Audio and loudspeakers setup

Midi setup

Each musician has a footswitch pedal to trigger sound and effects. These pedals should be connected to a MIDI converter in order to send  controller messages on 4 different midi-channels.

Software installation

Copy the folder on your Mac

Start Max 4.6.3

Setup the max file preferences to :

• quatuor1-max/lib
• quatuor1-max/Soundfiles
• QuatuorSampleBanks/machFive
• QuatuorSampleBanks/Soundfonts

Initialization routine

Open the quatuor2.25 patch with max/MSP 4.6.3.
Set the DSP status :

Clic on “load hereNotThereBuffers-MONO” to load the soundfiles.
Turn the dsp on.

Patch presentation

Performance notes

All the electronic event names correspond to the bar number and is precisely written in the score.
During performance, you can use the following computer keyboard shortcuts :

• left arrow : previous event
• right arrow : next event
• 1,2,3,4 : vl1,Vl2,Alto and cello pedal

Check the midi pedals

Check each midi pedal, you can adjust their channels and polarities in the patcher pedals.

Pedal follower

 To understand how the pedal follower works :

• open “p PedalsScore”
• clic on the topleft bang to write the “score” ...