Month: November 2013

modern user Interface design:

Max For Live – part 2

notes

• where are M4L patches saved by default? <home>/Music/Ableton/UserLibrary/Presets/MidiEffects/MaxMidiEffect/xyz.amxd
• file dependencies, distributing your patch http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/where-to-best-put-your-m4l-files-dependencies/
• algorithmic composition
• control surfaces – next week?

patches

• chord2.amxd – a generative midi effect
• gizmo-mod-example.amxd – (a Max help file made into an audio effect)

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links

• Eric Ameres Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/learnMax
• The Live object model: http://cycling74.com/docs/max5/refpages/m4l

Max patches

• Basic Max For Live audio effect
• M4L instrument
• adapting a help file
• Live packs (Max for Live essentials from Cycling74)

Assignment – generative music

Design a patch that composes music

Next monday I will be meeting with all of you individually. Its a great opportunity to ask questions about anything – or get help with projects, ideas, etc.,

David Zicarelli from Cycling74

Notes:

– Music is technology independent.

– Technology has a sound.

Music exists on a continuum from predicability to unpredicability

• David on Miller Puckette: He programmed with a bottle of Scotch (a chemical version of Occam’s razor?) His code also featured swear words as variable names. And allegedly he did not always wear pants while working
• One of Cycling74’s goals was simply to make Max into a commercial product.
• I was rejected from every graduate  school music program that I applied to.
• The Internet provides an equivalent way for introverts to seek out extroverted people.
• I do wear pants when I’m working.
• The “jumping Rhoomba” – [When you don’t understand how to program something you can get interesting results].
• The world has the same properties as a musical instrument.
• Nobody cares about technology – just the outcome.
• Computers were designed for office work.
• David Rokeby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rokeby Using cameras as controllers to make sound. (specularity)
• For example, Autotune technology has a sound.

Assignment:

Make music based on the two concepts:

• music is technology independent
• technology has a sound

Max For Live

• Max For Live gives you the ability to tweak almost any aspect of Ableton Live. Its equivalent to working under the hood of a car.

examples

• chord.amxd
• tempo-test.amxd

References

• The Live object model: http://cycling74.com/docs/max5/refpages/m4l-ref/m4l_live_object_model.html
• Max For Live video tutorials from Cycling74: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvWN3zJY2ko&list=PLasl9I6VeCCqILUcjNv_TQmdPatD01jPb
• Loudon Stearns – Max For Live API basics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qAQ2ThQFow
• Andrew Benson’s list of Max For Live tutorials: http://cycling74.com/2012/10/30/pushing-the-edit-button/

Assignment: synopsis

Write a very short composition or sound logo based on a synopsis of a movie, tv show, or product in City Shopper* – For example:

• “A sheriff and deputy try to rid their town of thugs”
• “An evil doll and its mate seek human form”
• “Stewie looks into his future”
• “National Aviation Academy: training aviation professionals since 1932”