Preparing to make the Gloves

The whole project so far actually hasnt looked anything like 'gloves'. As the piezo discs came with small wires, I had to extend them. I have soldered extra wire so that each sensor can be used on a glove. This took a fair amount of time, and so I enlisted my brother and his girlfriend to help speed up the process.

Interface

As the functionality of the gloves increases, I have had to recreate the GUI. I thought my initial GUI was very ugly and I think this is because I was limiting myself to creating it from shapes and colours in Max.

The new interface uses the fpic object in max to load an image that I have created in Photoshop. I have then moved the drop down boxes and other input information to fit the GUI template that I have made.


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Chord Test

Selectable Chords

Finally after examining the patch I found and some help files, I was able to identify the umenu and gate objects as a possible way to create selectable chords. This allows the user to select whatever chord they want in the scale, adding to the customisability of the gloves and overall functionality.

I have also created a higher octave so that the chords do not have to be inverted. This makes the overall sound of the chords, much cleaner and more recognisable.

Basic Chord Structure

I have managed to create chords by copying the scale patch and triggering multiple messages with a single bang. Although this allows polyphony, there is still no way to change the actual chord structure at this time as I have been unable to find a way to do this efficiently.

If Statement

As I failed to use the correct syntax before, I have revisited the 'if' object and found a way to make it work, using an integer box.

This now allows the user to filter out soft nudges and touches that they do not want to trigger notes.