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Author: s2752439

Sound Design – Max/MSP Approaches, Ideas and Sources for Project Proposal (Ashley Loera)

Dates of Development | February 11, 2025

Sound Design Director | Max MSP: Ashley Loera

Over the past week I have had the opportunity of diving into ideas and references of possible approaches to real-time audio manipulation on Max/MSP using the following techniques: 

  • Audio Filtering
  • Reverb
  • Delay
  • Frequency Shift
  • Audio to Granular Synthesis

Considered Audio Input Hardware:

  • Contact Microphones
  • DPA Microphone
  • Condenser Microphone

Based on our group discussions, a portion of this installation will include a real-time interactive abstract manipulation of sound to emulate the process of breath. It is my creative aim to fuse this abstract manipulation of audio input into the meditative music (directed by Director of Sound, Ruolin Liu) as a sonic approach to bring the listener’s attention to the present moment. 

As shown below, I have begun the process by mapping out the input information of the Input Audio using my Laptop Microphone.

Please see the real time audio visual representation of Audio Input information in the screen recording below:

DMSP_AudioInput_S2752439

Possible Problems to consider as I approach this Max patch:

  1. The audio input data may be jolt dramatically and quickly. My approach to combat “jittery” input data would be to smooth out the information using “line~” to ensure the flow of data is not jolting dramatically and can be mapped smoothly over time.
  2. Contact Microphone may be sensitive and susceptible to unnecessary sound (i.e. clothing interfering with intended audio input – heartbeat). I will practice using this microphone in my Max patch and will return with my findings and solutions.

As I develop this Max Patch, I will refer to the following list of Tutorials.

Max/MSP Tutorials: 

Audio Input: 

Max/MSP – Microphone_Analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUi9UYW8cKY

Granular Synthesis: 

Building a Synthesizer, part 1: Oscillators 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax4n8fGoWIo

MC in Max/MSP | 03 – Granular Synthesizer Part One 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnROTQAQW_I 

Vector Synthesis Basics – Max/MSP Tutorial 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s6gYLZ11jk 

Sound Filtering: 

Max/MSP – Sound-Filtering 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoVXY5_qCwY

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