triggering samples with a computer keyboard (in Max/MSP)

Question

hello there again. I have, with the huge amount of help of Andrew S., figured out how to have a bank of samples triggered by the keys on the keyboard. However, I cannot seem to get the samples to cycle.

I am using umenu and prepend play to set the root folder. Yet, it seems to make me choose which sample I want to trigger. I have tried using urn, random, and both cycle and cycle~, with no luck at all :(

I simply want to trigger sounds in a directory with the computer's keyboard with certain keys triggering certain directories. I know this is doable, but my brain is fried, and my Max abilities are crap.

-Chris

Answer 1

you might be more likely to receive an answer to such a application-specific question on the Max forum?

http://www.cycling74.com/forums/index.php

Answer 2

Tim might be right, this is leaning quite a bit more towards a programmatic question than a sound design one and might be more suited to the Max/MSP forum. I'm all up for Max/MSP related questions as it's one of my favorite programmes and I want SSD to cover all areas of sound, but it must relate closely to sound design. However borderline it is, I'm more than happy to answer your question as it is to trigger a sound :-)

To answer your questions, do you really need the sounds to be in separate directories? As long as your sound files are in Max/MSP's search path, they will be found. Check the patch below, and see if it works for you. Basically, I used [coll] to write some sound file names, and the KeyToMidi patch I did for you in this question will trigger each samples one after the other. This is just one way, the first one that came to mind, for any given problem there are many solutions.

patch to cycle through sound files:

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PS. Everything I've learned in Max has been through grueling hours of trial and error. Even now I had to double check Coll's help file to see how to cycle through the data. The more one does it the quicker one knows where and how to find solutions, but there is no escaping the tutorials and help files and forum.

Hope the patch helps and good luck.