BAIN MUSC 336
Introduction to Computer Music
Learning Max (Basics)
- What is Max?
Max is a graphical programming
environment for music and media
- Max Wikipedia article {WP}
- Cycling '74
- Videos:
- Take a Quick Tour of Max 6 (2011) {YouTube}
(4:55)
- Welcome to Max 8 (2018) {YouTube}
(2:41)
- Max 8 Features {C74}
- What's new in Max 8 (See Help
> Max Tour)
MC, MIDI and Key mapping, Node for Max, Patching Improvements, and
Vizzie 2
- Developed by:
- Video: David
Zicarelli {YouTube}
(Wright 2017) (2:24)
- What can you make with Max?
- Cycling '74 Perspectives:
- Videos:
- Robert Henke (a.k.a. Monolake), computer music artist (2009) {YouTube}
(3:31) -*
- Angela Lorenz, graphic designer (2006) {YouTube}
(2:13)
- Laetitia Sonami (2006) {YouTube}
(2:25)
- Elise Baldwin, intermedia artist (2010) {YouTube}
(3:32)
- See also:
- Interviews {C74}
- Made with Max {C74}
- Max Projects {C74}
- Download Max
- Download Max {C74} –
Max is free for 30 days
- See also: Max purchase options {C74}
- Program of Study
- Reading
- Cycling '74, Max Getting Started, v4.5, p. 3, pp. 9-13,
17-19 & 28-31 (pdf)
- Overviews
- Max 8 Interface (pdf)
- Max Programming Basics (pdf)
- Programming Examples
- Documentation & Tutorials
- Max 8 Documentation {C74}
- See also: Topics, Tutorials, Guides and Object Reference Pages {C74}
- Max 8 Tutorials
- Max {C74}
- MSP {C74}
– The audio component of Max
- Jitter {C74}
– The video component of Max
C74 - Cycling '74, https://cycling74.com
Tutorial Videos
- Cycling '74 Tutorial Videos {C74}
- John Reed, Max 8 Tutorials {YouTube
Playlist}
Other Tutorials
Cycling '74, Getting Started with Max
Resources {
C74}
Programming
See Winkler 1998, Manzo
2016, and Wright 2017
See also: Christopher Dobrian (UC Irvine)
Related Applications
- Ableton Live {Ableton}
- Max for Live (M4L) {Ableton;
C74}
- MIRA iPad App {C74}
- Video: Introducing
Mira for the iPad {YouTube}
(1:16)
What's Next?
Online Course
Matt Wright (Stanford University), Programming Max: Structuring
Interactive Software for Digital Arts (Max 7) {Kadenza}
References
Manzo, V.J. 2016.
Max/MSP/Jitter for
Music: A Practical Guide to Developing Interactive Music Systems for
Education and More, 2nd ed. New York, Oxford. {
GB;
Full text:
Ebook
Central;
Companion
Website |
EAMIR}
Winkler, Todd. 2001/1998. Composing
Interactive Music: Techniques and Ideas Using Max. Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press. {GB;
Full text: PASCAL}
Wright, Matt. 2017. Programming Max:
Structuring Interactive Software for Digital Arts. Valencia, CA:
Kadenze. Available online at: <https://www.kadenze.com/courses/programming-max-structuring-interactive-software-for-digital-arts/info>.