
The input from knob a / comes in to, knob b /. These correspond to the six inputs set up in the main max patch. The two inputs and two outputs on the object correspond to the pairs of input and output jacks on the OWLĤ.) Open the object by double clicking on it. The bang connected to is the button on the OWL. NOTE: for this parameter, you should now use Exp not E – E will give you the mathematical constant e.

The knob connected to is the expression knob. Each dial in the patch (eg the knob connected to represents the top row of four knobs on the OWL. The OWL has four CV inputs and four attenuators for those CV inputs, and we’re emulating the CV inputs. This makes sure Max will load all your files correctly!ģ.) If you now open up Dev_default.maxpat, you can see that the patch is a virtual simulation of the controls on the OWL. If you go to Options>File Preferences… you can amend existing search paths or create new ones.

You’ll want to add this folder to your Max search path. If you’re familiar with github, you can do a git clone, and stay up-to-date with new examples as we add them: the repository is at /pingdynasty/OwlGenPatchesĢ.) What we’re looking at today is DevTemplate which you’ll see when you unzip the download. Download the bundle of Gen examples and templates from /pingdynasty/OwlGenPatches/archive/master.zip We can then export our projects as C code which can run on all sorts of things – such as OWLs!ġ.) Get your copy of Max (and Gen) from /downloads. We can use the visual, user-friendly data-flow paradigm of Max to code low level DSP that runs on GPU/ CPU directly. Gen is a low-level coding environment developed and distributed as a part of Cycling 74’s Max software, which is a visual programming environment. You can make things from oscillators to delays to distortions to any sort of CV processes and run them on the OWL in your modular set up. You can design your own DSP using C++, Pure Data, Faust and now Max’s Gen. The OWL is a Eurorack module which is a blank canvas. First, though, a quick recap of what the OWL is and what Gen is: Today we’re going to talk about how to set up a development environment for your OWL and Max’s Gen.
