Most audio meters show individual measurements—a signal at -12dB, a frequency at 440Hz. But in music context is everything, so I wanted a way to show the relationship between things.
I call it Standing Wave Calculator. It simulates standing wave interference patterns based on Chladni figures—the geometric shapes that form when sand settles on a vibrating plate. Input any numbers, and it generates overlapping wave patterns based on their ratio. Simple ratios like 1:1 or 3:2 create simple shapes, while complex ratios like 15:8 or 19:20 produce intricate, chaotic patterns.
You can use it to visualize the degree of dissonance between pitches, the complexity of modulation ratios in an FM synth, or really anything else that uses numbers..
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commissioned by @c74connect
pick it up on their website!
🔗in bio
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wav_Map - wave terrain synth for Ableton Live.
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A wave terrain synthesizer that generates complex waveforms using a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional surface, where pixel brightness represents elevation.
Since it converts image data into audio data and reads it back at audio rate, wav_Map essentially creates sound directly from images. You can even drag your own files in and make waveforms out of whatever pictures you want.
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flipping beats with ML corpus navigation.
Rodrigo Constanzo went absolute beast mode with Data Knot, possibly my all time favorite Max Package.
highly recommended.
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For those who are curious, I just posted a video about this sequencer I built.
Thanks so much to @c74connect for commissioning this! I really enjoyed diving into the new JS capabilities in Max 9. Link in bio for both the video and the device itself. ⛓️
Be sure to check out the patches from @rainbow.circuit@estevancarlos & @ess_mtsn which all look amazing.
Sharing a patch today for Max 9 - commissioned by Cycling 74.
It’s a MIDI sequencer built around two components:
SPIN/SHAPE 🌀↻ - where a rotating polygon triggers notes when its corners pass sequence steps, and NOTE/WINDOW ♪🪟 - a 16-step sequence with a movable window that selects which pitches to play. Record notes, move the window to select different subsets, and let the rotating polygon create unexpected patterns through its geometric playback.
Hard to explain, easier to understand when you see it in action, go get it from the cycling 74 website. /articles/custom-ui-objects-with-javascript
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lil granular drum machine.
plays a single grain when a pulse is received, the pulses in this case are derived from 2 distorted ramp signals, so the shape of the wave sorta bends time, which affects the space between triggers. the length of the grain affects the rhythm too, because it wants to finish playing one grain before it moves on to the next. It all ended up being really fluid and reactive in a very satisfying way.
I stayed up too late making this.
audio comes from a very weird and delightful sample pack from @alexander_panos
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Test driving my Suzuki Waraku, also known as an Electric Taishogoto, Nagoya Harp, or most mysteriously, the Peacock Koto. It’s a very weird synthesizer that only makes traditional Japanese instrument sounds.
Here it’s doing a MIDI duet with P_4L II. ✨
available & free at ringtone.tools
I’m gonna try to do a whole set on this thing September 22 at Turn Turn Turn, so come on by if you’re in Portland. I imagine there will be lots of convoluted MIDI trickery and Max patching involved because tbh I can’t really play it all that well.
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#synthesizer #maxmsp #maxforlive #max4live #mutableinstruments #abletonlive #liveelectronicmusic #taishogoto #waraku #ᴀᴍʙɪᴇɴᴛᴍᴜsɪᴄ #experimentalmusic
i’ve been doing this a lot this week. I basically just recreated something i do on my modular synthesizer, but in Max, presumably so I never have to leave my room…
You have 3 very simple oscillators (no envelopes, no filters, no way to turn them off) that can be controlled both manually and with the 3 LFOs at the top of the screen, then everything is quantized into a scale. You have a lot of control over the pitches, it definitely feels like an instrument, but an instrument that you can’t really control all the way.
It’s fun to play, and I think it sounds great, but the real innovation here is making liberal use of wingdings in the GUI.
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Since wav_Map converts image data into audio data behind the scenes and then reads that data back at audio rate as a waveform, it is just as logical to do away with the whole “wave terrain” construct and say that the oscillator creates sound from images, because the sound it produces is literally made from the image itself. I’ll let you decide how you want to think about it.
By @ringtone.tools
LINK IN BIO 🫡
#maxforlive #m4l #plugin #max4live # #beats #producer #ableton #abletonlive #abletonlivetips #musictips #vstopia #beat #synthwave #glitch #ambient #soundesign #synth #sounddesign #synthesizer #cycling74 #musicproduction #abletonhacks
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wav_Map is out now! ✨
It’s wave terrain synth hand made in Max MSP for use in Ableton Live.
you can pick one up on my website right now by typing the secret password “ringtone.tools” into the internet browser of your choice.
this is a clip from the little intro video i made, you can watch the rest on the youtube.
you should do it, you’ll like it and it’s good for you.
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introducing wav_Map!
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A wave terrain synthesizer in Max for Live.
Don’t know wtf wave terrain synthesis is?
that’s cool, the whole thing is pretty strange and as far as I can tell there have literally been 2 commercially available instruments that do it, and one of them is CSound (is that even an instrument?) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anyway, I made a video that kinda explains it while introducing the device you see here. It will be up on YT very sooooon, so please drop in and learn about some experimental synth nerd shit.
Also, if the video is out then wav_Map itself must also be out. So if you want to actually experience it first hand then swing by and pick one up at ringtone.tools
🔗 in the bio for ya.
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