Description

Please see this video for a demonstration of the device:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-ARM9y3Xmw

Puck is a Max MIDI Device that allows you to use one note to output multiple notes that are currently being played on the device's track. The basic idea behind the device is to be able to play chords using one note.

The first parameter is the Trigger Note. This allows you to select the note that is used to trigger currently held notes. By default this is set to C-1. This is quite a low note that you're unlikely to use when playing or creating chords. The 'P' square will be highlighted green when the trigger note is being held.

The second parameter Velocity Percent, which allows you to specify how much the Trigger Note's velocity will affect the output notes. When set to 0%, Puck outputs the velocities of the held notes, and at 100% the notes will be scaled to a range of 0 to 1.5 times the original note's velocity.

There's also a small green button in the bottom right hand corner which will send note off messages for any stuck notes. In practice I haven't found there to be any problems with stuck notes, however it's possible to turn the device off in between a note on and note off message which may cause this.

The device uses the [mxj] object, so if you don't have Java installed it will not work.