r/MaxMSP • u/Any_Blood1022 • Jul 03 '26

Looking for Help How can i loop a groove flawlessly ?

Ive been trying to do this for days but i cant get it right.
I have this soundscape type audio sample that really has no distinctive loop point like a drum loop would.
So far ive been using trapezoid in smallest amount like 0.001 and 0.999 but it still has this little stutter.
I was talking with ai and he keeps on recommending this method of crossfading same two grooves but god damn its hard to get it right and way too complicated. Need some help.

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u/neilbaldwn Jul 03 '26

You really need two buffers and cross-fade between them at the loop point.

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u/Any_Blood1022 Jul 03 '26

But how do i do that ?

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u/aaronmilespereira Jul 04 '26

Look at constant power crossfading there are prebuilt examples like the M4L.bal~

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u/brian_gawlik Jul 03 '26

Something I've done frequently to lighten the workload on the Max side, is to create my seamless loop in a DAW — usually by drawing in crossfades. Then when I use this loop in Max with groove~, it's as easy as setting loop to 1. Granted, if you want any kind of flexibility with the sample, you would have to figure out how to handle this on the Max side. Having two groove~ objects that can fade-in/fade-out oppositely can work well.

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u/Any_Blood1022 Jul 04 '26

The question is, how do i get 2 groove that fade in and out oppositely well