Building an Additive Oscillator in Max/MSP

In this video, I go through how to build an additive oscillator in Max/MSP, specifically with the mc.gen~ tool. I wanted to share this patch because I thought it was a very elegant solution to an additive oscillator and is a very nice way to play around with additive synthesis. It is also useful for anyone who wants a simple additive oscillator with a GUI slider for easily controlling harmonic amplitudes.

[@marzbitenhaussen]

beautiful

[@axersfall369]

But I still prefer mc.targetlist @listmode 1 @chans 32 when you do the multislider process.maybe you should check that one out.if you want some "fade-in,fade-out" on your harmonics,mc.slide~ also a good object.

[@benjaminward9042]

Oh interesting. I haven't used that before but I'll definitely try it out. Already sounds cleaner than my method. Thanks for the tip!

[@thomaskoner1287]

thank you very good

[@marzbitenhaussen]

when I type setvaue max says: "no such object" sorry learning level here

[@benjaminward9042]

No worries! That would be because “setvalue” is not an object but a message. It should be placed in a message box (probably with a $1 so incoming values replace that value). Another option would be to use the “prepend” object with argument “setvalue”. That would put the message “setvalue” in front of the incoming values. I don’t remember the exact context I used it in this video, but hopefully that helps.

[@marzbitenhaussen]

thank you