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    Meet the CT - Zeynep Özcan

    by Darwin Grosse on
    Dec 1, 2021 3:20 PM


    Meet our newest Max Certified Trainer: Zeynep Özcan - and learn more about both her artistic practice and her love of teaching.

    Sample Scrambler by Andrew Pask

    by Cycling '74 on
    Nov 25, 2021 4:24 AM


    This patch does a kind of gritty Buffershuffler-esque reordering of the last bar of audio.

    An Interview with Alessio Santini

    by Tom Hall on
    Oct 29, 2021 7:55 PM


    I’d like you to meet Alessio Santini - the man behind K-Devices, whose plug-ins you probably already know about. I had a chance to sit down with Alessio for a wide-ranging chat about his journey from Black Metal to Max user to someone for whom working with Max is a full-time job.

    Exploring the Intra-Galactic Forest with Sound Museum Collective

    by Darwin Grosse on
    Oct 29, 2021 7:45 PM


    Learn about the Sound Museum Collective from Philadelphia, and their work on the Intra-Galactic Forest Project.

    Particle Fountain by Federico Foderaro

    by Cycling '74 on
    Oct 7, 2021 3:16 PM


    This patch shows how we can create a particle system using Jitter matrices and the jit.gen object.

    Take It Easy with the Ease Package

    by Isabel Kaspriskie on
    Sep 30, 2021 7:05 PM


    Ease is a package maintained by Cycling ‘74 which implements Robert Penner’s brilliant easing functions for Max, MSP, and Jitter. My favorite part of the Ease package is how easy it is to use in unusual ways.

    Meeting with the Collab-Hub Team

    by Darwin Grosse on
    Sep 15, 2021 3:45 PM


    In this article, we meet with the team behind the Collab-Hub framework, learn more about this project, and get a glimpse of the future of networked performance ...

    PM Squared: Physical Modeling in the Package Manager

    by Isabel Kaspriskie on
    Sep 15, 2021 3:40 PM


    Even if school might be back in session for most students, we haven’t hit fall officially yet, so don’t pack up your Max beach towel just yet! In this article I’m going to continue my summer dive into the Package Manager and take you on a tour of available physical modeling ...

    MC Movement Studies in the Package Manager

    by Isabel Kaspriskie on
    Aug 31, 2021 4:30 PM


    In this article, I’ll be taking a quick look at the MC Movement Studies package, a collaboration between Cycling ‘74 and Dillon Bastan.

    Sounds For A Summer Night, Part 4 (Some Soundscaping, And A Farewell)

    by Gregory Taylor on
    Aug 31, 2021 4:05 PM


    I end this series of enjoyable departures for summer listening with a brief appreciation of R.