[jmsl] Max instrument dimension names

[jmsl at music.columbia.edu]

hmmm... Weird problem. I decided it would be simplest to just align my  
MusicShape's dimensions with the MaxInstrument's dimensions, adding on  
a few extras for specific purposes. So, my dimensions seem to be in  
agreement. The only thing that's not working properly is that playback  
seems to be switching Hold for Duration - i.e., it's packing my notes  
right up against one another, ignoring any spaces/rests. That is, if I  
put single sixteenth notes on each of 4 quarter-note downbeats, I get  
a run of sixteenths, rather than a run of 4 quarter-notes, with  
sixteenth-note "holds"...

I know this is probably not possible to diagnose without seeing the  
code, but I thought I'd ask, just in case there's some obvious  
misunderstanding that would result in this behaviour.

thanks,

J.


On 13-Sep-08, at 9:48 AM, jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:

> Hi J
>
> If you play your MaxInstrument with a MusicShape then MusicShape  
> will do the translation element by element, right before it calls  
> instrument.play()
> The instrument itself does not do any translating; by the time it  
> has its play() method called, all it gets is a timestamp and an  
> array of double[].
> So translating is the responsibility of whoever calls ins.play()
>
> Follow-up questions welcome!
> Nick
>
> jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:
>> Aaah, thanks so much Nick. I was starting to lose my mind!
>>
>> I'm assuming then that I can just add my custom dimensions from 5+,  
>> then let the built-in translator figure out the name->index  
>> mapping... Yes?
>>
>> J.
>>
>>
>> On 13-Sep-08, at 9:16 AM, jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:
>>
>>> Hello J
>>>
>>> Yes you can add custom dimensions to MaxInstruments, try this:
>>>
>>> myMaxInstrument.getDimensionNamespace().setDimensionName(5,  
>>> "wiggle");
>>> myMaxInstrument.getDimensionNamespace().setLimits(5, 0, 3);
>>> myMaxInstrument.getDimensionNamespace().setDefault(5, 0);
>>> Remember to leave dimension 4 as it is alrteady defined in  
>>> MaxDimensionNameSpace ("eventflag")... so you should only add  
>>> custom dimensions from 5 on up
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Nick Didkovsky
>>>
>>> jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I can't figure out how I'm supposed to set my Max Instrument's  
>>>> dimension names?? I have a custom namespace for the basic  
>>>> MusicShape I'm using, and I obviously need Max to understand that  
>>>> namespace, and use its formatting. But I can't see any direct way  
>>>> to other than SetDimensionNameSpace(), which appears to only take  
>>>> an existing DimensionNameSpace... If I could take that from my  
>>>> MusicShape directly, I'd be fine, but MusicShape only has a  
>>>> dimensionNames() method, not a "getDimensionNameSpace()" method...
>>>>
>>>> Needless to say, I'm confused.
>>>>
>>>> J.
>>>>
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