Description
Let's create some two-voice counterpoint! The counter object may be configured in a wide variety of ways. For example, if we provide it with the following three optional arguments, Max interprets them as:- Argument 1: Direction of the count, where 0
means count up, 1 means count down, and 2 means
count up, then down.
- Argument 2: Minimum count
- Argument 3: Maximum count
Musically speaking, we have two voices in the patcher
above. Voice 1 is counting up from 60 (C4) to 108
(C8). Voice 2 is counting down from 108 to 60. So our
musical pitch space is a four octave chromatic
scale.
Exploration
In the patcher above, the two metro objects
are set to same rate; i.e., 100 ms., or 10 bangs per
second. Take a moment to explore rhythmic
proportions other than 100/100 (1/1). For
example, you could try: 200:100 (2/1), 300:200 (3/2),
500/400 (5/4), 141:100 (√2); 314:100 (pi),
162:100 (phi),
etc. Have fun experimenting with different rhythmic
proportions and starting and ending pitches!
Objects
Updated: 9/23/25