tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-707927440027597912012-01-30T20:10:37.610ZAudio software developer and occasional musicianoli larkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753565329935437974noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70792744002759791.post-21642282583146431592012-01-30T20:06:00.002Z2012-01-30T20:10:37.617Z

Since I released pMix on the appstore for free, I've had quite a lot of downloads (although the Burp and Fart piano is still more popular). A few people emailed to ask how to use it. Here is the old manual from version 0-7. Some things have changed and I will put up a new version and maybe some more informative videos when I have time. http://www.olilarkin.co.uk/blog/files/pMix_manual_v0.7.pdf

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Yesterday I led a workshop on IPlug at the M4_u European Max convention. In the workshop I talked about the main options available for developing plugins using C++ and the issues involved. Then I introduced IPlug with some simple projects. I had to skip a load of stuff in the slides, because there wasn't enough time. Here are the slides and example projects which demonstrate the basics of adding

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hope you enjoy my dulcet tones. Watch in HD in order to read the text.

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I am nearly ready to release my next product - pMix (preset mixer). It's a standalone VST/AudioUnit plugin chainer with a preset interpolator for morphing between parameter states. I originally developed it back in 2008 and the beta version 0.7 won the second prize in the Lomus music software competition. It's only going to be available for OSX I'm afraid. If you would be interested in testing

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A free evening concert of live experimental music and audiovisual art in the Rymer Auditorium, Music Research Centre, University of York - 7.30pm Tuesday 13/12/11 John Richards - Dirty Electronics Since 2003, John Richards has been exploring the idea of ‘Dirty Electronics’ that focuses on face-to-face shared experiences, ritual, gesture, touch and social interaction. In Dirty Electronics process

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I updated a couple of old Max JSUI scripts to use the new mgraphics engine in Max6. This allows the JSUI object to draw much more quickly and to support transparent backgrounds. https://github.com/olilarkin/olControls ol.clickedlist.js A JSUI javascript that displays a list of symbols. You can click on the symbol to select it. Then you can send a message to see which symbols are selected.

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IPlug is a simple-to-use C++ framework for developing cross platform audio plugins and targeting multiple plugin APIs. Originally developed by Schwa/Cockos, IPlug has been enhanced by various contributors. I have just published my version which now targets VST2, VST3, AudioUnit and RTAS APIs. It can also produce standalone Windows/OSX audio/midi apps and apps for Apple's IOS devices, all from the

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Kasio-M4L demo sounds by olilarkin

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New version of a Casio CZ-inspired phase distortion synth featured on the ableton website. More info and audio examples soon! http://www.ableton.com/products/max-live/oli-larkin-kasio-m4l Kasio M4L

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a few compositions i did a long time ago... Invisible Worm by olilarkin

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After several months of work, I am in the final stages of getting Endless Series 3.1 released. The headline features are standalone, VST3 and RTAS support and a new user guide. The standalone version is now available separately, for a reduced price on the Mac App Store. Thanks to everyone who has purchased Endless Series so far - please stay tuned and the update should be on its way to you soon!

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Here's a little bit of fun. See this locked KvR thread for info. download here: http://www.olilarkin.co.uk/fun/

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I am very happy to announce the release of Endless Series version 3, my new VST and AudioUnit plugin. see http://www.olilarkin.co.uk blurb: "A unique synthesis and effect plugin based on the Shepard Tone auditory illusion. It generates mind bending infinite scales, psychedelic drones and fascinating sonic textures. Endless Series v3 works as a tone generator, a ring modulator, phaser, flanger

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I've been working a patch and glue code to control maxmsp patches from the web browser using net.loadbang.web and jqueryui https://github.com/olilarkin/maxwebcontrol

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I've been working on some python scripts to make it easier to use povray for rendering gui elements (knobs, sliders, buttons) for plugins. It renders a stitched png automatically, with a transparent background. Stitching and compositing is thanks to imagemagick and this tutorial by Christoph Hormann. Windows users are spoilt having the excellent knobman, but afaik, there aren't any helper tools

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Some sounds from a plugin i made in 2004 - Stepcomb. This is a stereo step sequenced combfilter + resonant filter effect. The sequencer is pretty funky with swing and glissandos. Still available here: http://www.olilarkin.co.uk/  (windows vst only) I made several other versions with Max which had a slightly different sound. The synthedit version was the best though. Stepcomb Jam by

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Suck (2010) by olilarkin 15 minute long shepard tone work out. Featuring mostly Endless Series Version 3 and Valhalla DSP plugins. This is a 2 channel mix of a 3 channel composition, that was meant to be experienced loud and was premierd @ Strange Vibrations, Music Research Centre, York UK on 01/12/2010.

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The Automatics Group, MediaMix, 18/02/11 from mrcyork on Vimeo. From a recent gig at the Music Research Centre

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Over the past 6 months I have been porting my plugins (which were previously developed using Synthedit and MaxMSP/Pluggo) to hard-coded AudioUnits/VSTs. This has been a substantial amount of work but I'm getting there now. The DSP for the plugins is mostly done and I am working on the UIs. The new versions are compatible with more hosts, load faster and support multiple processors. Sonogram of

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I'm organising and performing at a free concert in York. For more details, see the facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167434656607933

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My friend played my track Wrong Morning on his radio show for Sound Art Radio.  Through The Looking Glass 2010-09-09 by Through the looking glass

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This is a max patch that I have been working on for a while. There is an ongoing discussion on the C74 forums about the lack of fully featured synth examples, so I thought I would polish this up and put it out there. It's loosely modelled on a Casio CZ101 and uses phase distortion synthesis, which is a kind of FM. The UI is purely functional. It doesn't use any externals.Free to use in

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Korg MonoPoly keyboard contacts, originally uploaded by olilarkin.I had some keys not triggering on my Korg MonoPoly - a common problem with this and other synths of the era. I cleaned the contacts as per the old crow tutorial (twice) and still some of them didn't work - I guess the conductive rubber had just worn away. Thanks to some advice from the Analogue Heaven mailing list I applied some

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I've updated the autotalent vst/au plugin to be in line with Tom's LADSPA version. I didn't test it very thoroughly yet so there might be some issues. There are some cool new features, see http://web.mit.edu/tbaran/www/autotalent-0.2_refcard.pdf[EDIT 04/04/2010 - new version fixing crash with reaper]Get it here http://www.olilarkin.co.uk/index.php?p=freeplugins#at

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Lately i have been learning to use IPlug by Cockos which is part of WDL: a fantastic library of handy C++ code, with a very generous license. IPlug allows you to build cross platform VST plugins (and AU on Mac) from the same codebase. It is very simple to use (compared to the standard VST or AU SDKs, and the implementation for a fully working plugin is relatively small. Anyway, one of the first

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This is a keyboard ui control that is (in my opinion) much nicer than the standard max kslider. It supports MIDI input, which has always been a problem with the normal kslider. Arguments control how many octaves are shown and what pitch to start at. Free to use in non-commercial projects. download

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A new version of ol.autotalent~ changes: - now works with different sample rates- fixed crash when deleting the external with the dsp on http://www.olilarkin.co.uk/blog/files/ol_autotalent~v0-2.zip

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I'll be talking at the "MaxMSP Powerusers Symposium" ;-) at the Gemdays 2010 festival in Huddersfield on the 30th Jan. It's free and runs from 1pm till 5. More info here:http://www.gemdays.co.uk/

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I ported Tom Baran's open source LADSPA auto-tuner to an msp object. It works pretty well, but the pitch shifting is a bit grungy at the moment. http://www.olilarkin.co.uk/blog/files/ol_autotalent~v0-2.zip [EDIT - new version]

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A wrapper for vst~ exposing the parameters to pattr http://www.olilarkin.co.uk/blog/files/ol.vstpattr_v0-1.zip

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I've uploaded a beta version of a new max external that i made in order to sync drum machines and sequencers that use dinsync, such as the 808, 303, 606 etc to Max. It works with a suitable audio interface that passes DC, such as most MOTU interfaces. An added bonus is that you can slew the dinsync signal in order to make the drum machine swing. To do this i had to solder together a cable to

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When i make an external, i usually duplicate an existing one. I got really tired of going through and doing find and replace in multiple files for Xcode and Visual Studio, so i decided to make a bash script and folder layout (with template projects) to automate the process.To duplicate a project you simply have to open a terminal window, cd to your max external projects folder and type:sh

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I searched for a list of direct links to the Sound on Sound Synth Secrets series. This site had a lot but was missing some intros. Here's an HTML file with all the intros to the articles, and here is the list on its own: What's In A Sound?The Physics Of PercussionModifiers & ControllersOf Filters & Phase RelationshipsFurther With FiltersOf Responses And ResonanceEnvelopes, Gates & TriggersMore

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EMS Sequencer 32 1, originally uploaded by olilarkin.I uploaded some photos of one of the earliest digital sequencers made by EMS, found in a cupboard at work. Not the most exciting thing to look at but historically interesting imo. Check out those shiny switches. It works too!

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I thought i would upload some old jams i made with plugins that never got finished. I loved the sounds that i got out of these half-built things, but sadly most of them are missing certain externals etc, and so no longer work. First up is groove modulator, which was a ridiculously feature-heavy step sequenced synth. It could make some fantastic evolving FM sounds. The MP3s encoding here is quite

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Here's a patch i uploaded to the Cycling '74 forum recently.If you work with different audio interfaces in max this patch can help. If you usuallly use a Firewire or USB soundcard, when you launch max without it connected, no ad driver will be selected. Then if you select your built in sound output, next time you connect your external soundcard, you'll have to select it again. This patch

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The other day I needed to find a way to restart Max automatically on OSX. For a project at work we're using Max 5 in an installation - many different sub patches are loaded dynamically by a scheduler throughout the day. The machine (a Mac pro) restarts every night, but I wanted to make Max restart as soon as it crashed, so as to minimise the downtime. We were experiencing seemingly random crashes

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