Hi Georg (in english so that anybody can listen),
no, I'm not using any Macs or Max anymore but the markov object got ported to powerpc by Richard Dudas in the late nineties. I can send you a copy. It shouldn't be a big deal to get it translated to Max OsX, but I don't have any machine at hand. Maybe you can ask someone to adopt it? I can send you the sources of the powerpc code.
Or someone ports it to flext. Than it could get translated to both environments. People should first check whether it's worth the effort.
-- Orm
Am 10. Dezember 2004, 23:12 Uhr (+0100) schrieb Georg Bosch:
Hello,
I saw your post lurking on the pd list and could not let this chance pass by:
I was using your 'old' markov object not to long ago for some computer generated text installation with great sucess, and am pretty exited to see it is still/again developed. However, I use MaxMSP, and 68k hardware really has its limitations. As to my knowledge there is no other Markov object for Max on OSX except the firt-order-only anal/probe, I wonder if there is a chance to see the object beeing ported to Xmax at any point?
Lacking any kind of programming skills that go beyond connecting boxes with patchcords and not knowing if you are still using Max, I am not sure what I ask here, just FYI, there is interest;)
In any case, thanks a lot for this wonderful object!
best, georg
(dem gerade auffällt, daß er das wohl auch auf Deutsch hätte schreiben können)
Hi Orm, hi list,
no, I'm not using any Macs or Max anymore but the markov object got ported to powerpc by Richard Dudas in the late nineties. I can send you a copy. It shouldn't be a big deal to get it translated to Max OsX, but I don't have any machine at hand. Maybe you can ask someone to adopt it? I can send you the sources of the powerpc code.
I wasn't aware of a powerpc port of your object, but I can't boot into os9 anymore on my ibook and i don't have any c programmers at hand ... however, as you mentioned Richard Dudas, I re-tried using his mchain abstaction (from ircam ftp) yesterday. I didn't have much luck the first time, and as I looked inside the patch to find the error I didn't understand much; turns out it was my mistake, and I don't need to know whats going on inside ;)
So I got my markov chains running with Xmax now, anyway if someone is porting the markov object to max I'd still be pleased to know.
best, g.