A standalone app that would work the way Max randomising patches do?

I recently came across this app for Prophet Rev2

it basically lets you randomise all the parameters available on the synthesiser via USB.

The guy who came up with it, stated that it started out as a Max patch, and then he built it as a standalone app, so he could sell it.

I started wondering, there’s a lot of examples of people randomising stuff on their MDs with Max patches, would it be possible to build a standalone app out of one of those patches, to randomise my AR MKI’s parameters?

Is there an app that could do it already? Is there anyone I could commission to build something like that for me? I’d gladly pay some cash for something that works like the Degrader for Rev2 I mentioned in the begging, as I know next to nothing about programming, and sure as anything wouldn’t like to pay for Max just to reassure myself I can’t grasp this stuff.

Just to check, you know you can randomise the individual pages on Analog Rytm, right?

From the Mki manual:

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Yes, I know AR in and out, I don’t mean timbre randomisation, but rather BPMs, triggers, et cetera, something like this:

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Aha, gotcha. Following to see what comes up :slight_smile:

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Interested in doing this via iPad? Check out Collider.

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Different midi configurations between MD and AR, so not entirely transferable. Cats who had Max could do one for the AR if they wanted. I don’t know Max, so not sure if you can make standalone applications from it (?) Edit: Yes you can. Thanks @Airyck

I know of one in development / alpha.

Development isn’t cheap. Could be a good opportunity to learn. Look at something like Max, or existing iPad apps etc.

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wow i can’t believe i’ve never come across this before! thanks for the tip

edit: ah i see it’s NEW

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that’s exactly what I’m looking for, but sadly I don’t own an iPad

could you elaborate about the app in development you know about? is it anywhere near getting released?

Yes, you can make stand alone apps of a Max patch for Windows or OS X. It exports a runtime engine with your patch as an executable or .app

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poor MD is being tortured. It lives on the grid, this must be like its death rattle

Thanks for that info; might have to have a wee look :expressionless:

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Only with the full version of Max not Max for Live FYI.

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Max is free for 30 days and there are built-in tutorial patches to do these sort of things. In my opinion the documentation/support alone is worth the price of admission. A Max patch doesn’t necessarily have to be a huge, tangled endeavor. I get more play with simple patcher building blocks that can be combined as needed.

Pure Data, which is free, is another option.

But if I had an Analog Rytm and knew it in and out I would review what I had learned about Scene Mode and Performance Mode and the use of LFO shapes and destinations sent to Machine parameters. The MIDI implementation chart provides a good overview of the fun that can be had.

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