This week we started working with MIDI in the Max environment. We discussed the different semantics of a MIDI note message vs a musical note (as we know it from standard Western music notation). While the former is a discrete message (transmitting a key number and a velocity), the latter can be considered a symbolic musical object which has a duration and is commonly embedded […]
This week we looked further at data flow, discussed hot- and cold inlets and Max’s order of execution as a function of the layout of connected objects in a patch. In Max, messages to connected objects flow in the following order: right-to-left bottom-up This is also described in Max7’s Tutorial #5 which I recommend you to look at on […]
In today’s class (first class of the term) we discussed the objectives and scope of the MUCO541 course, including the course-outline, gradings, student-accounts, logistics, and the structure of a class. We started the lecture by brainstorming our ideas about live electronics, and how this relates to computer music and algorithmic music. We read a text of Julieanne Klein about […]