coming from the Crystal vst, and with the drum tracks being loops of several measures of a drum track audio file. Additionally, the software Guitar Rig 5 was used as a vst plugin to create guitar effects, triggered by pedals being pressed on the Fcb1010 pedalboard. Fcb1010 + audio interface Several pieces of hardware were used in coordination with Max/MSP to create, loop, and record the music played in the videos. Here is a list of the hardware used, which can also be found in the Implementation section of this report: Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 USB Audio Interface Behringer Fcb1010 MIDI Foot Controller Multiple ¼ inch instrument cables, 5-pin MIDI cable Electric guitar How to set up the hardware with Max: Plug the audio interface into your computer via USB Select Options->Audio status, and change the input device to the audio interface in use Plug the MIDI cable into on the audio interface and into on “MIDI out” “MIDI in” the Fcb1010 Plug an instrument cable from the guitar output into an input on the audio interface (Optional) For use with an external speaker (guitar amplifier), take an instrument cable out of the corresponding output on the audio interface, and into the amp input. Then select Options->Audio status, and change the output device to the audio interface in use. Patch explanation Figure 4: Master patch - Max/MSP Above is the master patch, Transparency.maxpat, with much of the functionality visible Figure 5: Gain (volume) levels for each prominent output - Max/MSP output for current live guitar output “Main vol” volume volume for playback of looped guitar tracks “Loop playback” volume for looped drum track “Drum playback” Figure 6: Record to file - Max/MSP Collection of objects used to record the current collection of outputs to a file (t4.aif)
coming from the Crystal vst, and with the drum tracks being loops of several measures of a drum track audio file. Additionally, the software Guitar Rig 5 was used as a vst plugin to create guitar effects, triggered by pedals being pressed on the Fcb1010 pedalboard. Fcb1010 + audio interface Several pieces of hardware were used in coordination with Max/MSP to create, loop, and record the music played in the videos. Here is a list of the hardware used, which can also be found in the Implementation section of this report: Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 USB Audio Interface Behringer Fcb1010 MIDI Foot Controller Multiple ¼ inch instrument cables, 5-pin MIDI cable Electric guitar How to set up the hardware with Max: Plug the audio interface into your computer via USB Select Options->Audio status, and change the input device to the audio interface in use Plug the MIDI cable into “MIDI out” on the audio interface and into “MIDI in” on the Fcb1010 Plug an instrument cable from the guitar output into an input on the audio interface (Optional) For use with an external speaker (guitar amplifier), take an instrument cable out of the corresponding output on the audio interface, and into the amp input. Then select Options->Audio status, and change the output device to the audio interface in use. Patch explanation Figure 4: Master patch - Max/MSP Above is the master patch, Transparency.maxpat, with much of the functionality visible Figure 5: Gain (volume) levels for each prominent output - Max/MSP “Main output vol” volume for current live guitar output “Loop playback” volume for playback of looped guitar tracks “Drum playback” volume for looped drum track Figure 6: Record to file - Max/MSP Collection of objects used to record the current collection of outputs to a file (t4.aif)