New to Max

[cappy2112]

After hearing about Max for years, I've decided to look into it.
I've just watched the demo video on the website and it looks very interesting.

In a way, it reminds me of Labview, but with more artistic capabilities.

While I do like to program, it seems like a lot of trouble to go to for sound generation & manipulation.

What do some of you do with Max?

thanks

[fatpie]

Hello again,

I use it for granular synthesis, building synthesizers, drum machines, guitar effects, vocal manipulation and some other things I can't remember.

Other people use it for creating video effects triggered by sensors and stuff.
Lots of people seem to use wii or guitar hero controllers for some reason like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP62_QKMYaI

Also, these guys have some great Max tutorials

http://www.youtube.com/dude837
http://www.youtube.com/user/JoelisRich
http://www.youtube.com/user/baztutorials

[EdisonRex]

I use it as a utility a lot. Things like processing MIDI, routing to more than one channel/hose/port, sequencing, etc.

And I've written some pieces using Max and MSP. Some cyclic drones for example.

I use it with my AudioCubes. They have an OSC server which Max can parse.

It makes a dandy audio processor too.

Don't get too hung up on how many things Max can do, or how many functions there are. A lot of my Max stuff is pretty simple.

Go through the tutorials though. This is very important.

[cappy2112]

[cappy2112]

[cbm]

I do almost everything in Max/MSP. I have a page describing Gyre, my main sequencer thingy, here: http://www.xfade.com/Gyre/

As part of the Max community, have a page of programs: http://www.xfade.com/max/

and a page of examples of various techniques: http://www.xfade.com/max/examples/

[cappy2112]