Max/Msp 5

Looks nice, sounds nice, but i will wait for information about that cooperation between cycling74 and ableton live...

"The first thing you might notice about Max 5 is the new look of the objects. We've redecorated with a new appearance to ensure you can immediately identify the basic elements of a patch. It doesn't try to be photorealistic, primarily because the interface scales so you can look at a patch at any resolution. That includes zooming out as well as zooming in."
"Moreover, we've created a new system of default colors. The system allows you to change the colors of objects that haven't been set to any particular special color value. This means that you can change all the colors to a new appearance, but you don't have to force those colors on anyone else who might look at your patch. Similarly, someone else's color scheme won't be imposed on you when you open their patches. One reason we implemented this system was to allow you to change color defaults when lighting conditions change. Bright clear colors on a blistering white background might be appropriate for a sunny day in LA, but if you're on stage in New York, you might want white on black. Watch how easy it is to change defaults merely by selecting a pre-configured file."

Max/Msp 5

Labels: cycling74, interface, max/msp, music

Interview: APHEX TWIN

Kludge Magazine caught up with Richard D. James at All Tomorrow's Party earlier this year.
Juicy .....
"It is around 4 P.M. and I'm walking around the All Tomorrow's Festival lobby, waiting for Eddie Vedder to get on stage. A sea of people is around me, but nothing is to prepare me for who I'm about to see. You can imagine it, can you? In fact, I'm sure those who praise the genius behind the IDM/Braindance genre have imagined it many times."

Read the rest here
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Labels: Aphex twin, machine, max/msp, music

Kid Clayton interview

"Joshua Kit Clayton is a musician, developer and computer programmer who develops Jitter for Max/MSP. Jitter "extends the Max/MSP programming environment to support realtime manipulation of video, 3D graphics and other data sets... Jitter abstracts all data as multidimensional matrices, so objects that process images can also process audio, volumetric data, 3d vertices, or any numerical information you can get into the computer." (0) As a musician, Joshua Kit Clayton moved towards including realtime video in performances of his musics, musics that can be variously categorized as electronic, laptop [+/or] glitch. recording under the name Kit Clayton, Clayton tours internationally + has released music through Orthlorng Musork (the label he owned + operated) as well as through Cycling '74 (the company for whom Clayton works developing Jitter). Jitter's introduction in 2003 contributed significantly to the expansion of cinematic approaches to realtime audio + video, especially appealing to developers already familiar with Cycling '74's software product Max/MSP."

All this thanks to Criticalart that made this interview with Kid Clayton

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Labels: improvisation, kid clayton, max/msp, music, software

Connecting a Joystick to MaxMSP/Jitter

Max is all about making connections. The Making Connections series of tutorials will introduce you to new connections you can make between MaxMSP and the outside world. This tutorial, the first in the series, will discuss the use of HID devices such as USB game controllers as gestural interfaces for your Max patches.


Connecting a Joystick to MaxMSP/Jitter

Labels: bending, jitter, joystick, max/msp, midi