4 sessions for $200
Tuesdays: March 16, 23, 30, & April 6, 2010 from 7 to 9 pm
Class size is limited to 10 people, so call 415-554-1977 to reserve your space early.
This is a workshop for users of Live who want to dig deeper into Max for Live. The ideal participant is comfortable with Live but has little or no experience with Max or M4L. Max/MSP/Jitter is a graphical programming environment for music, audio and multimedia that has been used worldwide for over fifteen years by performers, composers, artists, teachers, and students.
After completing this course, students will be able to make new M4L devices that process sound and midi in response to real-time control and/or simple algorithmic processes. Graduates of this course will also have the skills to read and understand larger M4L devises and the foundation for exploring more advanced features cir tutorials, help patches and online documentation.
Day 1: Introduction
- What comes with M4L? (A quick tour of useful devices and building blocks.)
- Getting started with Max
- navigating the patcher window
- messages and objects
- getting help
- data types
- file paths
Day 2: MIDI devices and instruments
- Interfacing with controllers via MIDI and OSC
- Managing lists of data: storing, retrieving, and manipulating
- Timing
Day 3: Audio processing
- MSP: how audio works in Max
- Sampling and manipulating samples
- Building audio effects (chorus, flange, reverb, etc.) from scratch
- Classic synthesis
Day 4: Advanced topics
- Live.API: The inner workings of your live set are exposed to Max via this group of objects and methods.
- Video: Using Jitter to add video to your Live world
- Third Party objects: An overview of some where to find programming and inspiration from the Max User community.
