Week Four – MAX/MSP Build
This week, my focus was on getting more functionality out of my modular synthesizer build. I completed a front-end mock up my rack and how I wanted various modules to interact with each other.
Next, I started taking some of my individual patches and putting them together into a single modular synthesizer patch. This sounds easy, but each step is a rather time consuming process. I managed to get a rough sine wave oscillator into a filter and out to an amplifier.
I have been reading the online tutorials from Cycling 74’s website and they have been very helpful. I read through a five-part article on a guitar processor build that was really amazing. I’m thinking about doing some reverse engineering to get a slicker front-end look and see how one can chain multiple modules together into a useable network.
The next big step is a 16-step pattern sequencer routable to the oscillator and filter modules. I would also like to be able to send a pulse out to trigger envelope generators as well.
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