Month: January 2008
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(maxmsp) Lecture Notes: table, counter, gate, and menu
Comments I chose to use a comment to my previous post to clarify something that we covered in class today (the use of gate instead of switch). Problems with the Example Patches Michael Brown emailed me that he had a problem opening the example patches from the blog links. I’m not sure why this isn’t…
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(maxmsp) Lecture Notes: Screen Aesthetics, MIDI
The example patch for 1/11. Some things to help you complete your first programming assignment. Make sure you look at the manual pages (Max46ReferenceManual.pdf) and help files for new objects that we cover in class. On Friday we covered: notein, and noteout makenote random kbslider slider dial table Some tips for table: double-click the table…
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(musTh212) Wagner Notes
First up on the business end, we’ll finish talking about Gauldin Ch. 39, Chromatic Voice Leading, on Monday. Bring your Gualdin, Burkhart, and the first couple of sheets from Ch. 39 of the Workbook (you can tear them out or bring your whole workbook…). Notes on Wagner’s Prelude from Tristan and Isolde Overall, the Prelude…
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(maxmsp) Turning in Assignments
We’ll use the musictechxserve to turn in assignments and files. Unless otherwise specified, use this procedure: Name your file with your last name and the assignment number. If you have multiple files, you can put them all in a single folder, and name the folder with your last name and assignment number. Connect and login…
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(maxmsp) Assignment 2: Scale and Arpeggiater Patches
Due Wednesday, 1/16 (start of class) Create two separate MaxMSP patches. Patch 1: Create a patch that plays a major or natural minor scale built on any given starting note. Allow the user to select the type of scale to be performed. The user should be able to enter the starting note by either clicking…
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(maxmsp) Reading Assignment 2
From MaxMSP46Fundamentals.pdf: Read through the sections on Menus and Objects. For additional help/practice, you can work through the tutorials up to Test 2.
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(maxmsp) Lecture Notes: Help, Objects, and Messages
Program Help Documentation is available in the Documentation sub-folder of the MaxMSP 4.6 application folder. The Max46Fundamentals.pdf and Max46Tutorials.pdf files are useful at the beginning. The Max46Reference.pdf covers every object available in Max. Note that documentation with the “Max” prefix refer to the non-audio objects. “MSP” labeled doc’s deal with the audio objects. Mouseover help…
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(musTh212) Assignment 2: Ch. 38 and Chopin Op. 28, no. 4
First, to fix my mistake, read chapter 38 in the Gauldin for Friday. It covers Wagner’s “Prelude” from Tristan und Isolde. (Assignment 1 had you read chapter 39, which is needed for Friday.) On Friday we’ll conclude our talk about Tristan (and chapter 38), and begin talking about chromatic voice leading (chapter 39). Along with…
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(musTh212) Update on Wagner Listening/Score
There is one typo in the score of the Prelude in the Burkhart. (This is fairly rare – the Burkhart is nothing like the Gauldin.) On p. 350, at measure 104 (the beginning of the last system) the top stave should be in bass clef. There is a bass clef indication near the end of…
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(musTh212) Naxos Music Library Online
For those of you who don’t know about this already, you have access to a ginormous library of recorded music online via the Naxos Music Library, available through the BSU Library web site. Naxos is a quality budget CD label, but the library includes additional labels beyond the Naxos brand. Follow the Articles and Databases…