.time for a little animation of a

jit-mo-time-not-running-without-render-context

jit.mo.time not running without render context?

mishfii

hello all, i'm working on a patch that takes in accelerometer + gyro data to manipulate some samples based on gesture. i'm trying to figure out how to map my accel X data to the pitch of a sample, but i want relative pitch control that will recalibrate every time the sample is triggered, with the "zero point" (or the true pitch of the sample, ~1) being whatever position the sensor is in at that moment.

so when it's triggered, i want the starting value to always be 1 regardless of the raw accel data, and for it to scale appropriately based on the raw data.

relative origin/reference point for signal stream

relative-originreference-point-for-signal-stream

Jason Aylward

I'm trying to create a dict of dicts where the key is a float and the value is another dict.  I think I have all the data ready but I have not managed to get it working in pure Max.  

I've uploaded what I'm working on with comments.  My goal is to iterate through each note in a clip and generate a dict of  

{<start_time>: {"start_time": <start_time>, "duration": <duration>, "pitch": <pitch>"}}

creating-dict-of-dicts-in-max

Creating dict of dicts in Max

Alex Kiesl

I'm new to Max and struggle with the problem that I want to change the Audio Output device on a Mac. From the Audio status I can see that "Build-in Output" is selected.

Now I want to change this to my external audio interface from a patch.

Hi,
I'm new to Max and struggle with the problem that I want to change the Audio Output device on a Mac. From the Audio status I can see that "Build-in Output" is selected.
Now I want to change this to my external audio interface from a patch.
How do I do this?
Same for Input Device?

new-struggling-can-set-audio-output-device-patch

I'm actually looking for a way to set the Audio device without opening the dialog.
I want to make sure my Input and Output device is automatically set to "Fireface (blabla)".

Actually you can just go into edit mode with your keyboard shortcuts while you're in the DSP dialog window and copy/paste bits from the patch. It's all created in Max patching :)

Otherwise just have a peek at the [adstatus] object help file.


adstatus did the job insofar as I can use the "option 0" and "option 1" argument and shoot them an integer message.

Unfortunately if additional interfaces appear (i.e. AirPlay) the integer numbers change. So I can not rely on the fact that shooting a 1 will always select the correct interface.

What I'm searching for is: How can I translate the device name into the correct integer for "option 0" and "option 1"?

I looks like if you use 'route', you can always get he same number for your option no matter where it is in the list. In the example I used soundflower (2ch) and (64ch) which are numbers 2 and 3 in my list but I assigned them numbers 1 and 2.


Thanks a lot for trying to help.
That's also not exactly what I'm looking for.

When I open your patcher for the first time, the drop down menu shows "Built-In Microphone".
I would want it to automatically switch it to e.g. "Soundflower (2ch)" without having to touch anything.

Therefore I'd need to know what number I have to shoot "adstatus option 0". 

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