The foundations of the Max patch may be confusing from an outsiders point of view, however the presentation mode (below) shows a simple and satisfying visual display which will make sense from a non-coder’s point of view. The four bangs to the left hand side represent the four effects that will be implemented. From this mode the entire patch can be triggered without sensors.
The four effects that we are going to implement on the end of the Twister Mat are:
- A random muter, that will mute a random track.
- A random effect button, which adds a random effect to the piece.
- A key cycler, which cycles between keys to add variation to the piece.
- A tempo cycler, which cycles between tempos.
You can see the receive objects for each of these below.
The following videos demonstrate the sensitivity of the sensors, this information gives us the basis for our patch as it determines at which point we gate the input of the pressure sensors.
CT6SOAP - Group 5 'The Mix Mat' 