If you’re tired of the rather dull, formal look of number boxes in  
Max/MSP, and want a classic, 1960’s retro styling, you can now have  
it, courtesy of some jsui programming and the resources of Mike  
Harrison’s “Electric Stuff” site (http://www.electricstuff.co.uk); we  
bring you Nixie tube numericals for your Max patchers, without all  
that messing around with fragile glass and high voltages.

Screen shot, information and download at:

http://www.loadbang.net/space/Software/Nixies

The demo patcher includes your very own Nixie tube clock, yours to  
keep, absolutely free.

   nick rothwell — composition, systems, performance — http://
www.cassiel.com

Hello,

I released b8 of the ToolBox a couple of weeks ago but did not make an announcement because I was going on vacation.

The main new feature is that you can now connect multiple outlets of a single object to multiple inlets of a single object.  This has been one of the most requested feature.  The way JS is implemented in Max, I cannot know how many inlets of outlets an object has, for this reason, before doing the connection, the user will need to input the number of connections to make.  For sake of simplicity this feature has been coupled with the connect cascade (C) feature.  Before pressing C, you can now press the “n” key followed by the number connections you want to make.  This works the same as the “o” and “i” keys to choose which inlet or outlet to connect.  In the ToolBox window you can now see the “i”, “o”, and “n” values at the bottom.  Not that since this works with the connect cascade feature, you can connect multiple outlets/inlets a column of objects also.

Please use this thread if you have any questions concerning this feature.

Thanks,

Nat

Hello,

If you have access to a Mac OSX machine (non Core Duo) you might be interested in a new Audio Application i have just made with Max/MSP.

It’s called Forester and with it you can create compositions and re-mixes by threading your way through a dense forest. Sound weird? Yep it does, but it’s fun and sounds nice too. You can use audio from a CD or files from your hard-drive.

You can download it for free from: http://www.leafcutterjohn.com & follow the link from the news page.

I’m hoping some kind soul will help me compile a PC version of this – any takers?

Have fun! And if you enjoy it please spread the word.

John x.
—
http://www.leafcutterjohn.com

“The Forest And The Sea”
Out on Staubgold Records
June 6th (US) 12th (Rest of the world)
Staubgold 68 CD/LP