Weekend
I did my best to avoid randomly clicking on the internet this weekend, and a result it was surprisingly productive. I worked through some Max/MSP tutorials, read a fair amount of my book, saw Star Trek, and went to see the Mayor of Scaredy Cat town for cocktails. It didn't feel like a hurried weekend either.
Max/MSP
The most useful tutorial was the one on using the output from games controllers to control Max. James brought back a gift for me on Friday, an £8 USB controller which looks like one meant for a playstation. Each of the 10 buttons has a different channel number, and there are 3 joystick controls with two axes (left/right and up/down). I mapped the outputs in Max, so it should be easy to change patches to use the controller instead of using the mouse or keyboard. Unfortunately I'm crap at games, so it's not like all of my patches are now going to be easy to control.
The other interesting ones were about using UDP networks, and making custom buttons and sliders. Custom buttons aren't a priority at the moment, but maybe in the future - some Max patches are so ugly it's a wonder anyone uses them.
Star Trek
It was reasonably good, entertaining enough. If you liked the first one then this one shouldn't disappoint.
There is a bit of seriously odd casting with Benedict Cumberbatch though. I wonder what their reasons were.
Max/MSP
The most useful tutorial was the one on using the output from games controllers to control Max. James brought back a gift for me on Friday, an £8 USB controller which looks like one meant for a playstation. Each of the 10 buttons has a different channel number, and there are 3 joystick controls with two axes (left/right and up/down). I mapped the outputs in Max, so it should be easy to change patches to use the controller instead of using the mouse or keyboard. Unfortunately I'm crap at games, so it's not like all of my patches are now going to be easy to control.
The other interesting ones were about using UDP networks, and making custom buttons and sliders. Custom buttons aren't a priority at the moment, but maybe in the future - some Max patches are so ugly it's a wonder anyone uses them.
Star Trek
It was reasonably good, entertaining enough. If you liked the first one then this one shouldn't disappoint.
There is a bit of seriously odd casting with Benedict Cumberbatch though. I wonder what their reasons were.