A workshop for users of Live who want to dig deeper into Max for Live. The ideal participant is comfortable with Live but has little or no experience with Max or M4L. Max/MSP/Jitter is a graphical programming environment for music, audio and multimedia that has been used worldwide for over fifteen years by performers, composers, artists, teachers, & students.
A large collection of tutorial patches that help explain additive and resonant synthesis in the context of CNMAT Max Objects. Download the current version from CNMAT.
This is a workshop for people who want to get started with tablet-based interfaces or who want to teach others to use tablet interfaces for music. It is based on my method book (in progress, see paper).
CNMAT, Summers 2005-2009 2009 Syllabus Max/MSP/Jitter is a graphical environment for music, audio, and multimedia that runs on both Macintosh (OSX) and Windows XP platforms. In use worldwide for over fifteen years by performers, composers, artists, teachers, and students, Max/MSP/Jitter is the way to make your computer do things that reflect your individual ideas and …
2007: Sound Installation Technologies An overview of aesthetic and practical issues of long running, installation-based sound and media artworks. Sound installations are compared to concert music, and site-specific works are examined. Strategies for developing and maintaining robust, reliable, and effective pieces are covered. Archived webcasts course website 2006: CNMAT Spectral Tutorials An introduction to CNMAT …
Music 148/248–Fall 2009Post-Tonal Theory and AnalysisTuesday/Thursday—1-2:15Professor Michael Zbyszynskimzbyszynski@mills.edu This course covers basic concepts and techniques employed in post-tonal theory and analysis. Topics covered will include pitch-class sets, combinatoriality, integral serialism, twelve-tone areas, formal, rhythmic, and motivic analysis. Students will study analytical techniques developed by mainstream music theory. The first half of the semester will cover …
(NIME Genoa 2008) ABSTRACT This paper proposes the creation of a method book for tablet-based instruments, evaluating pedagogical materials for traditional instruments as well as research in human-computer interaction and tablet interfaces. Keywords Wacom tablet, digitizing tablet, expressivity, gesture, mapping, pedagogy, practice
Music, Technology and Computers Music, Technology and Computers studies the influence of technology upon the musical culture and aesthetics of the United States in the 20th century, with particular emphasis on the role of the computer. This study necessarily involves many disciplines: music, physics and acoustics, cognitive science, computer science, electronic audio technology, and media …
Tonal Counterpoint 1 Free counterpoint within a diatonic tonal context. Emphasis on two-voice and melody/bass combinations. Two-part Canon and Invention Two-part cannon and two-part invention in the traditional style Traditional Harmony & Composition 1 Diatonic harminic analysis in various musical textures. Melody writing. Harmonization of Melodies in various musical textures. Traditional Harmony & Composition 2 …