Max for Live device simulates breadboard circuits & 2D spaces/materials for mic/speaker/feedback addition, polyphonic instrument/effects, more.
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Ok it's finished.
I admire people who are able to get things done in Max! It's nice to be able to try ideas fast, but I can't imagine figuring out this mess 6mo later.
Video of the thing working: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uKQNj8BuFCvd92FTVGda8yGr4R-hDR4E/view?usp=drive_link
Thought I'd dive into M4L real quick and figure this out.
Oh my! I don't know what it is about my brain but the visual programming aspect does not work for me at all. Add to that complexity of MIDI note on/off messages.. I gave up on the idea for now.
Here's where I've gotten so far:
* I'm able to get MIDI note messages from two tracks into a single patcher and parse them
* I'm able to merge them back: velocity of "trigger" messages + pitch of "synth" messages
* Some notes get stuck, "note off" message is not sent for some reason, and I've no idea how ro fix that
Jamuary 1: met up with a drummer friend, we ran some drum triggers through synths. Here's a 90sec fragment of that 3hr session :)
P.S. any tips on how to merge midi on/off information with midi pitch information from two different tracks in Live? I.e. have midi chords going in a clip on one of the tracks, but only trigger the note on/off via drum triggers?
I guess it's possible with m4l but I can't find any ready-made devices.
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since I keep blogging someone else's little code stuff, here's some of mine (it's significantly less cool)
"I'll make my own M4L sequencer to sequence CC values!", basically
it takes a minute to get cookin, and it clearly took me a second to remember that "metro"'s righthand input is in milliseconds by default
and... no audio, because this isn't currently hooked up to any sound generators, but you know.
if you're better at #Max #M4L than me, by all means tell me how to do it better
my new m4l device, Motion Detection MIDI Generator is now available for download on my patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ArshanNajafi
MDMG Generates MIDI notes and provides Velocity and Key Modulations.
full overview and tutorial on my utube.
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serious games!?
my gamepad controller m4l device customized for xbox360 and ps4 controllers + this live set are now available for download on my patreon.
https://www.patreon.com/ArshanNajafi
full video on youtube.
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