Releases

22 Jun 2007: iCube/oCube Max externals v2.10

MacOS (on PowerPC) Max externals, MacOS (on Intel) Max externals and jMax externals (Linux/Unix) are also available.

Also checkout our (Wi-/USB-)microDig plugins for Max.

System requirements

• Max externals v2.10 require Max 4.3-5.0 on Windows.
• A digitizer with firmware v3.5 or higher, including applicable drivers, is required.

Manuals and tutorials

See the help, tutorial and example patches that come with the externals. Here is the user manual and also try these Max for MacOS tutorials. Please note that the "0 hostmode" message, which sets the digitizer in host mode (as opposed to stand alone mode which is used with the editor) may be required to use the iCube external with your digitizer.

Features

• Sensor data processing: inversion (increasing sensor stimulation results in decreasing output values), thresholds (the sensor values within the specified range are offset and scaled to any desired output range), zooming (set the sensitivity of an input to a specific voltage range)
• Sensor data routing: connect sensors to any desired output of the iCube external, or switch the routing instantaneously
• Multiple iCube and oCube external instantiation support: use multiple instantiations of the Max externals to achieve maximum modularity of your patches
• Multiple digitizer support (support for digitizer device IDs): use up to 126 digitizers in one Max patch
• Auto configuration restore: automatic configuration re-load upon boot-up

Known bugs

• The sample interval cannot be set lower than 4 ms, whereas the (Wi-)microDig can be set to 0 ms. The work-around is to send a message "240 125 0 3 0 1 247" directly to the midiout object, for setting the sample interval to 1 ms.
• The "interval" message cannot be included in compound messages (eg. "1 connect 1 1 res 1 1 max 1023 1 on").
• The activation of multiple inputs using one command (eg. "1 - 4") doesn't work, it needs to receive individual "on" commands, i.e. "1 on", "2 on", "3 on", ... etc.
• The iCube error outlet may show an error when there's none.
• Setting the Max Overdrive feature (in the Options drop menu) will disable the output of values from the iCube external (outputs don't change).