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Class   FFT
   
Name  

max

   
Examples  
// Example by Krister Olsson

import krister.Ess.*;

AudioChannel myChannel;
FFT myFFT;

void setup() {
  size(256,200);

  // start up Ess
  Ess.start(this);

  // load "cell.aif" into a new AudioChannel
  myChannel=new AudioChannel("cell.aif");

  // we want 256 frequency bands, so we pass 512
  myFFT=new FFT(512);
  
  // normalize our spectrum data
  myFFT.limits();

  // start the sound looping forever
  myChannel.play(Ess.FOREVER);
  
  noStroke();
}

void draw() {
  background(0,0,255);

  // get our spectrum
  myFFT.getSpectrum(myChannel);

  // draw the value used to normalize our spectrum. .005 is 
  // the default minimum limit, .05 is the default max limit
  fill(127,127,255);
  float percent=185-max(0,(myFFT.max-.005)/(.05-.005))*185;
  
  rect(0,percent+.5,256,height-percent+.5);

  // draw our frequency bars
  for (int i=0; i<256; i++) {
    fill(255);
    float temp=max(0,185-myFFT.spectrum[i]*185);
    rect(i,temp+.5,1,height-temp+.5);
  }
}

// we are done, clean up Ess

public void stop() {
  Ess.stop();
  super.stop();
}


Description   The value used to normalize spectrum data, provided normalization has been turned on with the method limits(). This value is read-only, and always between the minimum and maximum values specified when limits() was called
   
Syntax  
channel.max
   
Parameters  
fft   any instance of FFT

   
Usage   Web & Application
   
 
 






   
 
Updated: Tue May 31 04:52:42 PDT 2006


 
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