GMU:Max and I, Max and Me/Anna Lena Ruth Wissmueller

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22.4.2021:

getting to know max msp

File:Max MSP.mp4

i tried to run two counters at the same time to create two different melodies playing simultaneously but it didn't work


29.4.2021: sound and video analysis



i followed the tutorials and added the object "print" to both patches


interesting project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIP5VDdQ18

(light sensor of an arduino connected to max msp)


6.5.2021


Arduino light sensor + LED pin



Problems / Questions:

When i try to connect the scale to the slider the led pin and the built in led starts blinking fast and i can't control the led pin with the light sensor

I guess something is either not connected or converted in Max correctly
Maybe outputting directly from arduino serial monitor (you find it under tools in arduino software)
could give a hint. Or perhaps Max console/message could give an idea

What is the meaning of the select numbers "13, 10, 50, 51"?

"13" stands for the beginning of the line and "10" stands for the new line.
Usually, they are both used at the same time to define the beginning and the new line: more here 
https://www.arduino.cc/reference/tr/language/functions/communication/serial/println/
And the three numbers in between (50, 51 and should be one more)
stand for ascii code to define a real integer number

Project ideas:

Wind chime - music instrument

light sensors attached to max msp give out different sounds depending on the shadow/the light. Example: the prootype is put under a tree, when the wind goes through the tree a lot of different shadow fall onto the light sensors, this turns the wind into sound, similiar to an analog wind chime

Following Max through the light The participant enters a room with closed up eyes. To the participant there is a light sensor attached. The sensor triggers sound and/or visuals (e.g. processing). The participant walks through the room, hearing different sounds without seeing the light which cause the sounds. There could be a maze which the participant has to follow in order to reach a certain part of the room, only following certain sounds and not leaving the path that Max shows. If possible, the participant can see the way they made through the room in visuals (colors etc.) at the end on the screen. The participant experiences their way through the room through visuals at the end and through sound while they are walking, without ever seeing the path they walk, only experiencing it through Max