Gregory Taylor

New users often ask about the availability of video tutorials for learning Max/MSP/Jitter in addition to the wealth of discoverable materials built into Max itself.

 and Sam Tarakajian's slightly-more-intermediate 

 (What? You haven't seen Sam's elegant/useful/fun mobile beatdevice 

? Check it out as soon as you're done here....) are known and celebrated far and wide.

But there's more out there. May I humbly present John Reed, who labors at the University of Houston, where he teaches Introduction to New Media (Art 1383). He's produced 

a dizzying array of useful Max/MSP/Jitter video tutorials

 that may make him one of your new best friends. In addition to covering the basics of patching and using MSP and Jitter, John has helpfully and patiently explained the metastuff, too - 

They might be just what you're looking for. Let's all say "Thank you, John. Stay awesome."

(Should you so desire, the soundtrack for your 

 could be provided by a University of Houston based streaming radio station that randomly collides MIDI files to concatenate the notes from one tune, the rhythms of another, and one of 3400-odd alternative tunings (yes, you read that correctly) to create a kind of lounge mash-up appropriate to the etymologically Greek origins of the paean itself. 

By the way - John's also an instrument maker, too - both the real (behold 

) and virtual (thrill to the unique sounds of 

If you find the Diano to be down your alley, you can find a collection of work created with it 

By now, the fame of Barry Moon's great collection of Baz tutorials and Sam Tarakajian's slightly-more-intermediate Delicious tutorials (What? You haven't seen Sam's elegant/useful/fun mobile beatdevice Rhythm Necklace? Check it out as soon as you're done here....) are known and celebrated far and wide.

But there's more out there. May I humbly present John Reed, who labors at the University of Houston, where he teaches Introduction to New Media (Art 1383). He's produced a dizzying array of useful Max/MSP/Jitter video tutorials that may make him one of your new best friends. In addition to covering the basics of patching and using MSP and Jitter, John has helpfully and patiently explained the metastuff, too - downloading and installing Max 7, setting it up on your machine, and even instructions for making your own screen movies.

They might be just what you're looking for. Let's all say "Thank you, John. Stay awesome." 

(Should you so desire, the soundtrack for your paean could be provided by a University of Houston based streaming radio station that randomly collides MIDI files to concatenate the notes from one tune, the rhythms of another, and one of 3400-odd alternative tunings (yes, you read that correctly) to create a kind of lounge mash-up appropriate to the etymologically Greek origins of the paean itself. Behold the majesty that is Radio IPEF!)

By the way - John's also an instrument maker, too - both the real (behold the Dialin and BadJammer) and virtual (thrill to the unique sounds of the Diano).

If you find the Diano to be down your alley, you can find a collection of work created with it here. Pretty interesting work, I'd say.


Video Tutorials (And Some New Instruments)