Chapter 1P - Sound synthesis with Max/MSP 1p

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Let' s return to th e inspector fo r the oscilloscope. We fi rst click on the "Value"

tab at th e top, in orde r to see t he attri butes that are specific to the scope-
object (as seen in f igu re 1.23b)_

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Fig. 1.23b The inspector's view of t he "Value" attrib utes for t he scope- object

The fi rst att ributes th at we see are Buff er Size and Calccoun t - sample s per
p ixel. The wavefo rm t hat we see on the screen doesn' t d isplay a po int for every
sample, but instead, each pixel drawn represents a f ixed numbe r of samp les.
Samples to be displayed, th erefor e, are divided into groups of data, and t he size
of each of these chunks can be configu red using t he Calccount attr ibute. It is
also possible to set how many of these groups you w ant to display on th e screen
of the oscilloscope, and therefore how many pixels w ill be drawn , by using th e
Buffer Size attribute . The att ribute th at we modif ied with th e number box con-
nected to t he left inlet of t he scope - is Ca/ccount, or t he numbe r of samples
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