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Bouncing Ball

by aminoplacid

Modeled the effect of a bouncing ball. Parameters for Initi...

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Type
MIDI Effect
Author
aminoplacid
Version
1.0
License
AttributionShareAlike
Live version
8.1
Downloads
12,053
Updated
2009-11-29

Bouncing Ball is a MIDI Effect for Ableton Live by aminoplacid, distributed as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. It targets Live 8.1. On maxforlive.com it has 12,053 downloads. First published 2009-11-15, last updated 2009-11-29. 12 user comments below.

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Description

Modeled the effect of a bouncing ball. Parameters for Initial Velocity, Gravity and Coefficient of Restitution. Uses the given MIDI note and velocity.

The original patch came from a Max patch developed by Bryan Dodson. It was found on the Cycling74 forums. Inspiration also came from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt6RVrmvh-o

Following versions to (hopefully) be polyphonic and to interact more with the Live transport (to stop the bounce sequence when the transport stops).

Please also give Bryan Dodson credit too if you use this device for you own purposes.

Comments (12)

  • fakegolfer · December 06 2009
    This device make my CPU usage go nuts! 102% on a quad-core nehalem 2.93...
    But it would be nice to push it further, using some physical behaviors to control parameters, as on the Lemur.
    Good idea and thanks for sharing.
  • jammcc · February 23 2010
    looks great ,but doesnt seem to want to send midi data out in live 8.1, even though i can see midi data meter on right of plugin flashing.any help would be appreciated if i've just missed something simple.
    thanks for the build.
  • jammcc · March 11 2010
    Works Great know,i put file in wrong folder.Nice tool ,simple to use and interesting results.
    thanks aminoplacid
  • menno · April 05 2010
    It works great for a while, but then my cpu went crazy as well. Besides that, great device:)
  • yurki · July 20 2011
    very nice ! this in polyphonic would be great, any plans for updates?
  • yurki · July 20 2011
    woops, nevermind...didn't read....
  • FineCutBodies · February 08 2012
    nice one man, but had to add "@duration 100" to the makenote object to get it work... not sure if that's the good solution but worked for me, otherwise the synth behind didnt give out a sound...
  • FineCutBodies · February 11 2012
    nevermind, my mistake :) work perfect...
  • Semipro · May 19 2012
    how do you made it work FineCutBodies? i can't manage to have any sound out of the synth behind.
  • FineCutBodies · May 21 2012
    open the device and check the length of the generated note... maybe try there a longer note...
  • bnovak32 · June 18 2012
    Really interesting and fun too. Thanks for creating. Is there any way to expand the window or way to make the bouncing ball full-screen if one wanted to project the image, etc?
  • Mustafadiaa001 · January 25 2026
    very good
    https://thenativewalkers.net/

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