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We’ve been spending a bit of time lately, talking about the Node for Max (N4M) feature, and it really has captured some attention. One of the things that Max users are used to is having access to plenty of example content; it’s one of the primary ways that Max users learn the techniques that make any feature hum.

To that end, we’ve collected a few of the 

 questions that we’ve been getting about examples, and decided to provide a bit of a Q&A-format introduction to the available content.

Q: Where do I find Node for Max content? I checked the examples folder, and I don’t see anything there!

A: With the N4M examples, we decided to follow the conventions of the JavaScript and Node communities and use Github repositories for the examples. This allows us to be quicker to respond to change requests - and to support the updates to the language and the libraries that inevitably occur.

Frankly, we’ve been seeing a lot of users also using Github as a repository for their Max-based work as well, so it’s not going to be foreign to everyone!

Q: So where do I find this Github repository?

There are actually three repositories, each with a different purpose. Let’s take a look at each one:

https://github.com/Cycling74/n4m-core-examples

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This repository is the location of the most basic examples, and is authored and maintained by Cycling ‘74. This is the starting place for people that are new to either NodeJS or Node for Max, and provides examples of good beginners’ patches and use of the API.

This repo will be constantly under revision, and we will continue to add content based on user or developer requests.

https://github.com/Cycling74/n4m-examples

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N4M Examples is also maintained by Cycling ‘74, but attempts to show complete (but limited in scope) projects using N4M. It extends the use of NodeJS to do some ‘real world’ functions, including the creation of a simple web server, interacting with a third-party API, uploading files to your patch and using a music theory library for building chords.

These examples make extensive use of npm libraries, which is a staple in the world of Node programming. It’s a great place to explore if you are ready to take on a bigger project, or if you want an idea of where this thing can go!

https://github.com/Cycling74/n4m-community

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One of the most exciting things about the N4M community is the speed at which people have been creating and sharing their work. We want to honor this work by supporting this community repo, which will contain links to projects, templates, hints and examples from the entire community. This is a constantly growing collection of work, and can be a great place to check out how people are approaching N4M, or what is already available!

The list of projects is pretty interesting, ranging from YouTube video streaming to skeleton tracking using the PoseNet library, and you will bet to see other N4M developers in full-tilt action.

Q: There’s a lot there, and I’m a total newbie with Github - and Node for Max. How do I get started?

If you are just getting started with N4M, you should go to those 

 and get the whole repo. If you are an experienced user of the Git version control software, you’ll want to clone the repo. However, if you aren’t into Git, you can click on the 

 button to get a zip file with the repo contents.

Once you have that, run the Max patch in each of the folders play around with some basic N4m projects.

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If you want to learn more about how Node and Max talk to each other, you can dig into the 

, all of the repos listed above, and check out the N4M recipes to dive in deep!

Do you feel like there is something important that we missed? Or did you find an error in one of the projects? Go to the 

 repo and use the issue tracker to create a new issue to let use know.

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Q: Hey, it’s cool that you are providing some beginner information, but I’m on the other end of the spectrum. I have a project (or something else) that I want to share - how do I get it added to the Repo?

This is awesome - thanks for being part of the community!

If you are trying to update an existing project in either the Core Examples or N4M Examples you should create a Pull Request with your changes. We are monitoring Pull Requests, and will be happy to work with you to merge your contribution.

Do you want your project, code, blog article or video to be part of the N4M Community repo? You will need to make sure that your work is in a publicly accessible location (personal Github repo, public website or other web server), then update the n4m-community repo’s 

 file to contain a link to your work. Then issue a Pull Request with the changed README to get things moving.

As an alternative, or if you are nervous about updating the file, create a new issue in the 

 and we’ll be more than happy to help get things linked.

We hope that exploring the repositories will help you regardless of where you are at with your Node for Max journey: if you are just getting started, if you need inspiration for a new project, or if you want to get involved in the N4M community. The world of JavaScript and NodeJS offers so many opportunities to the Max developer - and we are looking forward to seeing what you create!

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Max programmers are used to having examples to build upon to create new work. The Node for Max (N4M) feature is using Github repositories to share the work - and make it more inclusive for customer to share their work. In this article, we dig into the details of the N4M Github repositories, what you'll find there, and how you can contribute.

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Node for Max Repositories - Mining for Gold

One of the coolest new Max-related websites to recently show up has been 

, a home for the video content created by its developer, Julian Rubisch.

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With tutorials on Node for Max, Jitter, Gen and other advanced parts of Max, it has become a go-to place to get a new skill. This week, we managed to tear Julian away from his patching to tell us a little bit about what he is doing, how he got started, what he chooses what to teach - and how.

Hi Julian! Thanks for doing this interview. To get started, could you tell us a little bit about the Znibbles concept and why you started doing these videos?

In my day job as a web developer, I consume a lot of screencasts, some of which I even pay good money for. At the level that I'm currently at, I often find it easier to watch somebody typing and hear them explain their ideas. Often it's more interesting, time-efficient, and up-to-date to hear someone express their thoughts than buy and read through a bunch of books.

That's not meant to say that I don't value books, but I will add that I'm a dad of a two-year old - so you'll understand why I appreciate short, succinct and to-the-point material.

I just couldn't find that in the Max world. Certainly, there are many tutorials for beginners, and there are also great ones for intermediate programmers (Delicious Max for example), but all in all I found them a bit lengthy. When I started working on my own tutorials, I set myself the goal (that I'm admittedly sometimes missing) to not go longer than 10 minutes - actually I'm trying to get as close to 5 minutes as possible.

At one point last year, I thought to myself, "Hey, 

 can do this!" I've taught this stuff at University (so I can draw from already prepared material), I had training in pedagogy and presentation, and I had a recording studio. All I needed was a little time and an MVP. So I started asking around on Reddit and in Facebook Groups and made the first videos. From there on it's been a wild journey.

I find the content very compelling - especially from the perspective of something that's used Max for a long time. How do you choose the subject that you cover?

As I already mentioned, it's partly from material I already have prepared from my former job of teaching Max at the University. Other stuff just "happens" - like when I just want to try something out or I kind of recycle ongoing projects. But lately, I've also been actively looking for problems people have on Twitter, Reddit and Facebook. One or two times it has also happened that someone just walked up to me with a topic that I found so interesting that I made an episode out of it.

You recently started doing some tutorials on interesting Node-based functions. What is it about Node, specifically, that caught your attention?

I won't lie to you - and I also say this in the very first Node video: I'm not the greatest fan of JavaScript based on my background as a software engineer . But that's really a matter of personal taste, and I don't intend to judge anybody else's decisions on tech. It's always a tradeoff, and I always try to take one step back and contemplate what the best tool for the job is when approaching a new problem . If all you know is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail, right?

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So Node... Well, why not? It does have a vibrant community, there are many projects you now can plug Max into, so I will decide to cherish it for what it is - a valuable option to have in your toolset if you want to set up complex interactive projects.

And of course I understand Cycling 74's decision to go with it - there's a ton of material out there for learning Node, and a lot of potential users that already know JavaScript. Of course I 

 to deal professionally with Node in a large number of projects, for better or for worse. So here's my experience as a developer paired with Max's capabilities of a full-fledged multimedia programming environment. How cool can it get?

How did you initially learn Max, and what helped you keep growing throughout your use of it?

That's a very good question. I think my first contact with Max was version 4, back in 2006 or 2007. First I had some lessons at University and then I kept going because Max interfaced so well with a lot of other technology I was using. I even did some projects involving MXJ (which you probably can call an ancestor of Node for Max). All in all, my projects back then were more Max- than MSP-focused.

In 2012 I returned to University to study Computer Music, and Max was again part of the game. This time, I took a deep dive into MSP and digital signal processing in general and did a little bit of external development - with a slight detour into PureData.

One event that pulled me even closer to Max was the introduction of Max for Live, which gave me a way of actually doing DSP programming and interfacing 

 with my preferred music composition software.

I must admit that I've also had some difficult times with Max too. While I love 

 in general, I have so far found the documentation rather sparse and flaky. Also, it breaks my established workflow of "alt-click then copy-paste" so much that I've mostly shied away from it.

That said, what I find very relieving is that my greatest criticism of Max - that it has too many very discrete environments (

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