Max4Live: Assignment 7

1.  Download and install oscilloscope (drop into appropriate max4live folder in devices)
http://www.maxforlive.com/library/device/1124/oscilloscope

Create a midi track with simpler and load a sample of your choice (samples can be found in Ableton's Browser under Library). Route the output of the midi track to the audio track containing the oscilloscope. Play some notes on a midi track and observe the oscilloscope display. What is the relation between the scope display and the waveform you loaded?

Hint: You can double-click on one of the clips in the midi track and draw a midi note, instead of playing it on a controller / keyboard.
Do not forget to select "In" on the Monitor of the audio channel to receive the signal.

2. Edit the oscilloscope in Max4Live. Uncheck the patching mode view to see its contents. Open the scope~ help (control-click the scope grid) and read the explanation about X-Y mode. Modify the oscilloscope patch so that it would receive a stereo input in X-Y mode manner. Save the patch with a different name (YourNameOscilloscope).

3. Load the Ikeda and Nicolai 09_id_08 recording into a clip on the audio track. Play the piece and observe the scope. Take few snapshots during playback. Explain what you see.

Submission: Submit the modified oscilloscope patch (.amxd), written answers to questions 1 and 3 and the screen shots.

Extra: Try adding an additional spectroscope~ instead of scope~ and hook it up the same way. Right click on it and change Display Mode to Sonogram. This will give you a sonogram where the time moves on the X axis, frequency is
on the Y axis, and color represents the amplitude.

Hint: you can find the patch by control-clicking on the effect in Ableton browser and selecting "Show in Finder".

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