In this article, Jim Aikin reviews the new add-on product to Live, developed by Ableton and Cycling ’74, with a detailed account of his experience. In you are new to Max for Live, this is a helpful introduction before downloading the demo and trying it out yourself.
Matthew Davidson aka Stretta is a talented guy. He’s an accomplished graphic artist and video producer/editor but we talked to him about his music. Stretta’s music is lush, modest and dreamy in the tradition of Brian Eno but it definitely has character of its own. Stretta comes from a tradition of modular synthesis that led him to discover Max/MSP.
Moscow
Phil Gerus, born in 1989, Moscow resident. Presently a piano student at Ippolitov-Ivanov college. Started piano practicing in his family jazz trio which transformed later into a duo of which he is a member currently. In his piano studies takes a special interest of Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Chopin’s legacy. Plays regular recitals of the above mentioned authors. Phil Gerus simultaneously tries his hand at experimental electronic music. The first interest in experimental electronic emerged after acquisition of a lap-top. He got fascinated by programming funk techno grooves, widely exploring Reaktor and Max/Msp. In his tracks Phil occasionally uses his own vocing. His creative approach to composing is marked by live performance as well as individual choice of software. He tends to incorporate piano playing into his tracks using granular synthesizing. His musical ambition has always been to put forward improvisation as the core unit of his live performances.
Cycling ’74 and 85,000 of its closest friends will spend the weekend at the NAMM Show in Anaheim.
We are sharing booth 6314 with Ableton and offering personal demos of our recently-released product Max for Live. On stage, Vlad Spears will also give daily presentations of Max for Live.
While many people are looking at Max for Live as a great way to integrate their favorite hardware controllers, build really unique effects, and add variety to their productions, I was eager to explore what could be done with video inside of Max for Live.
