r/MaxMSP

Hi all, /r/vjing mod here:

I'm trying something new to spur some creative collaborations across reddit music production subs and visual art / creative coding / new media subreddits.

Now that Reddit supports video comments / replies, I thought it could be a fun opportunity to a collaboration call / response format.

The idea:

Musicians, dj's, producers or anyone musically inclined: post a link to a track or mix that you have rights to and are open to having visual accompaniment to.

VJs / live visualists / creative coders: post a response to a track that inspired you with a video comment, or link to an interactive experiment you made!

If you are an AV Act that makes your own music or video, feel free to post here too for inspiration.

All genre's, styles, techniques, skill levels are welcome.

This isnt a contest!

There's nothing to win (unless anyone knows sponsors haha) other than learning of new musical or visual act, meeting a potential collaborator and making awesome stuff and having a good time:

Stay curious and creative!

Below are some subs I'll be cross posting / sharing this with - feel free to cross post to any i've missed:

Music Subs:

• /r/Songwriting/
• /r/djing/
• /r/musicproduction
• /r/edmproduction/
• /r/beatmakers/
• /r/shareyourmusic

Visual Subs:

• /r/vjing
• /r/creativecoding/
• /r/videosynthesis/
• /r/TouchDesigner/
• /r/maxmsp/
• /r/video_mapping/

Mod's of any of the above subs - sorry if this comes across as spammy!

I thought about asking permission from each of ya'll but that felt onerous and slow (ask forgiveness etc etc). If you have suggestions or any feedback do not hesitate to reach out! Was thinking of something like this monthly pinned on /r/vjing where i have video comments enabled - would love if yall could help spread the word!

Hi!

I am a sound artist / composer. I work largely in the musical theatre domain, and most electro-acoustic compositions I did were done in a DAW, I used Max only twice in performance so far.

Frankly, I have an immense insecurity regarding my technical knowledge and intelligence. Max is representative of this to me. I first got in touch with it in 2018. 8 years later, I still find myself having absolutely no idea about it. I still can't understand how to make a sequencer, how to use FFT, how to analyse a video with jit. objects, how to form different logics, what kinds of logic are available even. Initially, I can't do quite literally anything alone with Max, I always need help.

Recently I did a performance in which I had to use Max, as it required Jitter. I had to ask a specialist friend, and I feel he pretty much did 90% of the coding. It feels terrible that I have to rely on my peers and consume their time and energy.

I'm aware of the autonomy it provides compared to a DAW. But every time I open this wretched program, I feel miserable, stupid and insecure, as I simply can't understand anything, can't feel anything intuitive or musical. After 8 years, with especially last 3 years trying to tackle this thing, I am incredibly fatigued now, as it feels like it's speaking to me how absolutely stupid and incapable I really am. How many tutorials have I looked into, how many documents have I read and so on, just... torments me so much honestly.

I really wanted to get help from a Max community, as I assumed there will be users who felt like me, eventually overcoming this insecurity and finally enjoy exploring Max. How would you approach Max in a state like this? How might one enjoy this?

After years of being too broke to buy any gear, I did enough gigs to finally purchase a nice touch plate based controller. I wondered if this will enable me to explore an 'intuitive, musical' element of Max, where I can map physical gestures. Do you think a controller like this can change my perception of Max?

How did you got into Max? What do you enjoy doing in it? What are some of the advices you would give to a person like me?

Thank you so much for reading!

Ive been trying to do this for days but i cant get it right.
I have this soundscape type audio sample that really has no distinctive loop point like a drum loop would.
So far ive been using trapezoid in smallest amount like 0.001 and 0.999 but it still has this little stutter.
I was talking with ai and he keeps on recommending this method of crossfading same two grooves but god damn its hard to get it right and way too complicated. Need some help.

Hey there everyone,

So after seeing Author and Punisher live earlier this year, I felt inspired to build my own inertia MIDI controller/drone machine using an Ardunio Uno R3.

These controllers consist of a 2lb aluminum rod attached to a optical rotary encoder, while sitting atop thrust ball bearings. This encoder is then wired to the Ardunio which measures/outputs the RPM value along with its rotational direction.

I then used that data to control a synth patch I made in Max Msp 9 using the abl.meld and abl.roar objects, along with two DMX controlled light panels using the Beam max package.

If you have any questions, concerns or ideas please feel free to let me know!

Thanks!

SHATTER is a browser instrument for live performance.
Load a sample and it splits into fragments you can scatter across a field:
click a piece to loop it, drag it to move it through space.
Every fragment is independent:
set its pitch, stretch it in time, reverse it, or give it its own step pattern.
Underneath, slices are cut at rising zero-crossings, so loops stay seamless with no clicks at the seams.
Time-stretching is granular and pitch-preserving so tempo and pitch move independently.
A fragment's position on the field drives a binaural HRTF panner (switchable to stereo):
left-to-right sets direction,
near-to-far sets distance,
placing each voice in space in front of the listener.
Step sequencers run free or lock to a shared BPM clock, with up to 16 voices at once.
Built as a single HTML file in vanilla JavaScript on the Web Audio API — no frameworks, no install.
It runs in any modern browser and reads WAV, AIFF and MP3.

Included in the download you'll find HTML Instruments,
a Max for Live device that lets you open SHATTER directly inside Ableton Live.
It requires Ableton 12 and Max 9.
Alternatively, you can run it standalone (just double click on html file) and route your computer or tablet output to your audio interface, just like any ordinary instrument.

I’m curious if anyone could help me create a patch that enables me to load a sound file and id like these sound files to be long, perhaps 10 minutes. However, the most challenging part I’m facing is randomizing the play times/start points of the sound file from milliseconds to 7 seconds. I’m going for an end result with a glitchy sound and alternating paces. Much appreciated