Interacting with MAX/PureData¶

When embedded in MAX, the systems appears as an antescofo~ object that can be used in a patch. This object presents a fixed interface through its inlets and outlets¹.

Inlets¶

The main inlet is dedicated to the audio input. Antescofo’s default observation mode is “audio” and based on pitch and can handle multiple pitch scores (and audio). But it is also capable of handling other inputs, such as control messages and user-defined audio features. To tell Antescofo what to follow, you need to define the type of input during object instantiation, after the operator @inlets. The following hardcoded input types are recognized:

• KL is the (default) audio observation module based on (multiple) pitch.

• HZ refers to raw pitch input as control messages in the inlet (e.g. using fiddle\~ or yin\~ objects).

• MIDI denotes to midi inputs.

You can also define your own inlets: by putting any other name after the @inlets operator you are telling Antescofo that this inlet is accepting a LIST. By naming this inlet later in your score you can assign Antescofo to use the right inlet, using the @inlet to switch the input stream.

Outlets¶

By default, there are three Antescofo’s outlets:

• Main outlet (for note index and messages),

• tempo (BPM / Float),

• score label (symbol) plus an additional BANG sent each time a new score is loaded.

Additional (predefined) outlets can be activated by naming them after the @outlets operator. The following codenames are recognized :

• ANTEIOI Anticipated IOI duration in ms and in runtime relative to detected tempo

• BEATNUM Cumulative score position in beats

• CERTAINTY Antescofo’s live certainty during detections [0,1]

• ENDBANG Bang when the last (non-silence) event in the score is detected

• MIDIOUT

• MISSED

• NOTENUM MIDI pitch number or sequenced list for trills/chords

• SCORETEMPO Current tempo in the original score (BPM)

• TDIST

• TRACE

• VELOCITY

Predefined Messages¶

The Antescofo object accepts predefined message sent to antescofo-mess1. These messages correspond to the internal commands described in section internal command.

The setvar command¶

See section setvar in the Reference Manual.

Sending and Receiving OSC messages¶

See section OSC message in the Reference Manual.