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Welcome to Max 4 Live

Andy Sigler

Max 4 Live allows you to access the power of Max’s graphical programming language inside the popular digital audio workstation and live performance tool, Ableton Live. This class introduces the enormous possibilities this partnership opens up, including: creating radical realtime audio processing effects, using Max to control the Live environment through the Live API, creating custom musical interfaces to play an Ableton Live set, and generating visuals/VJing in the Live environment.

[Apr 7] Welcome to Max 4 Live

Andy Sigler
Sat, Apr 7, noon to 6pm
Cost: Regular: $150, Members & Students (with ID): $135
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Location:
Harvestworks – www.harvestworks.org
596 Broadway, #602 | New York, NY 10012 | Phone: 212-431-1130
Subway: F/M/D/B Broadway/Lafayette, R Prince, 6 Bleeker

Max 4 Live allows you to access the power of Max’s graphical programming language inside the popular digital audio workstation and live performance tool, Ableton Live. Live is used by DJ’s and other musicians around the world because of it’s focus on realtime creation and performance of music.This class will introduce the enormous possibilities this partnership opens up, including: creating radical realtime audio processing effects, using Max to control the Live environment through the Live API, creating custom musical interfaces to play an Ableton Live set, and generating visuals/VJing in the Live environment. We will explore using sensors, like microphones, cameras, and/or Arduinos, to allow automation of Live parameters.

Participants must have a working copy of both Max/MSP/Jitter (cycling74.com), as well as Ableton Live and Max for Live (ableton.com/downloads). A free demo is available for both Max and Ableton Live, which will include Max for Live. Note that if you are interested in doing live visuals within Max 4 Live, you must also own a full version of MaxMSP with Jitter in addition to Max 4 Live.

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Members & Students $135.00 USD 

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Andy Sigler

Learn to create effects and interactive visuals using Max 6. Are you a VJ wanting more interplay between your work and the music? Have you been looking for ways to analysis music and audio? Have you been wanting to design that cool sound installation? This class will use Max 6’s powerful audio engine to create, drive, and control visuals with Jitter. Max 6 is the perfect environment for both the musical and visual artist, as both worlds can be combined and separated with infinite possibilities. Throughout the class, we will be building a toolset to analyze music and audio using MSP, emphasizing characteristics like level, dynamics, and spectral analysis. We will then create visual applications for these tools, from basic visualizers to interactive mirrors and openGL, using Jitter’s built-in audio objects and many others. You will be exposed to one of Max’s most important features; its ability to act as a media blender, interweaving one form with another, all in real-time. This class will begin with basic Max programming, teaching the fundamentals and how a patch works, but will speed up over time to cover more advanced topics. While some experience with Max is very helpful, beginners are welcome. Please download Max 6 from Cycling74.com. If you have not purchased it already, Max 6 comes with a FREE one month demo, complete with MSP, Jitter, and the new Gen.