MAX 4 LIVE Introduction
Mark Triant
Section A: completed 
Section B: completed 
Section C: completed 
Section D: Thursdays, September 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2010
Section E: Tuesdays, November 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2010
6:30 - 9:30pm - $430/$490

MAX 4 LIVE is a full version of the Max/MSP graphical programming language designed to run natively within Ableton Live, enabling users to design and share custom-made instruments, processors, and interfaces, with a level of integration beyond what third-party plugins are capable of.

Max/MSP has been developed over many years as a platform for easily designing highly customized and open-ended systems for manipulating audio, MIDI, and other data streams in realtime, allowing users to move well beyond the limitations of traditional off-the-shelf software options.

This introductory course covers the basics of programming in MAX 4 LIVE (including such topics control systems, user interfaces, timing objects, and scaling/mapping numbers). We will then discuss the new Live-specific objects and how to use Live's API to monitor and control application-wide behavior using Max/MSP, with the aim of exploring how we can leverage the new possibilities this platform opens up to develop highly personalized production and performance systems.

Prerequisites: Students have to use their laptops with all necessary software installed. Call us if you have problems.

Mark Triant is an experimental sound artist and music interactivity consultant based in Brooklyn. Originally working from a background in audio engineering, he has been an avid Live user for years and has used it pervasively in his own works for radio, the web, and installation. He is currently investigating new approaches to computer-based audio control and performance using Max for Live, and is a Master's candidate at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.