Hi, like the title says, I'm trying to connect the oscillator to midi and can't find any way to do it, anyone knows how?

How about this?

I use plugdata so it might be different but the note doesn't turn off.
midi triggers it but then it just stays on
edit: cool sounds btw !

@Konked2 said:

I use plugdata so it might be different but the note doesn't turn off.

PlugData should be the same. Now, if you use it, are you aware of its built in MERDA modules? It's much more versatile and has extra functionalitites like polyphony.

I forgot to add a division object there. The patch should be as follows:

[notein]
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[/ 127]
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[sig~]
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[automatonism_module~]

The pitch input in Automatonism takes values between 0 and 1 and multiplies them internally by 127 before sending them to [mtof].

@porres no, tried googling it, didn't find anything. actually I need polyphony. do you know/have some kind of guide or tutorial for them?

@alexandros said:

The pitch input in Automatonism takes values between 0 and 1 and multiplies them internally by 127 before sending them to [mtof].

I suspected that raw MIDI input was "funny", from what I remembered. On the other hand my modules do take direct MIDI pitch input. I think automatonism and BEAP in Max made a bad decision in taking the modular purism so seriously trying to enforce a CV control logic into Pd and Max. I took a different approach, trying to get the best of both worlds and not pretend that Pd is a virtual synth like VCV instead of what it is.

@Konked2 said:

@porres no, tried googling it, didn't find anything.

It's natively included in PlugData and can be included from the left palete ("generators", "filters". "effects" and "extra").

It's also part of the ELSE library in Vanilla, it's called "MERDA"

@porres oh, I managed to use the insturments, but not the oscillators.
again, I'm wondering if i'll ever be able to use such things, as I understand they are quite basic in music making

unlike automatonism, if you open the help patch, you'll find a working example that should get you started at least in making noise! See also [pd about.merda] for more.

Screenshot 2025-08-04 at 10.26.11.png

let me know if you still run into trouble

the screenshot didn't go... it's the help file of VCO

let me try again

I see help files render better in Vanilla I don't use plugdata really and it has issues when opening patches that are alligned with vanilla

thanks for the help but the thing is, rather than making noise, I'm trying to understand how to route midi notes > osc so that the notes have their fun little on and off thingie

But the example also shows that! That is what the keyboard gui sends, midi notes

oh thanks mate.
ok seems to be workig