{"id":1275,"date":"2019-10-28T12:39:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T12:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digital.eca.ed.ac.uk\/sonicstructures\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2019-10-28T22:18:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T22:18:48","slug":"lecture-07-demonstrating-interface-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital.eca.ed.ac.uk\/sonicstructures\/2019\/10\/lecture-07-demonstrating-interface-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture 07 – demonstrating interface control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One to one<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here, we take a simple model, where a fader is connected to a parameter in Max, directly. We’ll use the built-in mappings tools for this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First we have to scale the values of the fader to something useful inside your patch. Then we map it to control our patch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One to Many
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Here we take a slightly more complex approach mapping one controller to several places at the same time. Again, we scale to something useful and remap the controller to different parameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One to Many, non-linear<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

here we control multiple parameters with the same controller in a non-linear fashion. We’ll do this using the Nodes object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A note on exponents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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scaleExpoentHelper.maxpat<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Randomize<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To do this properly, you need to know the minimum and maximum of your parameter so that you can randomize within sensible boundaries. OR you randomise between 0-1 and then scale up locally within your patch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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randomiseParams<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Edit to the above. It’s slightly more complex, but you can randomize and make lists of parameter ranges a little nicer is you follow the patch below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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randomizer2<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you understand the above and tihnk you’d like to use a randomizer for your patch parameters in a patch. Here it is encapsulated into a an abstraction. Connect it to a pattrstoarage object, edit the parameter ranges and away you go. Automated randomizing across your whole set of parameters. This is a very good way of finding the tolerances and ranges of your patch that you like and discovering connections and sounds that you can’t get by trial and error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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pattrRandomizer<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MiraWeb<\/h3>\n\n\n\n