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The list of what we're discovering about Max and our users grows each day. We tackle everything from hardware reviews to re-reading books from decades past.

Collaborative Performance with Node for Max

by Darwin Grosse on October 27, 2020

Mark Fell and Rian Treanor talk about their work in collaborative performance processes - and their use in various working environments -...

Book Review: Between the Tracks: Musicians on Selected Electronic Music

by Gregory Taylor on October 27, 2020

Miller Puckette and Kerry Hagan’s edited volume “Between the Tracks” is an interesting and useful way to imagine a very different kind of...

An Interview with jr: Smartphones and Beyond

by dan derks on October 13, 2020

There's magic in using a tool that someone else made to address a very specific artistic need, that grows exponentially the closer you get...

Secret Max Tricks: An Homage to the Did You Know? Series

by Tom Hall, Gregory Taylor on September 15, 2020

The Did You Know? video series is and remains one of the most brilliant collections in existence of what some folks call “secret Max...

Visiones Sonoras 16 Preview

by Darwin Grosse on September 1, 2020

A preview of an upcoming virtual festival that provides an exciting opportunity to engage with a vital and energized audience, and to...

Book Review: Pink Noises - Women On Electronic Music and Sound

by Gregory Taylor on August 18, 2020

After creating the website Pinknoise.com -- devoted to promoting the work of women in electronic music via interviews, information, and...

How I Spent My Summer Staycation: Frequency Domain Processing in Max/MSP

by Gregory Taylor on August 4, 2020

Summer often offers a little downtime to step back, acquire a little new wisdom, and spend some time learning a few new tricks to take with...

Package Arrival: The jk.lpx Abstractions for Max/MSP

by Gregory Taylor on August 4, 2020

We’re pleased to announce the release of Jeff Kaiser's jk.lpx package of Max abstractions made with for interacting with Novation's...

An Interview with Kamau Patton

by Christopher Reid Martin on July 21, 2020

Kamau Patton’s interdisciplinary work examines history and culture through engagement with archives, documents, stories, and sites....

An Interview with George Lewis and Damon Holzborn, Part 2

by Gregory Taylor on July 21, 2020

The second half of an amiable and free-ranging interview with George Lewis, Damon Holzborn and special guest Joel Ryan delves into...