The next thing i wanted to experiment on Max was how to control Quicktime Movies using the midi input. Because of my previous experiments with Midi controlled visuals controlling a quick time movie wasn’t as hard to do. I started of by using the Midi Keyboard to in put a signal to Max/MSP and using the previous “notein” object i use in the previous experiment i was able to pick out separate signals that each key gives off. This in turn allowed me to pick each key to trigger a Movie to start. I did this using an object called “select” and connected it to the note number. Now whenever i played a note it would send that signal to the “select” object and that would output the right signal as a “bang” to the correct Movie File.
I had a few problems connected the Movies to an externally displayed window because of the output signals of the “lcd” screen i was using. In the end i decided to bypass the “lcd” screen altogether and just go directly to the external display window.





















