The DGMD (Dataset Generator for Musical Devices) is a collection of MAX patches and JavaScript files for the generation of datasets from hardware and software and musical devices.
There are two version of the DGMD:
- for Audio Effects
- for Sound Synthesizers
The folder Utilities contains a project for the electromechanical control of manual parameters via MIDI CC.
The DGMD is cross-platform and implemented in Cyclyng'74 Max and Javascript.
To run the DGMD, open the .maxpat file in the respective subfolder or download the standalone applications for Windows or Max OSX from the releases section.
DGMD Copyright (C) 2025 Stefano Fasciani, Aleksander Tidemann, Riccardo Simionato, University of Oslo.
Short presentations and video tutorials on how to use the DGMG are available for the audio effects version and for the sound synthesizers version.
If you use the DGMD or any part of it in any system or publication, please acknowledge its authors by adding a reference to these publications:
@inproceedings{fasciani_dgmd_2024,
author = {Fasciani, Stefano and Simionato, Riccardo and Tidemann, Aleksander},
title = {A Universal Tool for Generating Datasets from Audio Effects},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 21st Sound and Music Computing Conference},
year = {2024},
address = {Porto, Portugal},
}
@inproceedings{fasciani_dgmd_2025,
author = {Fasciani, Stefano},
title = {A Universal Tool for Generating Datasets from Sound Synthesizers},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 22nd Sound and Music Computing Conference},
year = {2025},
address = {Graz, Austria},
}
Direct links to publications: audio effects version - sound synthesizer version
Audio Effects Version
Sound Synthesizers Version
