The basic challenge of these two patches -also happened to be beneficial- was to provide a “ramp” using which I can work with values starting from one number and finishing in the other one in a defined time period. The benefit of this was that at this moment, I have an already-developed patch of this ramp so I can use it under any circumstances in any patch of Max or MSP.
For this week, the main use of this “ramp” was to control the volume (amplitude) in a number of ways; most importantly to come up with a “smooth” change in the “on/off” process (of also any other device).
Unlike Max I didn’t face any major problem [yet] because most of the job was to deal with algorithms and algebra; basically working with numbers.
If this “ramp” is used in changing the phase of the generated wave (in the context of a stereo situation) it would cause –not surprisingly- the effect of a phaser! which is widely used thus sounds pleasant to many individuals (including me).
Most of my time however, was spent of debugging the device and making it more user-friendly.
References:
- Christian Haines 'Creative Computing 2.1' Lecture presented at the Electronic Music Unit, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 30/7/2008
- Max MSP, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max/MSP) [Accessed 31/7/2008]
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