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Marigold Maripol

i noticed there are primitives available in jit.gen for torus, sphere,  cylinder, plane,  and cone - yet there is no "cube". i am curious why that is and whether there is a simple way to write one.

hi all- 

i noticed there are primitives available in jit.gen for torus, sphere,  cylinder, plane,  and cone - yet there is no "cube". i am...

creating-a-cube-with-jitgen

creating a cube with jit.gen

Hello, I'm still new at Max. I make a drum machine with a step sequencer; I want to know how to make the step sequencer make some random steps and beats with UI. 

HELP!!! How to make the step sequencer make some random steps and beats. 

help-how-to-make-the-step-sequencer-make-some-random-steps-and-beats

Jon Williams

I'm inspired by this and similar videos by same author.  The tutorial mostly covers implementing the "motion extraction" technique using DaVinci Resolve, and I successfully followed the steps using KDENLiVE, to a certain degree.

Now, I'm trying to duplicate and/or expand on the technique using Jitter, but I'm having trouble with the last couple of steps, "color correction" and "playful recombination" or whatever.

By default this example patch opens "broken" right where I'm stuck, but if you send the "drawto world" message to the videoplanes, the "extracted motion" from the chickens clip will appear in the jit.world window.  It's working correctly when you see almost all of the pixels in jit.world window colored middle grey (because top layer shader does "color inversion and 50% opaque alpha" ), so only the pixels portraying motion pop out of the grey field (because top layer is also delayed by 5 frames)

I think what I need to do next is recombine the videoplane texture data into a single jit.gl.slab (or what?) before the texture data goes to jit.world and then write a slab-shader that can identify those grey pixels, substitute different colors, and or make them 0% opaque, say.  But I'm not sure that should work and haven't successfully implemented the slab idea or stumbled on anything else that works.   Any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas?

Hi,

I'm inspired by this and similar videos by same author.  The tutorial mostly covers implementing the "motion extraction" technique...

extracting-motion-from-mostly-still-video-like-some-guy-on-youtube

Extracting Motion from mostly still video like some guy on YouTube

dreimanneins

https://github.com/robtherich/jweb-mediapipe

), which works well for me with a single camera.

However, I'm running into an issue when trying to use multiple webcams of the same model. I have three identical USB cameras, but on my Mac, the dropdown menu in the patch can’t distinguish between them — it only recognizes one. As you can see in the screenshot it shows the two webcams, but both with the same name. It can't differentiate. When using jit.grab

When using jit.grab, Max is able to detect three of the cameras separately (they appear with different @inuqueid s), so the Mac does distinguish them.

Any workaround, patch modification, or pointer would be hugely appreciated!

[Image: Screenshot 2025-05-09 at 10.43.36 AM.png ]
Hi everyone,

I'm using the pose.maxpat patch from the jweb-mediapipe project...

using-multiple-identical-cameras-with-posemaxpat

Using Multiple Identical Cameras with pose.maxpat

zach doe

How do I make a device that calculates an eighth of a beat based on the global tempo, and then have another device apply a way of adjusting that value with a live dial, and finally implement it into a device that delays an incoming audio signal by the value calculated from the tempo and adjusted via the live dial!

How do I make a device that calculates an eighth of a beat based on the global tempo, and then have another device apply a way of adjusting...

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HELP !!! VERY STUCK ON UNI ASSESMENT 

HugoB

I have a coll object which is reading a text file which is being used as a cue sheet to trigger various elements within the patch and also other software. The cue sheet text file (created externally) uses double quotation (" ") marks to encapsulate data, which is essential for another part of the patch to read strings of text as a single "column" value.

However, coll seems to be randomly excluding " " marks on some rows without any apparent logic or reason behind it. For example, the first 4 lines of the text file are:

However, the coll file is converting it to:

Is there a way to override the behaviour of coll so that it forces " " symbols on every value?

For context - I'm using the coll index to mirror bar numbers in a piece for instruments and live electronics where certain sound and DMX lighting elements need to be triggered on certain beats, but to ensure that the column schema is adhered to, I've included instances where two samples need to be triggered at the same time within the same 'cell' so they can be separated later on.

I have a coll object which is reading a text file which is being used as a cue sheet to trigger various elements within the patch and also...

coll-object-removing-double-quotation-marks-in-txt-file

Coll object removing double quotation marks in .txt file

fas11030

I’m building a fairly large Jitter patch intended for use as a live performance video rig, but I’ve run into a few roadblocks and could really use some guidance:

I’ve attached my patch to this post. Any help, suggestions, best practices, or examples would be hugely appreciated!

Processor          12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K   3.20 GHz

System type     64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Installed on      ‎10/‎20/‎2022

OS build            19045.5737

Experience       Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19061.1000.0

"version" : "Version 9.0.5 (4ef99ba67c8) (x64 windows)",

"osversion" : "Microsoft Windows 10 Professional (build 19045), 64-bit"

Hi all,

I’m building a fairly large Jitter patch intended for use as a live performance video rig, but I’ve run into a few roadblocks and...

help-optimizing-live-performance-jitter-patch-questions-about-gpu-processing-opengl-confusion-saverecall-issues-and-scaling-artifacts

Help Optimizing Live Performance Jitter Patch – Questions About GPU Processing, OpenGL Confusion, Save/Recall Issues, and Scaling Artifacts

Charlotte Vásquez

I started playing with Max this year  (I tried it for the first time a few years ago but honestly didn't remeber much), so I'm new to a lot of stuff.

 patch and it seemed to work just fine. But it was  in mono, so I tried to arrange to work in stereo.

I had to change some names so the patch didn't have problems recalling the subpatches and such.

Everything should be normal, but only the first spectral distortion I active via moving the number buttons starts to work. When I try to use the second one(for the left or right channel) it turns to noise, like it overloads. I can still use the scale and offset number buttons and they work, but the spectral distortion itself is completely destroyed. Last night it randomly worked one time but it crashed out when I tried to implement it in Live, which is my ultimate goal.

Hello!
I started playing with Max this year  (I tried it for the first time a few years ago but honestly didn't remeber much), so I'm new...

problems-regarding-a-patch-using-the-pfft-object

Problems regarding a patch using the pfft~ object

Bill W

I'm trying to create a Max patch that uses either a keyboard split or a separate midi controller to control the strumming of keys of a held chord on the primary controller.   The general idea would be strumming notes like a guitar.  The general idea would be to play a chord with one hand but then to iterate through the chords using the other controller/zone, which would be drumpads.

There's a strum patch that does this with pitchbend or modwheel, and I created a preprocessor that converts my strumming notes to PB, but it's kind of wonky and the results don't work well.  It needs to be fast because the strumming will eventually come from drumpads.

I've gotten as far as splitting my controller, so I can debug it using one keyboard.  And I can capture the list of notes for both the chord and the strumming.  But I'm not sure how to combine them.  I want to play the notes on the chord side, using the velocities and gates from the strum side.

I'm trying to create a Max patch that uses either a keyboard split or a separate midi controller to control the strumming of keys of a held...

midi-chord-strummer

Midi Chord strummer?

I have been experimenting a bit with jit.gen lately, but I think it would make some sense to convert my work into more standard code blocks. I know "codebox" exists as a code prompt - but is there a way to convert a pre-existing, patched bit of information into straight code? 

Hi there- 

I have been experimenting a bit with jit.gen lately, but I think it would make some sense to convert my work into more standard...

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