For my second prototype, I decided to steer away from the visual aspect of things and focus on the implementation process. I worked in the program, Max, which I will potentially be using for the final project. I figured out how to set up my MIDI keyboard through Max and I made it so that the user can select between a number of different instruments to play with (just like any normal keyboard would). The difference is that I made it easy to understand, separating the different instruments families into categories and only selecting the instruments that create pitches, rather than sound (i.e. trumpet vs. woodblock).<\/p>\n
Even from working with the sounds myself, I realized that a lot of these instruments sound terrible. The reason for this is because I was using general MIDI data to generate the sounds of each instrument. Based on the feedback I received, the main criticism was the quality of instrumentation and making each instrument sound realistic. Dr. Nakra suggested that I either find a source of instrument MIDI files online, or commit to a long and tedious process in Logic. Doing it through Logic would involve the following: play a single note with the instrument track I want, bounce that individual note as a wav file, import that file into Max, rinse and repeat with every note of every instrument. I’m still trying to decide on a realistic approach to the quality of instruments, and I’m glad to hear any suggestions. For the mean time, general MIDI instruments will be my audio source for the final prototype.<\/p>\n
In addition to setting up the Max patch, I’ve also been researching on the function “Jitter” in Max, which will allow me to display graphics in real time. I hope that in the future, I will master this function and be able to implement my visuals into the Max patch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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