Hello happy testers!
Here is a link to the new Modalys beta.
The main feature of the 3.6 version is definitely the new controller mlys.lua (in Max environment).
It is aimed at replacing the old mlys.expression controller, which has shown to be impossible to maintain nor to scale…
Besides mlys.lua provides as much (at least) flexibility as the lisp environment, but with lua (a somewhat more “universal” programming language…) and with just-in-time ability, meaning that each mlys.lua script is compiled on-the-fly with execution speed very close to C.
See the Max examples tagged “lua” for further details.
Below are the recent changes in modalys 3.6.
Enjoy!
Robert
3.6.0.b7:
Modalys for Max
- mlys.lua:
- “mlys” alias namespace created. So instead of “modalys.freq_to_midi”, you may write the more compliant “mlys.freq_to_midi”
- aliases added to functions, to match legacy namings: modalys <-> mlys, make_object <-> create_object,
- make_connection <-> create_connection, make_mesh <-> create_mesh, make_point_output <-> create_point_output, extend_mesh <-> create_mesh
3.6.0.b6:
Modalys for Max
- a long-standing request: modifying an attribute in mlys.expression (and now mlys.lua) doesn’t erase the script content anymore!
- mlys.lua:
- improved stability.
- modalys.release now accepts any series of item references. For instance modalys.release(mystring,mymesh,ctrl1)
- new function modalys.compute_modes(–object reference–)
- new function get_pitched_finite_element_object(–parameters–). Parameters are: “mesh”, “name”, “block” (a mesh that describes the fixed nodes), “midinote” or “frequency”, “modes” (amount), “thickness” (for 2D mesh), “density”, “young”, “poisson”, “constloss”, “freqloss”.
- new function modalys.freeze_object(–object reference–) For now, it is only for actual objects (strings, tubes etc.) but the plan is to extend it to access and controllers.
- new function modalys.get_mesh(–object reference–) to get the mesh reference of a given 3D-based object.
- new objects implemented in create_object (more to come…)
- new connections implemented in create_connection (more to come…)
3.6.0.b4:
Modalys for Max
- mlys.lua
- new function modalys.midi_to_freq(–midi note–)
- new function modalys.freq_to_midi(–freq–)
- new function normalised_random()
- new function modalys.create_access(–parameters–). Parameters are: “kind” (normal, trans0 etc.), “where” (object ref), “name”, “location”/“position” (can 1- or 2-dimensional, or a node etc.)
- new function modalys.create_point_output(–parameters–)
- new function modalys.create_object(–parameters–)
- new function modalys.create_connection(–parameters–)
- new function modalys.create_mesh(–parameters–)
- new function modalys.extend_mesh(–parameters–)
- new function modalys.transform_mesh(–parameters–)
- new function modalys.save_mesh(–parameters–). Parameters are: “mesh”, and “path” (can be relative).
- new function modalys.create_connection(–parameters–)