MaxMSP - wave in field - capacitive translation from CSM SCO on Vimeo.

Sorry I didnt take the time to talk about my max code because I have left it to the last minute / last task!

Untitled from CSM SCO on Vimeo.

I am aiming to complete the patch with record of melody, and cycle~ coming in only when audience is sensed. I will update the pages at the weekend and label it so.

very rough snippets recorded with the alpha max patch. More to come!

Update 1: Sat 12th Jan, 5pm./i>
Here is a screen capture I made this morning of the updated patch which manages the capacitive sensing values better (average and updating the range of values to communicate back to Arduino/Monotron), but unfortunately the sound is wrong! Somehow I have set the wrong settings and recorded the internal microphone instead of Max audio via SoundFlower..

Update 2: Mon 14th Jan, 8pm./i>
New screen capture of the same patch, this time the sound is recorded via another software. Still quite rough, but definitely better with the sound!

Update 3: Tue 15th Jan 2013, 11pm
BETA VERSION
I should have done this from the start. I have only just started to bring much more precise values to the Monotron, about 64 times more precise (from 0 to 16, then from 0 to 1024). This is done thanks to a PDF from Chris Vecchio on Serial communication between Max/MSP and Arduino. The loudspeaker is now much more responsive, and is really starting to shape up the experience as I imagined it from the outset. It is still early days as I control only the pitch of the synth in a direct way (i.e. not much number crunching in Max/MSP), but it is starting to sound interesting.