Source?

[soundcyst]

Since nothing's mentioned on the site, I'm assuming that this is all closed source?

No firmware or hackery fun to be had?

[jeff_snyder]

Source code for the Max/MSP object is available by request. As for the firmware, it wouldn't be very easy for the user to mess with, since it's running on tiny surface-mount microcontrollers. I've tried to break out all the the data the device is getting, so there aren't any real fancy black-box things happening in the firmware -- all that happens in the host computer software, where you can change it if you want.

So, the hardware is definitely not open-source, simply because it's not really possible to make one without some hi-tech industrial machinery. The software isn't really open-source in the traditional sense, because I don't have a structure set-up that lets the users submit changes into a repository or something, but it is available for you to mess with. If you know C and have made a Max object before, you can make your own version of the manta~ object, using our object as a starting point (it's relatively clear and commented). I can imagine some interesting things could come out of that.

One other thing - Angie Hugeback and I have a patent pending for the attack velocity detection technique we're using in the manta. The results of our algorithm are there in the .c code for the MSP object, and you can use them for anything you make for your own personal use, but you can't develop a commercial product with that idea.

(05-30-2009 08:18 AM)soundcyst Wrote:  Since nothing's mentioned on the site, I'm assuming that this is all closed source?

No firmware or hackery fun to be had?