starting Max

1. download and install Max = https://cycling74.com/downloads​

   • I'll give you a code so you don't have to pay for it (Baylor has a number of licenses)

2. check out the many resources that help you learn Max = https://cycling74.com/get-started​

   • my favorite short series is "Did You Know? (2.0)" = https://cycling74.com/tutorials/video-series-did-you-know-series-2​

   • my favorite intro to Max is = http://darwingrosse.com/20Objects/​

3. in Max:

   • start by finding the "MSP Sampling Tutorial 1: Recording and Playback" by going to Help > Reference ... then looking for MSP tutorials

   • also check out "MSP Sampling Tutorial 3: Playback with Loops" which will explain the groove~ object

Listening/Watching Homework

• Watch An Interview with Sarah Belle Reid​

• Watch and follow the score to Elainie Lillios' composition Veiled Resonance. Part 1 of 3

  • ​video​

  • ​score​

• Listen to and follow the score (download) to Steven Snowden's Shovelhead

  • ​embedded audio and downloadable perusal score​

Let's do more!

• play sound

  • playlist (simply dragging and dropping one or more audio files into the patch)

  • play~

    • dac~

    • gain~

  • record~

    • adc~

    • meter~

  • buffer~

  • key

  • keyup

• math

• abstractions

• max arguments

• line~

  • One very important learning outcome is to understand how to use the line~ object, so you must include that object in your patch. It is a difficult object to understand completely, so I suggest you check out Darwin Grosse's tutorial = http://darwingrosse.com/20Objects/lesson15.html

• great "random" objects:

  • random (seed)

  • urn

  • urn-jb

  • drunk