Alessandro Cipriani

Maurizio Giri

All the synthesis and sound processing techniques explained in the book are implemented in Max/MSP.

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Max/MSP Book

Miroslav

An integrated open-ended interactive multimodal composing application, designed for composers, audiovisual artists and amateurs that translates sonic (instruments, singing, speech), visual and bodily/kinesic expressive patterns or 'narratives' into parameters controlling sound synthesis and processing.


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ENACTIV

This is the third version of the book Electronic Music and Sound Design Vol. 1, updated for Max 7. The book is an overview of the theory and practice of Max and MSP, with a glossary of terms and suggested tests that allow students to evaluate their progress. Comprehensive online support, running parallel to the explanations in the book, includes hundreds of sample patches, analyses, interactive sound-building exercises, and reverse engineering exercises. This book will provide a reader with skill and understanding in using Max/MSP for sound design and musical composition.

Authors: Alessandro Cipriani and Maurizio Giri (Foreword by David Zicarelli)

Available in both electronic and "paper" format.

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Max 7 Book

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Max MSP Book, Volume 2 - Electronic Music and Sound Design - English Version

kyleevans1123

A microcontroller transmits sensor information from the CRT to a computer. The data is interpreted and used to control multiple sound synthesis techniques all within Max. The resulting audio signal from Max is amplified and used to drive the yoke of the CRT creating the visualizations. 

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de/Rastra

Georg Hajdu

Quintet.net is an interactive networked multimedia performance environment invented and developed by composer and computer musician Georg Hajdu. It enables up to five performers to play music over the Internet or in local networks under the control of a "conductor." The environment, which was programmed with the graphical programming language Max/MSP consists of four components: the Server, the Client, the Conductor as well as the Viewer add-on.
The players interact by exchanging musical streams (control messages) via the Quintet.net server. For this, various inputs ranging from the computer keyboard, MIDI controllers, sensor input and/or the built-in pitch tracker can be used. On the server, the streams get multiplied, processed by algorithms, and sent back to the players as well as to the listeners. In addition, a sixth participant, the conductor, can control the musical outcome by changing settings remotely and sending streams of parameter values either manually or by utilizing a timeline.

The environment uses two network protocols for exchanging data: OpenSoundControl/UDP for time-dependent events, as well as TCP for safe data transmission. It also uses a mechanism to compensate for network jitter.
Quintet.net's open architecture accommodates various outputs such as the built-in sampler, MIDI as well as VSTi instruments and custom designed software patches for instrumental playback. It also features granular synthesis controllable by the players and the conductor.
Quintet.net's notation layer allows for better interaction and control on a symbolical level: The performers see the music that the participants produce on screen in "space" notation on five grand staves. The conductor can also send musical parts, which are displayed on screen and played back by the performers–all in real time.
The Viewer add-on allows the realization of full-fledged multimedia pieces by taking advantage in a modular environment of the Jitter video processing capabilities. Thus, users can easily add new processes.
The server also implements a sophisticated mapper/sequencer which allows to map any input to any output, be it musical or visual. 

The music performed with Quintet.net is a combination of composed and improvised elements. The lack of real synchronicity due to the usual delays on the Internet, necessitates the adaptation of a genuine "Internet" performance style for which John Cage's number piece could be considered a model: Cage requires certain notes or phrases to be played within "time brackets." It comes as no surprise that one of the first pieces realized with Quintet.net is an Internet version of the 1988 composition "Five" for 5 performers.
Local network performance, of course, can be played with unlimited precision.


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