I’d love to try your software, but on my OS X 10.5, I get the following exception and the window stays white and no key command (except CMD-Q) works:

05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] Exception in thread “Animation Thread” java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /Applications/Tiction.app/Contents/Resources/Java/libjogl_awt.jnilib:
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1822)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1739)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:822)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:993)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.NativeLibLoader.loadLibraryInternal(NativeLibLoader.java:189)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.NativeLibLoader.access$000(NativeLibLoader.java:49)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.NativeLibLoader$DefaultAction.loadLibrary(NativeLibLoader.java:80)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.NativeLibLoader.loadLibrary(NativeLibLoader.java:103)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.NativeLibLoader.access$200(NativeLibLoader.java:49)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.NativeLibLoader$2.run(NativeLibLoader.java:132)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.NativeLibLoader.loadAWTImpl(NativeLibLoader.java:118)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.JAWT.getJAWT(JAWT.java:91)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.macosx.MacOSXOnscreenGLDrawable.lockSurface(MacOSXOnscreenGLDrawable.java:144)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.macosx.MacOSXOnscreenGLContext.makeCurrentImpl(MacOSXOnscreenGLContext.java:57)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at com.sun.opengl.impl.GLContextImpl.makeCurrent(GLContextImpl.java:134)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at processing.opengl.PGraphicsOpenGL.detainContext(PGraphicsOpenGL.java:224)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at processing.opengl.PGraphicsOpenGL.beginDraw(PGraphicsOpenGL.java:269)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at processing.core.PApplet.handleDraw(PApplet.java:1365)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at processing.core.PApplet.run(PApplet.java:1300)
05.02.09 15:45:23 [0x0-0x44044].Tiction[545] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)

Any idea what’s wrong with my setup?

Absolutely – you can set up a notein object that listens to whatever channels Tiction is using. You can then route that data to anything – continuous controller messages to effects parameters, for example. The tricky part is routing MIDI from Tiction into Max/MSP – if you’re using a Mac, set up an IAC bus (described on the Tiction page), or if you’re using Windows, there are a number of free/shareware apps that will let you send MIDI from one program to another.

Real soon now Tiction will send OSC messages as well as MIDI, so you’ll be able to use that too.

Enjoy!