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| Thank you. I'm glad you like it. It definitely has some weird settings. |
Posted on February 09 2023 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you! I'm glad you like it. |
Posted on February 03 2023 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi @c. I fixed the issues related to reopening the live set. Everything is remembered and recalled now. |
Posted on January 30 2023 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| P.S. Thanks for all of your advice over on the Cycling74 forums. |
Posted on May 31 2022 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you. I hope you like it. Oh yeah, the Schwarzonator. I haven't thought about that thing in so long, but it really was the main device that made me want to learn Max in the first place. This is certainly along the same lines. |
Posted on May 30 2022 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you, I'm glad you like it. |
Posted on March 12 2022 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi Everyone. My apologies. Once again, it looks like I forgot to freeze the device. There are several important objects required for the transmutor and velocitizer modules. Anyway, the complete device is now up. Sorry, thanks. |
Posted on March 09 2022 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you, I hope you like it. Make sure to get the newest version. |
Posted on March 09 2022 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you! I've been meaning to program something like this for a long, long while. I just knew it would involve canonical_parent and the like. I've been dreading it. I need this for my external drum synths. Soloing a drum track is such a drag for me. Usually I have to goto each one and turn of the External Instrument power button. Ugh. Now, the Live track mute button actually acts like a regular mute button for midi. I'm hoping there is a way to do something similar for a Solo Button a 'la "Delicious Max 6 Tutorial 50: Han Solo, Mute Gunray" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHWiMQpmG-8 That would be ... wow. I'll try my best. |
Posted on February 19 2022 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Wow, Thank you so much. I've tried to do something like this at least 6 different times, from scratch, with each of seq, seq~, mtr, techno~, borax, detonate, poly, ... coll, ugh my head hurts. The layout/logic is so beautiful and simple. I'm thinking of trying to adapt the structure to the other objects, but the C74 forums don't seem to be at a consensus about which is better or even easier. My main thing was to be able to use this device with External Instruments in Live (the vst cc recording bit is amazing, though). Thanks for making it so easy to remove the vst part. I went ahead and added other features of the [seq] object, including Append (to the current recording), "Delay 0" (start the midi file at the first note on, instead of when Record is pressed)),"Time stretching" (which changes the speed the file is played back, only at the beginning) and Looping. Unfortunately, [seq] outputs a bang at the very last note off, instead of the end of the recording, so looping doesn't quite work. I guess I could record a midi note 1 with velocity 1 and then a note 1 velocity 0 directly before stopping the [seq]. I hope you don't mind, but I plan on including this in all of my midi devices. Thank you!!! |
Posted on February 03 2022 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi, I wasn't really planning on expanding the functionality, but I guess it could be interesting to have a midi out for other drum racks. The easy way would be to have an export midi clip button (using Retake), similar to my Proletarian and Progenerator sequencers. But it wouldn't be a direct midi out. That would require a second device on the same track to capture the midi and pass it on to ableton. I'm not sure which way is better, but its going to be a while either way. |
Posted on October 12 2021 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi, I went ahead and added a sample dropbox on the inline interface, right below the "Close" button. That should take care of it. |
Posted on September 24 2021 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you! I don't know much about macs, but it should be a setting in ableton preferences: Options->Preferences->Plugins Set "Auto-Hide Plug-in Windows" to Off. |
Posted on September 16 2021 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Your welcome. I'm glad you like it. |
Posted on September 13 2021 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you! I'm glad you like it. Its been a long time since I've dived into this one. I'm pretty sure the "0.24"'s are because I had difficulty getting the Current Value of the mapped parameter, so I set the knobs to 24% of their max value to be safe. Otherwise, they would randomly go to the max or min value when mapped. I've had many problems when changing the attributes (max, min and current value) of a knob. For example, when any attribute is changed, the knob can no longer be automated correctly in Ableton. Ableton only remembers the original value of the knob. Nevertheless, I like this version better than the previous one. |
Posted on October 24 2020 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| I've never had that happen. But, I've noticed a lot of strange little quirks since live 10.1.0. For example, all of my dials used to be ultra smooth so that you could exactly dial into .001-.03 land and get even smoother by using the shift key. Doesn't work anymore, at least it doesn't on 10.1.6 |
Posted on January 18 2020 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you, I'm glad you like it. |
Posted on December 05 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Share and enjoy! |
Posted on October 15 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi, Sorry it took so long to see this. I have no idea how to get notifications on new comments. I actually haven't used this one in a while, I prefer my Many-Rample. But I never had any problems using more than one of them at a time. As long as all of the send receives have triple dashes "---" everything should be fine when using multiple devices. Keep in mind that like 90% of this device is based off of Live10's DS-Sample |
Posted on September 17 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank You! My current dreams involve a wave terrain synthesizer (not using 2d.wave) with assignable/generative landscapes and really controllable, multi-parameter trajectories. I've got some of it working with a landscape and controllable trajectories, but switching landscapes causes problems with the trajectories, I think. I'm pretty sure that I also have a better (earlier and better) version of my knob twiddler coming out soon. |
Posted on September 14 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thanks, I'm glad you like it. |
Posted on March 25 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thanks, I'm glad you like it. |
Posted on March 25 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Cool! I'm Glad you liked it. I can't tell if this is many-RAMple or Many-Sample. Many-RAMple: 20MB Folder gets loaded into RAM, All samples in RAM. Many-Sample: 20 MB Folder gets pointed at, 1 sample (100kb) gets loaded to RAM. |
Posted on February 02 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Cool! I'm glad you liked it. |
Posted on February 02 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| I've been thinking on it. My Mini-Stretcher http://maxforlive.com/library/device/4694/mini-stretcher is poly. I'm working on another stretcher that is poly. |
Posted on January 04 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank You! Some people complain, but I'd rather not skip from 0.01 to 0.02. There is a lot of Karaziness in those Spaces Between. |
Posted on January 04 2019 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Holy Crap!!! I hope all of this works. |
Posted on November 11 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Is this going to explode my computer? I guess I'll find out. Happy Death to Us All |
Posted on November 11 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you! Don't forget to try out the FM Convolvor also. It can get pretty strange as well. It might be pretty weird to have one following the other. |
Posted on October 06 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| looks like you forgot to freeze it. I get a "no patcher pitchWarp" error. I'm pretty interested in this. I've heard it might be a good way to spectrally morph from one sample to another. |
Posted on October 06 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you, I'm glad you like it. I'll give that a try. I've mostly been using it to breathe new life into my boring old hardware synths. It definitely encourages a bit of experimentation. |
Posted on October 04 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thanks! Very handy. I prefer these to the vsts and "official" editors because those always seem to gobble up too much cpu with all of the back and forth Sysex, when they are really only sending cc's. Plus, with vsts, you have to hit "Configure" first, and then you can automate. Its a pain, especially since you have to do it every time and you can't re-order them once you have "Configured" them. I found it beneficial to disable all of the autopattr and save stuff, it never seems to work right for me. Also, for me, the [prgmout a] should be enabled and changed to a [prgmout]. I think all of the "tik tok tuk" sends should probably have a "---" in front them. That way, I can have one of these on one track for "Synth 1" and another one of these on another track for "synth 2". Thanks again. |
Posted on September 19 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi Zeep, You can definitely change the number of frequency bins. Currently, there are 1024 of them, but you can change it to any power of 2. The next highest would be 2048. |
Posted on September 13 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Also, with a regular gate, when the signal is above the threshold everything gets passed through, including the noise. With this, the noise is removed even when you are playing your synth. |
Posted on August 31 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Well, it would be more accurate to call it a spectral gate. A regular gate cuts out everything below a set threshold. Technically, this takes the Fourier transform of the input signal which splits it up into 1,024 frequency bins. Those frequency bins that are smaller than the threshold are zeroed out and the result is then resynthesized using the inverse Fourier transform. So, only the frequencies that are below the threshold are removed, instead of everything. |
Posted on August 31 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you. I'm glad you like it. If you hold the CTRL key down while mousing, it will go faster. The problem is that I want it to be "fine grained" so that I can hit all (most) of the values. The only other way I know to make it faster is to change the number of "Steps" on the dials (in the Inspector) to a smaller amount. But then it skips a lot of values, for example going from 303hz to 307hz with no intermediate values. |
Posted on August 23 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hey, Yo. this update remembers the loaded Folder and Sample#. It was trickier than I thought |
Posted on August 16 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Yeah, its pretty strange. Normally, the Sample# live.dial should remember its position, but for some reason, if you change the Min/Max of the dial (using the _parameter_range 1 $1 msg), it resets everything, and this happens whenever a folder is loaded up, including when the device is reloaded after reloading the Live Set. A solution involves the same tech as before. Essentially you copy the [set $1]->[textedit]->[unjoin] and wrap it around the Sample# live.dial: Take the left output of the live.dial and connect it to the left input of the [set $1] and take the middle output of the [unjoin] and connect it to the input of the live.dial. Don't forget to have the [live.device]->[bang]->[textedit] in there as well. I'll get it posted eventually, but it may be awhile. |
Posted on June 07 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Max really is pretty crazy stuff. I couldn't find any Noch sampler, but you should probably stay away from the crazy stuff in that drumfoldr, its all a really big mess. my version is way simpler. I'm totally against the whole "Open Folder" Dialog thing. it is such a painful way to do things. I think, that in order to get it to remember where it was, you have to have some crazy max scripting... I used to have some simple examples of scripting, but I've lost them. Ableton Expert used to have some good examples also, but I think they shutdown. The best place to share code is on the cycling '74 forums. Its usually best to post small examples of the problem code instead of a big giant mess of stuff. I've researched all of the ways of dropping folders and I think I have the best way. |
Posted on May 26 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thats pretty strange. I have it working on multiple Live 10 pc's with no problems. It even works in Live 9. Maybe its a Mac thing? Are there any hints in the Max Window? Anybody else with issues? |
Posted on May 22 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| What a crazy thing. |
Posted on May 17 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Strangely, it only required 3 or so objects including the [textedit] object. The code under the hood is in the upper right |
Posted on May 17 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Yo! The Many-Rampler now remembers its Folder when reloading the Live set. If the waveform isn't showing in the window, just jiggle the Sample# knob a little bit. I guess my next goal should be to update this device and my Mini-terrain and Mini-stretcher with these enhancements. |
Posted on May 17 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you, I'm glad you like it. Make sure to check out my Many Rample. It creates a RAM buffer for each file in the folder and has an auto randomize function. Because everything is in ram, you can switch between sounds very quickly, without waiting for the files to be loaded from disk. I tried out the Drumfldr and tried to pick apart the path saving, but it was a pretty nasty ratsnest involving both coll and dict objects. I'm still working on a work around. I was hoping it would also allow you to drop folders from the Live Browser, but no luck. There has got to be an easier way, but I don't think so. |
Posted on May 16 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| This one loads all of the samples into RAM http://maxforlive.com/library/device/4741/many-rample |
Posted on May 11 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Check out my new Many-Sample : http://maxforlive.com/library/device/4738/many-sample You can drop folders of samples onto it. |
Posted on May 06 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| I'm sure its possible, but everything is tricky in Max/Live. There are so many ways to do things correctly in Max, but there are a lot more ways to do things incorrectly. For example, with many of the methods I've tried, I usually run into problems with the sample list not being saved when you reload the live set or there can be problems with the associated envelopes for each sample and a whole host of unexpected details that occur with each method. Nevertheless, I will try because it does sound useful, but don't hold your breath. |
Posted on May 04 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Awesome to the Max |
Posted on May 03 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Crazy stuff. I wish there was better documentation on this crazy thing. I've compiled a bunch of it, but ... With a lot of it, there aren't any units on the parameters. x/y phase isn't in any documentation anywhere. |
Posted on May 02 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you! Let me know if there are any bugs or things that need improving or extra needed features. |
Posted on May 02 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Strange. I don't know anything about macs, you might have some files missing in your Live10 installation. I went ahead and uploaded a frozen version that should work better. |
Posted on April 27 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| I haven't had any problems on 3 different machines, using live10. But you do need to make sure that you are sending midi from notes B-1 through G2. I don't think it responds to midi outside of that range. Also, yes you might need to hold the CTRL-key down while turning the knobs. I like having 2 decimal places of accuracy on the dials. |
Posted on April 26 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thanks, I'm glad you like it. The new, built in devices are great, but sometimes they do things that don't quite make sense. |
Posted on April 05 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you, I'm glad you like it. It is a bit tricky to describe. I think of the Nodes as "Complexity". I like medium complexity, with the nodes around 9-14. |
Posted on March 11 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you, I'm glad you like them. Let me know if you have any suggestions for them. |
Posted on January 19 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Also, keep in mind that the knobs take on the values of whatever they are mapped to. If you map the envelope to something that goes between 0 and 100, then the Minimum and Range knobs will take on those values. The parameters on many Ableton devices only go from 0.0 to 1.0. Its very strange that you can't see the labels on the knobs. They are standard live.dial devices. I can see them on three different computers using various versions of Live/Max. |
Posted on January 04 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi, Sorry it took so long to get back to you, I've been moving out of state. The knobs are pretty fine grained, try using the CTRL key when turning them. They are used to control the Minimum and Range/Max of the envelope. |
Posted on January 03 2018 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi, I've tried it on two different computers. It is a bit too Hi res, but it works. Try using the CTRL button when you turn it. |
Posted on November 14 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi Folks, my apologies to the first 90 or so people to get this. I forgot to freeze it, so it was missing a crucial piece. Its all good now. |
Posted on November 13 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Oh My God!. I'm so sorry, I forgot to freeze it. It should be fine now. |
Posted on November 13 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you. Glad you like them |
Posted on November 11 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hah!. Indeed. Not to mention the audience. If you really want to fuck everyone up, throw in my Time Signature Sequencer as well. |
Posted on September 30 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Cool, it would be great if you could post it. I've been thinking of ways that might make it more useful (without needing to do the crazy configuration setup) but I would want one without the Java. Let me know |
Posted on July 09 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Awesome video. I'm glad you like it. I tried that Xanadu device many times long ago (and more recently) but could never get it to work. I looked under the hood and it was very confusing. It uses the vst~ device and then tries to load the Synplant as a vst into the max patch. But even then, I couldn't see how the gene values were transmitted to the Synplant. Also, it uses Java, yuck. |
Posted on July 05 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you, I'm glad you like it. |
Posted on June 25 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Awesome, glad to hear it. |
Posted on May 25 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thats pretty strange. I've tried it on all three of my PC's with no problems. It only uses standard objects, including pcontrol. Maybe you are using an older version of Max? Does the Max Window provide any details (In Live, right click on the title bar-> "open max window")? Do you have the same issue with my Sequenced Filter? Anybody else with issues? |
Posted on May 23 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Hi, Can you be more specific? Most everything does what it says on the tin. |
Posted on May 21 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank You!!! |
Posted on April 05 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |
| Thank you!!! I'm glad you like it. I've wanted something like this for years but have only recently acquired the wherewithal to figure something out. Back in 2008, they promised to make the dna automatable, but it hasn't happened. I gave up hope years ago. |
Posted on March 30 2017 by opticon93 (report comment) (Goto Comment) |