Comments on: Playing online PacMan by tipping the Macbook to send directions http://jnote.org/157 Custom-made digital content for musicians Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:32:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Omer http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-2#comment-248 Omer Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:58:58 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-248 Hi James, <br>I enjoy your website very much.<br><br>Would you mind explaining a little about how you got the sudden motion sensor info into max?<br>I want to try to make a patch like yours so I could play with it too :)<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Omer (Israel) Hi James,
I enjoy your website very much.

Would you mind explaining a little about how you got the sudden motion sensor info into max?
I want to try to make a patch like yours so I could play with it too :)

Thanks

Omer (Israel)

]]> By: Jnote.org: Adding keystroke functionality to a Midi keyboard using MaxMSP and the aka.keyboard object http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-189 Jnote.org: Adding keystroke functionality to a Midi keyboard using MaxMSP and the aka.keyboard object Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:05:15 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-189 [...] post that dealt with using the Sudden Motion Sensor of the Macbook to control a game of Pacman [link]. This post will deal with the aka.keyboard object and how to use it to add keystroke functionality [...] [...] post that dealt with using the Sudden Motion Sensor of the Macbook to control a game of Pacman [link]. This post will deal with the aka.keyboard object and how to use it to add keystroke functionality [...]

]]> By: Jaems http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-120 Jaems Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:06:13 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-120 The help file is not made in the traditional Mac help way, where you can get info from the Help menu. It is a Max/MSP patch and needs to be opened with that application. You can't run the aka externals unless they are located in your Cycling74/Externals (or Max-externals) subdirectory (see below). This subdirectory can be found via a shortcut located in your Max/MSP App directory. Ideally, the help patch should be put in the max-help subdirectory, though I don't think this is necessary in order to open it. <img src="http://jnote.org/wp-content/uploads/maxfolders.jpg" alt="" /> The help file is not made in the traditional Mac help way, where you can get info from the Help menu. It is a Max/MSP patch and needs to be opened with that application. You can’t run the aka externals unless they are located in your Cycling74/Externals (or Max-externals) subdirectory (see below). This subdirectory can be found via a shortcut located in your Max/MSP App directory. Ideally, the help patch should be put in the max-help subdirectory, though I don’t think this is necessary in order to open it.

]]> By: YhG http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-119 YhG Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:14:28 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-119 hello, may I know how to using the aka bookmotion? I cannot open the help file. Help Viewer said it do not know how to handle it. hello, may I know how to using the aka bookmotion?
I cannot open the help file.
Help Viewer said it do not know how to handle it.

]]> By: Jaems http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-86 Jaems Sun, 25 May 2008 20:45:59 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-86 No problem. Let me know if you get it running. No problem. Let me know if you get it running.

]]> By: Omer http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-85 Omer Sun, 25 May 2008 20:38:35 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-85 You're awesome! Thanks! You’re awesome!

Thanks!

]]> By: Jaems http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-80 Jaems Sun, 25 May 2008 17:46:23 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-80 Hi Omer, I am including screenshots of the Patch, and of MidiStroke. MidiStroke can be very fussy. All of this requires a bit of tipping and tweaking, and a lot of patience. Check out the pictures below and see if that helps: <img src="http://jnote.org/wp-content/uploads/patchpac.jpg" alt="" /> and the MidiStroke window (this is for one value, but you can extend it to the others as well) <img src="http://jnote.org/wp-content/uploads/patchMidiStroke.jpg" alt="" /> Hi Omer,
I am including screenshots of the Patch, and of MidiStroke. MidiStroke can be very fussy. All of this requires a bit of tipping and tweaking, and a lot of patience. Check out the pictures below and see if that helps:

and the MidiStroke window (this is for one value, but you can extend it to the others as well)

]]> By: Omer http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-79 Omer Sun, 25 May 2008 14:52:38 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-79 Hi again James, Would you mind sharing your patch with me so I could learn from it? I d/l MidiStroke, but I didn't manage to get my patch to actually do something with it. plus I got terribly addicted to this lame flash pac man game by paul neave. I spent more time playing then working lately! :) cheers Omer Hi again James,
Would you mind sharing your patch with me so I could learn from it? I d/l MidiStroke, but I didn’t manage to get my patch to actually do something with it. plus I got terribly addicted to this lame flash pac man game by paul neave. I spent more time playing then working lately! :)
cheers

Omer

]]> By: Omer http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-78 Omer Fri, 23 May 2008 04:12:34 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-78 thanks James, with AKA objects it was indeed very easy to get the SMS coordinates into max. Very cool! thanks James, with AKA objects it was indeed very easy to get the SMS coordinates into max. Very cool!

]]> By: Jaems http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-77 Jaems Sun, 18 May 2008 17:51:48 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-77 Hi Omer! Thank you for the feedback. First I get the motion sensor into values using aka.bookmotion, a great tool located at http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/ There, you can get all sorts of interesting input devices to work in Max. Once you capture the values (very simple using the help file) you need to get it into a game. Any game will do... but it's tricky to send things out of max again - much easier to get it in there. So what I did was use Midiout and then use a program called <a href="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/midistroke.html" rel="nofollow">MidiStroke</a> to turn Midi data into keyboard presses. Then I could just open up an online flash game and use the keyboard presses there. (left, right, up arrow and so forth) Hi Omer! Thank you for the feedback.

First I get the motion sensor into values using aka.bookmotion, a great tool located at http://www.iamas.ac.jp/~aka/max/ There, you can get all sorts of interesting input devices to work in Max. Once you capture the values (very simple using the help file) you need to get it into a game. Any game will do… but it’s tricky to send things out of max again – much easier to get it in there. So what I did was use Midiout and then use a program called MidiStroke to turn Midi data into keyboard presses. Then I could just open up an online flash game and use the keyboard presses there. (left, right, up arrow and so forth)

]]> By: Omer http://jnote.org/157/comment-page-1#comment-76 Omer Sun, 18 May 2008 13:43:15 +0000 http://jnote.org/?p=157#comment-76 Hi James, I enjoy your website very much. Would you mind explaining a little about how you got the sudden motion sensor info into max? I want to try to make a patch like yours so I could play with it too :) Thanks Omer (Israel) Hi James,
I enjoy your website very much.

Would you mind explaining a little about how you got the sudden motion sensor info into max?
I want to try to make a patch like yours so I could play with it too :)

Thanks

Omer (Israel)

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