[PD] Arrays

[Michal Seta]

AI ain't easy in PD...


Marcus Flanagan wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 1)
>
> Ok, I can put info into an array, but how do I get it out and make it 
> do something. If I put the 8 notes of a number of different scales 
> into an array and want to retrieve them at different times..how do I 
> do that?
>
> E.G..sometimes I may want the minor scale...sometimes I may want the 
> major scale... 

You will want to use as many arrays as you have scales (or refill the 
arrays appropriately).  I think, you will be better off putting pitch 
classes that characterize the scales rather than the actual notes and do 
processing afterwards.

>
>
> I figured out how to read and write to files...but the arrays seem 
> useless...is it possible to bang an array and connect it to something 
> like the "noteout" object so that it plays it contents? 

you need to call the locations for specific notes (or pitch classes, as 
I mentioned).

see atached example.

>
>
> 2)
>
> If I store values of chord notes in an array..how can I compare these 
> values to the ones that are coming in from the "notein" object(using 
> the "poly" object to get all notes from "notein").

i don't see why you use [poly]...  [notein] lets all the notes through. 
 I don't have a MIDI setup but if I'm correct, every pitch gets through 
twice (note-on and note-off) so you need to filter that with 
[stripnote].  After that you can compare the note coming to anything, 
really...  try [select] or [=] or [<=] etc...

>
> I want to recognise chords input from the MIDI keyboard and get PD to 
> play a little melody over them, somehow by using arrays. I've been 
> looking at them all weekend and still I'm no closer to getting anywhere! 

The simplest way to recognize chords is to pass your notes through 
[sel].  However, you need to define, first, what constitutes a chord. 
 Hint:  [timer] could be used to establish the rate at which the stream 
of notes is coming in so you can filter out long (say > 80 ms) gaps 
between notes and consider them not chords. Then define rules for 
establishing the chord analysis and eventually inversion, register etc.

I know it's vague.  But your problem is, too :)
.

HTH.

./MiS

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