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Owen Puijpe

Hey all! First of all, thanks for having me on this forum. Recently I thought of a super cool idea, but for this I need Max for Live. Before I start yapping about my idea, I want to give some context.

My name is Owen and I study jazz drums at the Rotterdam conservatory. This year I have to start my own project. I like a lot of music and I want to incorporate all these styles into my own songs and playing. I really like metal music (especially messhuggah), and I want to write rhyhtmically complex compositions/forms. However I am a jazz musician, and I dont want to get stuck to much in the same groove. 

So I started to think, how can I make a band sound as a whole playing behind a soloist or melody? without too many rhyhmtic things happening at the same time (to a point where clarity is lost)(drums,piano and bass all playing different complex rhyhtms). Especially in subdivision 5 or bigger. 

I came up with a solution. I bought some kickdrum triggers. Now a keyboard player will play harmony on a MIDI keyboard (operator-synth). And when I play on my kickdrum, the sound of the harmony comes through. So I put a gate on my MIDI keyboard an sidechained it with the kickdrum trigger. 

When I hit on my kickdrum, and the gate opens, there is only one note value length. If I kick super fast notes, the synth note becomes one long note and the rhyhtm is lost. If I kick one note with a lot of space in between, the note will die out too soon to my taste. I am trying to find a solution for this problem. I did some searching, but it seems like it only will be possible if I write my own Max for Live patch. However I didnt use it before and I am a super noob. My question is if someone is willing to help me out? or has some ideas? 

It would mean a lot to me if someone is willing to help me out. I think this idea is pretty innovative. But max super hard for (instrumental)musicians to learn. 

Hey all! First of all, thanks for having me on this forum. Recently I thought of a super cool idea, but for this I need Max for Live....

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Super Noob needs some help, but a cool Idea. (Danger! long text ahead!!)

giorgioesse

Hi, I'm conducting a global survey to find out which campuses and academies have curriculums for new media arts that use Max9 (and possibly Arduino, Touch Designer, and others).

Obviously, the use of Max9 is the most important thing.

I need to know which schools have such programs anywhere in the world, with a focus on:

I'm more interested in seeing how many curriculums use Max9 for the new media arts.

I am very grateful for every response, especially from students and teachers around the world.

Hi, I'm conducting a global survey to find out which campuses and academies have curriculums for new media arts that use Max9 (and possibly...

max9-and-new-media-arts

MAX9 AND NEW MEDIA ARTS

Jillian Olesen

We’ve got a great lineup for this month’s Office Hours sessions! 

We’ll be kicking it off this Wednesday (11/5) with a special overview of everything new in Max 9.1! 

Bring your questions and join us on YouTube this Wednesday at 10am PT -> 

Plus, we've got much more to come later this month, as we’ll be joined by artist Alexander Panos on 11/12 & Dadalab co-founder / Professor of Immersive Media at University of Texas, Kyle Evans on 11/19! You won't want to miss these! See the attached flyers for more info.

See you tomorrow and happy patching! 👩‍💻⚡️

Hey folks!

We’ve got a great lineup for this month’s Office Hours sessions! 

We’ll be kicking it off this Wednesday (11/5) with a special...

diving-into-max-91-with-cycling-74-november-office-hours

Diving into Max 9.1 with Cycling '74 + November Office Hours!

axers fall

I'm kinda lost and I need help. any suggestions?

I'm kinda lost and I need help. any suggestions?

Here's my brief resume :

https://axersfall.github.io/

how-to-find-a-job

How to find a job?

KerryHagan

The University of Illinois is hosting a special PdCon - the PdMaxCon - to celebrate Pd’s 30th and Max’s 40th year anniversaries.

September 5-7, 2025, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

This is the page that will be updated with more information as it becomes available: 

We already have Miller Puckette and David Zicarelli lined up as our keynote speakers.

This will be double-blind, peer-reviewed. So I am also looking for volunteers to review submissions. Please drop me an email at 

 with your preferred email, and what you feel you can review competently (e.g., research? Music? Workshops? Demos? Installations? Topics? Pd or Max or both? Etc.)

You can be both a reviewer and a submitter.

Registration will be free, but we have no money to offer travel or accommodation support.

Hi all,

The University of Illinois is hosting a special PdCon - the PdMaxCon - to celebrate Pd’s 30th and Max’s 40th year...

pdmaxcon25

PdMaxCon25~

weuoimi 

Hello! Recently I have been developing the idea of reimagining sequencing through hypergraphs. This one, written in a single HTML/JS/CSS file, can be conveniently used in Max's [web] object. It is possible to add a callback to place the messages generated by the hypergraph into a dict for some synthesizer to take them as argument messages.

Take a look at the videos, just imagine that each time a certain node pulsates, it generates a sound or modulation.

Here is how it works. The main idea behind the sequencing is using a special recursive Graph Flood Algorithm I came up with for this project. We have a hypergraph, represented by a regular bipartite graph, where square nodes represent hyperedges and regular circle nodes represent, well, nodes of the hypergraph. Moreover, the hypergraph is directed, which means that you can define the direction of the edge connecting a hyperedge to a node. You begin by defining a hypergraph via JSON, just specifying hyperedges and their nodes. Then you open the editor, which gives you the capability to define the direction of the edges between a hyperedge and a node, associate any messages you want with certain nodes of the hypergraph, and define a delay for each node. Then you choose a start node and launch the algorithm.

I don’t think that I will have much time to tinker with Max to come up with synthesizers that would suit this, but I believe it would form awesome textures with some granular synth with lots of crazy modulations assigned to the pulsating nodes.

Hello! Recently I have been developing the idea of reimagining sequencing through hypergraphs. This one, written in a single HTML/JS/CSS...

does-someone-want-to-play-with-a-hypergraph-sequencer

Does someone want to play with a hypergraph sequencer?

👽!t W∆s ∆lienz!👽

Hi, just wanted to suggest to Cycling74 staff in charge of the site, to add the option to 'Bookmark' articles:

https://cycling74.com/tutorials/best-practices-in-jitter-part-2-recording-1

https://cycling74.com/forums/blackmagic-native-video-capture-issue-when-using-output_texture-1

I like to keep many bookmarks just specific to my 

 account(rather than overloading my browser bookmarks with stuff just related to Max which can be found on this site).

Hi, just wanted to suggest to Cycling74 staff in charge of the site, to add the option to 'Bookmark'...

add-bookmark-option-for-articles-same-as-threads

Add 'bookmark' option for articles same as threads

Julien Bayle

 que j'annonce notre prochaine session de formation Max à 

https://structure-void.com/formations/max-msp/

 (pour les intermittent.e.s et artistes-auteur.e.s), autres OPCO, France Travail, …

Cette session peut être complétée par des jours d’

. Ce sont des moments communs où l’objectif de chacun est de travailler sur un projet personnel et d’être accompagné dans sa réalisation. Par extension, cela peut être également un temps d’approfondissement des sujets abordés durant les formations. Ces ateliers permettent aussi la rencontre d’autres artistes.

Vous n’êtes pas disponible à ces dates ? Nous ouvrons aussi des sessions de formation tous les mois, selon vos demandes. Contactez-nous pour parler votre projet de formation et de son financement : 

(Aussi, notre session la plus proche début dans une semaine, il reste 1 place...)

C'est à la fois en tant que Max Certified Trainer & Ableton Certified Trainer que j'annonce notre prochaine session de formation Max à...

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