[maxmsp] Adding effects to a WAV

Hi Carl,

If all you want to do is add effect processing to existing  
soundfiles, there are simpler and more time-efficient methods to  
accomplish this. Any decent audio recorder/mixer/editor program  
(including numerous freeware & shareware applications) will support  
some sort of plugin or other processing format.

On the other hand, if what you want is to dynamically and/or  
algorithmically control the processing in real-time or build your own  
effects processors, then MaxMSP is a great way to do so. There are  
the basic building blocks for reverbs, delays, filters, etc.,  
available in the standard distribution, and numerous 3rd party  
objects with more fully-developed capabilities. Search the forum  
archives for relevant topics for numerous ideas and patches.

A couple other suggestions:

1) Work through and run the MSP tutorials, particularly those dealing  
with processing (#25-31)
2) Look up all the objects in these tutorials in the MSP reference  
manual to get familiar with how they work and how to use them
3) Build a few simple processors of your own that you can save as  
abstractions and use in other patches
4) Have a look at maxobjects.com for a plethora of processing objects  
& abstractions
5) Look at the vst/au implementations within MaxMSP (check the  
reference manual) to use processing plugins directly within MaxMSP

Good luck, and have fun.

Steven

On Dec 11, 2007, at 7:48 AM, CC wrote:

>
> Hi,
> I want to add different effects such as reverberation or chorus to  
> my wav files. Is there any effects units in max msp or can anyone  
> suggest an object that might be involved so I can look at the help  
> files.
>
> Many thanks,
> Carl
>

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