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    An Interview with Leafcutter John

    by Tom Hall on
    Aug 1, 2022 4:45 PM


    If you don’t know Leafcutter John’s recordings or his software (the astounding playground that is his Forester patch) work already, you’re in for a treat.

    Content You Need: A c74connect Patching Series

    by Gregory Taylor on
    Aug 1, 2022 4:35 PM


    This is a weekly series of Max 8.3-based patches hosted on the c74connect Instagram page.

    Garth Paine Patches for Max 8.3, Part 3

    by Darwin Grosse on
    Jun 30, 2022 4:45 PM


    Garth Paine and Darwin Grosse sit down to work through a patch that combines the mc.assign object and some clever use of pattern messages.

    Darwin's Greatest Hits

    by Gregory Taylor on
    Jun 30, 2022 4:10 PM


    Darwin's contributions to the Cycling '74 website were a source of inspiration to us individually. This is a compilation of "greatest hits" — those articles or reviews that Darwin penned and patched for us that we found useful or important.

    Jitter PBR Explorations

    by Andrew Benson on
    Jun 23, 2022 8:26 PM


    A collection of patches exploring jit.gl.pbr in Jitter.

    Working with Darwin

    by David Zicarelli on
    Jun 22, 2022 7:57 AM


    Stories about Darwin Grosse shared by his Cycling '74 colleagues.

    Garth Paine Patches for Max 8.3, Part 2

    by Darwin Grosse on
    May 31, 2022 6:05 PM


    Garth Paine has created a patch that can claim an ancestry from the astounding player piano work of Conlon Nancarrow and give a nod to its Black MIDI cousins.

    Diving Deeper into the Max 8.3 Release with Jitter

    by Tom Hall on
    May 31, 2022 5:15 PM


    We recently caught up with our new Jitter visuals team contributor Matteo Marson for a look at physically based rendering techniques, and then had a chat with the whole team about new features in ...

    Garth Paine Patches for Max 8.3, Part 1

    by Darwin Grosse on
    Apr 29, 2022 6:35 PM


    Garth Paine dives into some of the new functions of Max 8.3 and provides some playable patches that show off his unique voicing.

    Max 8.3 and The Ramps That Make Music

    by Andrew Benson on
    Apr 29, 2022 6:15 PM


    A brief overview of the music-focused toolset featured in the Max 8.3 update.