Dates of Development | March 13 -14, 2025
Sound Design Director | Max MSP: Ashley Loera
Max Patch | Data Smooth & Gain Control System
Equipment
Software:
- Max MSP Software
Hardware:
- MacBook Air Laptop
Max MSP – Audio FX
- Delay
- Reverb
- Stutter
Progress Notes
During Tuesday’s DMSP Process meeting with Philly, I received the following suggestions to further develop the Max Patch:
- Develop a Data Smoothing system for the TD Output Data. Goal is to prevent sporadic transitions in data and encourage seamless change in Audio FX as the audience interacts with the Installation.
- Further Develop the Reverb FX as it is currently too simple and leaves no space for articulation of FX. Goal is to create an envelope for the Reverb FX that opens and closes with TD Output Data. Sonically, this will allow the audio input to work seamlessly with the meditation music.
- Develop a Gain Control System for the Audio Input and Audio FX Channels. Goal is to be able to set Gain levels independently before sending Audio to Main Volume control for the project.
Max Patch Improvements
- Successfully developed a Data Smoothing System. After strenuous research online, I found a video that provided suggestions for data smoothing and used one of their methods to scale the data.
The video below shoes the various methods considered for this process.
Method: At 1:52, the instructor in the video above shares that zl Stream is a helpful method in smoothing data. I research zl Stream in Max MSP and used the zl stream help suggestion for smoothing of data, which included the use of zl stream and zl.sum divided by 5. The scale was set by the TD scale of 1 to 5.
2. Successfully redeveloped the Reverb FX using eu.verb. While researching reverb options in Max MSP, I came across the eu.verb object and opted to use the eu.verb help patch as the reverb for the max patch. I created a scale for the decay of the eu.verb that is directly impacted by the TD Output Data.
3. Successfully developed a Gain Control System for the Audio and Audio FX channels, which ultimately helped solve the problem of jarring/loud audio and created a Gain Bus that provided a clear sound quality to the output.
Upcoming Goals:
- Ordered and received the TP-Link TL-WR841N 300 Mbps Wireless N Cable Router. We will attempt to connect these during our Process group meeting on March 14th, 2025 to ensure we can connect two laptops and send data via the router, as an option for set up.
Bibliography:
Simulator, Sound. “Https://Www.Youtube.Com/Watch?v=RCHgQOPaT08.” YouTube, YouTube, 6 Jan. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCHgQOPaT08.
