I have downloaded Max msp 6 on my home computer and I have been messing around with Max to try and get it looking professional, I will be soon getting my own guitar ID samples from my guitar so then I can start getting my prototype ready.
The simple things I have been doing on Max msp was editing the images on there to make them have a shadow and be more colourful, I add my own knobs on to the software which took me a while to figure out, but now I have the hang of it.
The image below shows my demo version of a guitar tuner I created for my prototype on Max msp 6.
Today I have been looking at more ideas for my Max msp project, I have thought about the outlook design, I have decided to create my own knobs/faders/buttions ect, for my project.
I found a free software I downloaded off the internet, and I can now import my moving images to Max msp making it look more presentable. It is endless to the amount of idea I could add to this project. My main goal for now is to get the project function working more before I start adding more features. Below is a tester knob I made earlier, I didn't make it professional I was mostly rushing it to see what I could do with it, I don't watch any online tutorials but I will next time to get a more professional look.
I will be importing this to Max msp to test if it all works later on, I will go into more details about this later on in my blog.
I am an a third year BA (Hons) music technology student at plymouth university, for part of this module I have to create blogs about my work process. This module is called 'Interactive sound Environments', I will be showing my research and development leading up to my final project.
Using the software Max msp in our workshop lectures in plymouth uni, my mind has been opened to many idea for this project, Max msp is a software were you can basically create anything at all and assign it to work with most, possible all electrical equipment. For example in some of our workshop lectures we made a quick delay unit on Max msp and we assigned it to work with other music software such as Pro tools 11 HD, Logic pro 9 and Ableton live. I found this very easy to do and can now create my own plug-ins and assign it to midi instruments on them softwares.
I looked on www.youtube.com for more examples you could use Max msp with, I saw one about a guy using a nintendo wii controller and this guitar to make his guitar change in sound and effect just by moving his guitar up and down, so if he lifted the neck of the guitar up the Max map software would set off a effect he created and assign it with the nintendo wii controller so once he lifted the neck, the guitar would have a distortion effect or delay effect, anything he assigns it to. I will post the link to this video below.
I have an idea what to do for my project, I want to create a professional DI guitar editor, so I would have a fret board up on Max msp, and you can for starters you can choose the string type, guitar type and then you can place finger markers on the strings and a picking direction below, I want to be able to make the software do pinch harmonics, palm muting, slides and hammer ons and offs. The basic idea is to create my own little software for non-guitarest to play perfectly with.
I was thinking about starting this by using a DI to record only the guitar onto the software and assign it to the image of the fret board, I will been creating many velocity levels for each string, and have an option for the users to ether use the pre-made sounds or they can add their own by plugging it into the computer, I will also create a guitar tuner app on the software.
There are many things I could do with this idea, I do not think I could add everything I plan to do for this project in time but I can still show what I am trying to create, and it still be very useful to the users, throughout my course I will post more blogs on what I have done so far and what I am aiming to.
