Cycling74 Perspectives: Robert Henke on Max for Live

[gomachols]

i have that same t-shirt, too

[djlexxx]

Legend. It looks like his microphone cord is being routed up to the roof...

[stringbot]

I have that same t-shirt.

[OnychaHazel]

I'd like to have deeper control over tempo. I'm limited to 20-999 BPM with Live. With MFL, would I be able to take my BPM lower? (Say 1 or even .001 BPM?)

Ideally, I'd like to go into negative BPM territory, so that my audio will play backwards & my MIDI on/off messages will switch. (note on becomes note off, note off becomes note on.)

Anyone know if this will be a realistic possibility?

[kimkjederseg]

Yes, this is possible. With MAX there is no limits..

[sacredgeometry]

probably if you really need it and you know max well but seriously....when are you ever going to use this.....it would be easier just to sequence it in.

[OnychaHazel]

@sacredgeometry that wouldn't remove the hurdle of sub-20 BPM & super-999 BPM. I do a lot of BPM automation. I really need that extra flexibility with time. I think MFL will enable that desire.

[sacredgeometry]

yes it would ...do the math and you can make any bpm you want just by dividing up the other bpms and sequencing to it say you wanted 10 crotchet beats per min we then...make everything twice as long and spaced apart on a 10bpm grid and there you have it....10bpm

[sacredgeometry]

oh and yeah fair enough if you do alot of that.....well i cant see any structured music needing those bpms in reality but if you use it well fair enough.....can i ask why you would ever need to?

[sxezskoz]

wow, i've been looking for a way to do this too, this is something i'll be working on once i get my hands on max

[AppA]

Almost infinite routing / control possibilities (Max/MSP) + Realtime editing (Live) = pure sonic awesomeness.

Looking forward :)