titus bellwald

are there any women on this list? It seems like a men's club to me, am 

i wrong? Is Max like math or other sciences that are dominated by 

Just out of curiosity:
are there any women on this list? It seems like a men's club to me, am 
i wrong? Is Max like math or other sciences that are dominated by 
males?
Any ideas? Or can you proof me wrong?

ot-are-there-maxing-women-out-there

I know a handful that do. Even more than primarily use jitter. Don't

know if they use the list very often though.

I know a handful that do.  Even more than primarily use jitter.  Don't
know if they use the list very often though.


I have flabby man boobs, if that counts.


I know plenty of women who use Max/MSP/Jitter; I would say actually in 

the environment I work in (art school setting) it's basically half and half.

I don't know about population of women on the list though. I do know 

that in general there are many mailing lists of a technical nature which 

tend to be dominated by males. I don't claim to know why this is or 

I know plenty of women who use Max/MSP/Jitter; I would say actually in 
the environment I work in (art school setting) it's basically half and half.

I don't know about population of women on the list though.  I do know 
that in general there are many mailing lists of a technical nature which 
tend to be dominated by males.  I don't claim to know why this is or 
have a very good theory about it.

nono, at least me, myself and I are on the list, and

You are right, about 99.99 percent of the mailinglist

are male, unless I misunderstand or misinterpret some

nono, at least me, myself and I are on the list, and
we
are all female.

You are right, about 99.99 percent of the mailinglist
members
are male, unless I misunderstand or misinterpret some
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Quote: binez0r wrote on Sat, 03 June 2006 13:23

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> I have flabby man boobs, if that counts.

Quote: binez0r wrote on Sat, 03 June 2006 13:23
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> I have flabby man boobs, if that counts.
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another woman here.. although maxless atm - I tried the student

version on windows then bought a mac so waiting for the version that

works on macbook pro before buying the full price version again. it's

a nice program though - the visual aspect of connecting wires makes it

easier for me to see how the programming is working than hand coding.

I find it easier to understand than writing in c or similar.

another woman here.. although maxless atm - I tried the student
version on windows then bought a mac so waiting for the version that
works on macbook pro before buying the full price version again. it's
a nice program though - the visual aspect of connecting wires makes it
easier for me to see how the programming is working than hand coding.
I find it easier to understand than writing in c or similar.

There are plenty of women maxing...
Men talk shop too much.


Cheers,
Gary Lee Nelson
TIMARA Department
Oberlin College
www.timara.oberlin.edu/GaryLeeNelson


I'm not a women, but I teach MAX/MSP/JItter at Montreal's StudioXX wich is

I'm not a women, but I teach MAX/MSP/JItter at Montreal's StudioXX wich is
a media artist center for women only. 

as you can see, they are mutch smarter than us, so they do not need help from men!

they can discover the solutions to the most complicated prorblem

... some times, comenting my patch with my grilfrind, she tell me the best solution... and she don't understand MAX in any way!!!!

they can discover the solutions to the most complicated prorblem
only by the logic!

main difference is we probably always read the f* manuals first...

so we don't really need to pose that many questions, you know... ;)

hey guys,
there's a lot of us here & around
main difference is we probably always read the f* manuals first...
so we don't really need to pose that many questions, you know... ;)

Very roughly half of the students in my Max and Max/MSP courses & 

workshops over the years have been women. The actual ration might be 

closer to 40:60, but no bets on which way the skew lies until I've 

Peter Castine +---> Litter Power & Litter Bundle for Jitter

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Very roughly half of the students in my Max and Max/MSP courses &  
workshops over the years have been women. The actual ration might be  
closer to 40:60, but no bets  on which way the skew lies until I've  
gone through the lists of participants.

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that sounds interesting, do you still need teachers ? :P

I am a woman and a (she)maxer and I use the list.

I haven been around the Vancouver max scene and I have always treated 

with respect. Never felt I got different (positive or negative) 

But I also have experienced different.....!

I taught for a year and half at a university in Toronto, new media 

production, there were lots of woman in the class and I could notice 

no difference in their ability to program compared to men. Although 

sometimes a could notice a difference in their relationship to 

technology. More men were enchanted by the technology, less critical. 

This has to do with how computer technology is marketed and presented 

as a mean to gain power. Interesting is that when it comes to 

programming this becomes less of an issue.

These are some fast and scattered thoughts on the subject. Please don't 

  I haven been around the Vancouver max scene and I have always treated 
with respect. Never felt  I got different (positive or negative) 
treatment.

I taught for a year and half at a  university in Toronto, new media 
production,  there were lots of woman in the class and I could notice 
no difference in their ability to program compared to men. Although 
sometimes a could notice a difference  in their relationship to 
technology. More men were enchanted by the technology, less critical. 
This has to do with how computer technology is  marketed and presented 
as a mean to gain power. Interesting is that when it comes to 
programming this becomes less of an issue.

These are some fast and scattered thoughts on the subject. Please don't 
quote me on this.

I've been teaching music tech for 35 years with lots of women students -

less than men but never enough. A few years ago, my former colleague

Christine Burns asked me to write a brief summary of my experience but can't

find it now. In summary, my generalization for first year students is this:

Women often struggle with technology in the beginning but they succeed

musically from the outset because they start with a strong artistic idea and

tend to learn just the technology they need for the task at hand.

The men love the technology. They usually know all the terminology, specs

and version numbers. They make elaborate contraptions they are often

At the end of fours years nearly all of the women and most of the men reach

parity. Technology and art come into balance.

Check out the TIMARA web page for profiles of Oberlin women who have made

substantial careers in music tech. And also see

I've been teaching music tech for 35 years with lots of women students -
less than men but never enough.  A few years ago, my former colleague
Christine Burns asked me to write a brief summary of my experience but can't
find it now.  In summary, my generalization for first year students is this:

Women often struggle with technology in the beginning but they succeed
musically from the outset because they start with a strong artistic idea and
tend to learn just the technology they need for the task at hand.

The men love the technology.  They usually know all the terminology, specs
and version numbers.  They make elaborate contraptions they are often
artistically empty.

At the end of fours years nearly all of the women and most of the men reach
parity.  Technology and art come into balance.

Check out the TIMARA web page for profiles of Oberlin women who have made
substantial careers in music tech. And also see

OT are there maxing women out there?