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Hey Per,
Why don't you have a look at Audiomulch? It seems to have all the features
you need, runs under windows and is cheap to buy and intuitive to learn as
well as being very powerful.
G
----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: MAX/msp question
> Hi,
>
> If you're not interested in MAX or laptop based looping rigs, please
> ignore this post.
>
> During the last days I have examined Ableton Live 6.0.1 and
>unfortunately
> found that it lacks one function that is very important for me: calling
> up multi effect patches ("Racks") by external MIDI (using foot pedals).
>
> --> I guess this is possible with MAX, isn't it?
>
> By studying the Eventide Eclipse and my own TC Electronic FirefirX for
> two years I have finally learned enough about combining different
>effects
> and I'm now confident that I'm able to recreate "my sound" from any
>audio
> audio processing environment that provides the usual modules as well
> efficient wiring and side-chaining (read "MAX"... I guess?).
>
> I would probably get rather far by only using VST or AU (preferably
>VST,
> since I like to assemble the processed audio as loops in Mobius, which
> sadly is Windows XP only). I guess MAX displays loaded VST's parameters
> and makes it possible to, for example, take one parameter out of VST A
> and run it through a "scaling module" (eventually with also a
> "multiply/division coefficient" that may be directly controlled from a
> MIDI expression pedal) to have it control a targeted parameter in some
> other VST plug-in.
>
> --> I guess this is possible with MAX, isn't it?
>
> To go even further into details, here are some examples of typical
>multi
> effect patches (my musical imagination includes twenty patches that I
> want to have instantly accessible when playing):
>
> FX patch example 1:
> - Input
> - Signal split into three parallel lines
> - Parallel line 1: Dry signal
> - Parallel line 2: Harmonizer + 5 (wet signal)
> - Parallel line 3: Harmonizer - 7 (wet signal)
> - Summing of the three parallel signal lines
> - Compressor
> - Output
>
> FX patch example 2:
> - Input
> - Reverb
> - Signal split into two parallel lines
> - Parallel line 1: Dry signal
> - Parallel line 2: Reverb signal (this line includes a filter which
> cut-off function is controlled by a step sequencer)
> - Summing of the two parallel lines
> - Compressor
> - Output
> (associated module: Step Sequencer)
>
> In example 2 a MIDI expression pedal should be mapped to control the
> volume of the second parallel line (step sequence filtered reverb). A
> more advanced version of this FX patch also includes a random LFO
> controlling the tempo division of the step sequencer that is
>controlling
> the filter cut-off that shapes the reverb tail.
>
> --> I guess this is possible with MAX, isn't it?
>
> Regarding my preferred looper Mobius in MAX, I do not intend to run
> Mobius tracks as separate outputs into MAX for the purpose of applying
> effects post loop. I prefer the performance technique where you apply
> effects to the looper input (MAX + VST's) and record the effects as
>part
> of the loop (into some Mobius track). Although this does limit the
> options in theory I have found it more intuitively "playable" in praxis.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
> http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast)
> http://www.myspace.com/looproom
>
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