Musical Composition in Max/MSP Strategies for Digital Creativity

Musical Composition in Max/MSP: Strategies for Digital Creativity offers a music-centered introduction to the widely used music programming language Max/MSP. Placing creative results at the core of its approach, this book guides readers through the process of composing a complete musical work using Max. More than just a technical guide, the book enables readers to confidently make use of Max as a tool to access new creative possibilities, boosted by open-ended project ideas in each chapter and a companion website offering extensive examples for applied practice. Musical Composition in Max/MSP is an essential resource for students and instructors in electronic music courses, and all those seeking to use Max/MSP to create compelling musical compositions.

Introduction

1. What Can Max Do?

2. Hello World: Making Sound in Max

3. The Foreground: Commands, Control Data, and Audio Signals

4. The Middleground: Solving Complex Problems with Simple Objects

5. The Background: Formal Structures, Timing, and Triggering

6. The Human-Computer Relationship

Index