unity-max-msp-audio

This will be a Max external which sends audio to Unity AudioSource(s) for spatialized generative audio.

Very early planning stages

Unity Native Audio Plugin

Max Devkit

Max SDK (deprecated?)

• in Max, [UnityAudioSend audioSourceId] object
• in Unity, MaxAudioReceiver component
  • implements AudioSource
  • takes audioSourceId to receive individual audio stream from max
• communication
  • https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/doc/html/interprocess.html
  • https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_68_0/doc/html/circular_buffer.html

Demo Goal - dynamic instantiation/destruction of generative audio objects

• Unity sends OSC message at instantiation of Gameobject with MaxAudioReceiver component
  • some type indicating what instrument/patch to instantiate in Max
  • some uniqueId to send/receive messages about the state of this shared object
  • send an OSC message to destroy the object
• Max recieves OSC
  • dynamically instantiates patch connected to [UnityAudioSend uniqueId]
  • subsequent OSC messages are routed to this instance based on uniqueId
  • destroys the patch when receiving OSC message to destroy