Meeting Date: February 28th, 2025

Sound Design Director | Max MSP | Ashley Loera

On the Sound Design Front:

During the Group Meeting on Friday, I inquired with the Visual Design Team about their Touch Designer TOE to confirm how many data outputs would be sent to my Max Patch.

Goal:

• The goal is to prepare the Max MSP Patch to receive the correct # of data outputs from Touch Designer.

Progress During Meeting: 

• The Visual Team inferred that there may be an opportunity for 2-3 Data outputs from the Touch Designer TOE that is fed into the Max MSP Patch via OSC.
• To put this to the test, the Visual team shared their current Touch Designer TOE with me and I found that there was only 1 data output from Touch Designer coming into the Max MSP Patch using OSC.

Issues: 

• Due to my limited knowledge I was unsure how to output multiple data points from Touch Designer. Furthermore, we had a limited amount of time to find solutions for this during the meeting; I was unable to dive into this to see how many data points I could work with.
• Running the Touch Designer TOE & the Max MSP Patch caused my laptop to heat up quickly and caused Max MSP to crash out (twice).

Possible Solutions:

•  Create 2-3 Data Groups in the Max Patch and use the Data Output from Touch Designer to select which Data Group to select to process Audio Input via unique SFX connected to each Data Group. (i.e. Reverb, Delay, Glitch)
• I suggested that the group purchase a router so that I can receive information from the Laptop hosting the Touch Designer TOE during the Installation (as suggested by Philly during our Tutorial).
  • • • We are considering purchasing the following router.

TP-Link 300 Mbps Wireless N Access Point, Passive PoE Power Injector, 10/100M Ethernet Port (TL-WA801N)

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-WA801N-Wireless-Injector-Ethernet/dp/B085M4ZJ2L/ref=asc_df_B085M4ZJ2L?mcid=8d5f95930ef93bfd8dfe419c344bab62&th=1&hvocijid=14358773039682378152-B085M4ZJ2L-&hvexpln=74&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696285193871&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14358773039682378152&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046887&hvtargid=pla-2281435177418&gad_source=1

Ideas to Consider: 

• After further discussions with Sound Design Director, Ruolin Liu, I will be attempting to include a synthesizer in the Max Patch to assist in creating music using the Max Patch to accompany Sound Design Director, Ruolin Liu’s, meditation compositions.
  • • • The idea that stemmed from this conversation was to further develop the Delay Effect in the Max MSP Patch to slowly decrease the volume of the audio input over time to seamlessly fuse into the Synthesizer.
        • • • • Idea: To sonically represent the process of presence with one’s own voice. From being conscious of the breath, to being conscious of the one’s center and balance.

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