gen~ Tutorial Series for Beginners
Introduction
There has been a lot of wonderful activity in the Gen domain, and we would like even more people to experience the differences between Max and Gen programming. I originally created a set of three videos developed in Max 6 for the curious absolute beginner. Using Max 7, I developed a series of text-based "Getting Started" tutorials. (These replace the first Max 6 video which was no longer useful.) The text and video tutorials introduce the gen~ environment, explain a bit of the differences between working in the Max vs. gen~ environment, and include a few simple programs to get you started. Check them out below!
Note to Ableton Live 9/10 Suite users: Access to Gen requires a full Max license. Get details on crossgrading!
Getting Started
- gen~ for Beginners, Part 1: A Place to Start
- gen~ for Beginners, Part 2: Similarities and Differences
- gen~ for Beginners, Part 3: Counting, and a World without bang Messages
- gen~ for Beginners, Part 4: Working with buffers (and data)
- gen~ for Beginners, Part 5: The Codebox Operator
- gen~ for Beginners, Part 6: Thinking Inside the Codebox
- gen~ for Beginners, Part 7: Creating Reusable Tools
The Next Steps
gen~ for Beginners: Working with Abstractions
gen~ for Beginners: Debugging and Signal-Rate Processing
Try It Yourself
If you're ready to do even more in Gen, follow our Gen Patch-a-Day series.
- Aug 10 2013 | 9:19 pmThanks for the Gen~ tutorials!!
- Aug 28 2013 | 7:21 pmThese are excellent. I love Gregory's calm and considered style. Thanks very much.
- Aug 30 2013 | 5:38 amNice!
- Oct 06 2013 | 8:59 pmWill we see more of these? Great start but I've been trying to design a gen~ patch for a specific purpose and I'm struggling.
- Oct 07 2013 | 5:38 amSame struggle here... Feeling like I go three years back, when I started Max. :))
- Oct 07 2013 | 2:46 pmYes, you'll be seeing more of these - and thanks for your patience.
- Oct 07 2013 | 3:02 pmWOOT WOOT !!
- Oct 07 2013 | 5:09 pmNice. :-)
- Oct 07 2013 | 5:34 pmI have to echo Andro's woot woot.Brendan
- Oct 09 2013 | 3:56 pmI'm looking forward to more!I find these useful as I'm uncertain in what ways Gen would be superior/more useful to use than normal Max objects
- Sep 01 2014 | 7:29 pmVery useful, and very well done! Many thanks :)
