Pitch Tracking Patch

[mauronedj]

Hi to all,
I can't find online any patch for Max that translate the pitch of an audio track (or a VST) into a midi CC output!

For me it's very useful for automate the filters cutoff, so I can remove, for example, the first harmonic, even if the pitch change!

Thanks!

[kleine]

Hello,

This is a bit effort and some problems need to be solved.
a) Audio effects can not output MIDI. One would need to send the MIDI to a receive device and distribute it further from there. (track routing)
b) accurate Pitch tracking is not easy if the material has a lot of harmonics
c) the tracked data needs a "good smoothing" in order to be usable.

btw: which OS do you use?

Christian

[mauronedj]

Hi Christian, thanks for the reply!
I'm on Windows (but I also have Osx)!

For the a) point, Live already have a default device that analyze the audio peacks and output CC's, why we can't do it with pitch?

Mauro.

[kleine]

Which of the devices output CC data? I just made it as a bonus in the MIDI LFO... the other ones use mapping - maybe this is sufficient?

[mauronedj]

Which of the devices output CC data? I just made it as a bonus in the MIDI LFO... the other ones use mapping - maybe this is sufficient?

Yeah mapping would be great, I refer to that!

Could you try to work on it?

Mauro.

[kleine]

Try if this works for you:
http://www.maxforlive.com/library/devic ... pc-version

[mauronedj]

Hi Christian,
Thanks for the patch, on mac it does not work,
I'll try it on my daw tomorrow and I report back here!

Many thanks for your time,
Mauro.

[clement.m]

Did you download the Mac version?
http://www.maxforlive.com/library/devic ... ac-version

[aberkow]

You can use the [~fzero] object to track pitch within Max. If you connect it to [ftom] it will output the midi note value of the pitch you're playing which can be scaled or routed as you like. I've found [~fzero] works best when it doesn't have to listen to too many things though.

[mauronedj]

I'm on win, I'ts still not work, I donwloaded the right version!
The patch is not recognize the pitch!
Anyway thanks for your time man!

[mauronedj]

Still can't make it work, please Christian can you help me?
The patch does not recognize incomings audio signal, it stay's to C root note!

[kleine]

Are there any errors in the Max Message window?

[mauronedj]

Oh Yes,

newobj: fiddle~.mxe: No such object

I'm on the 64bit version of live and Max.

I'm a noob, sorry for that stupid question!

[kleine]

Right. I did forget about 64bit - this external (the fiddle~ object) does not exist in a 64 bit version so far.
When i have some (spare) time, i'll see how far i can get with the "built-in" external fzero~.

(about these externals: externals are small C++ code objects for Max/Msp. Many are part of Max/Msp (an M4L) but some are from
individual persons or institutions - like e.g. this particular fiddle~object, which does the pitch-tracking here. It's not a given that the developers of those port them to 64bit or whatever comes around in the computing future....)

[mauronedj]

Thanks!
I know what the External pieces of codes are but I don't know where to put them!

It's difficoult to port an Object?

Mauro.