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Software that Connects – Max • Jitter • RNBO • Gen • Max for Live

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@cycling74
Cycling '74
2 years
RNBO is a new patching environment, built to export code with the sound of Max. Take your patch to the Web, audio hardware, VST3 and AU plugins, custom Max Objects, and anywhere you can integrate C++ code. To learn more visit #madewithRNBO
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Introducing Max 8.3 - featuring 20+ new objects for composing sound using signals and key MC features. Available now for Max 8 users ->
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Ableton has released their internal tools for developing and maintaining the Max devices that ship with Live. Learn more about Ableton’s in-house guidelines and resources here: #ableton #maxforlive #live12 #maxmsp #abletonlive #computermusic #sounddesign
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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30% off Max Sale until June 7th - Incl. Upgrades, Crossgrades, Full Licenses, Subscriptions
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
2 years
We’re deeply saddened to share that Darwin Grosse has passed. We’ve lost a dear friend, a mentor to many, and a tireless force for both Max and the global community of artists surrounding it. We invite all to share their thoughts + memories of Darwin in whatever form you prefer.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
2 years
Happy 24th birthday to MSP 🎂 (the audio part of Max) - originally released 12/21/1997
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Max 8 has been released. See what's new! #cycling 74 #max8 #maxmsp #maxforlive
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@cycling74
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Unreal!! - webSamplr is an instant real-time sampler that samples anything from the web into Ableton Live on record armed tracks. The plugin was written for artists, producers and indie movie scorers to rapidly prototype and write...
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Let's build a fat supersaw synth using MC objects! 🎹🔊 #maxmsp #synthesizer #maxforlive #sounddesign
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Something is coming. Can you hear it? 👂🌲
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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new #maxforlive device, Audio Rate Automation, gives you all the squelchy, crunchy, sizzly audio-rate modulation goods. here a stock @Ableton Live drum loop is turned into super-fast control data to modulate Wavetable's filter/waveshaper. super fun!
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Cycling '74
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Ever wanted to take your gen~ patches direct to @vcvrack - now it's easier than ever #maxmsp #gen
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Cycling '74
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All hands - 20yrs of Cycling ‘74 / 30yrs of Max • . . . . . #cycling74 #max #maxmsp #max8 #jitter
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Jaki, a super fun #maxforlive Euclidean sequencer for @Ableton Live! ⁣⁣⁣ it's free, but plz tip yr devs: [ @zunaito -inspired rtms w/ newest (+ v lovely) from @feltinstruments , Jasno. @goodhertz ’s Vulf Compressor on the master bus, where it belongs.⁣]
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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This is probably one of the most extensive releases of Max patches and content ever (besides Max itself). This an incredible resource and basically an entire persons career, gold in here for everyone. #max8 #maxmsp #cycling74 #maxforlive
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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this is lil pup 1.0 it's a free #maxforlive / @Ableton Live device from @weekplus_ . it generates looping melodies that are impossibly musical. it is a suspiciously fun device. here, two of them play @SpitfireAudio 's OPW toolkit. happy #pianoday2020 tomorrow. hope y'all are well.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
7 years
Exclusive: Ableton acquires Max maker Cycling ’74; what you need to know
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
4 years
In recognition of the many educators working remotely, we will provide 6-month licenses to any school that has used an institutional discount for a Max purchase or sub. Instructors/system admins, contact support @cycling74 .com with an estimate of the # you need (up to 1000). <333
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
2 years
Cycling ‘74 has been built primarily on remote work since 1997, and we’ve been without a physical office for over a decade.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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We’re really excited about Nestup! This M4L device lets you create complex rhythms in Live using a brand new language embedded in the device. Make sure to check out where you can experiment with this language right in your browser.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Feeling inspired to make your own ambient soundscape after Ends' awesome livestream yesterday? You can download Ends' patches and learn more about his process here: And check out the stream here: #ambientmusic #ambient #maxmsp
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Cycling '74
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Introducing the gamepad object, one of the many new features arriving today with the release of Max 8.6. Download and learn more about everything included in this new update here:   And join us tonight in the Max Discord at 5pm PT for a live Q&A session.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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We're sad to lose Dave Smith's unmistakable presence and are grateful for his legacy of pushing forward-thinking ideas for music technology.
@sequentialLLC
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It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Dave Smith has died. If you’d like to share your thoughts and memories of Dave, please reach out to us on our website:
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Slauson Malone 1 ( @slausonmalone ) discusses the making of his new record “EXCELSIOR,” finding inspiration in boredom, building an Ondes Martenot in Max, and much more in our latest interview available now: #maxmsp #maxforlive #abletonlive #warprecords
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Our first book "Step by Step: Adventures in Sequencing with Max/MSP" is out, written by Gregory Taylor!
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
4 years
thank you, John Conway.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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We’re excited to announce our first 5 Max Certified Trainers today, and the launch of our new Max Certified Training Program.
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Cycling '74
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Max 8.1.6 has been released! This update includes an all-new mtr object for multi-track data recording, looping, and editing. After you update, download the custom performance patcher featured in this video:
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
6 years
... coming soon
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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On Sunday 8/6, Ends will return with another 1-hour ambient livestream, powered by his network of sample-driven patches. Download his patches and learn more here: And tune into the stream here: #maxmsp   #ambient   #generative
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Are you ready for the next look at Max 8? Node for Max will open a whole new library of possibilities. #cycling74 #nodeformax #maxmsp #max8
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We are excited to announce the public beta of RNBO Export support for Eventide H9000 hardware. Visit our forum for more information on how to install and use the ‘Eventide H9000’ package for RNBO → #eventide #eventideh9000 #maxmsp
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@cycling74
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Rhythm and Time Toolkit (RTT) by Max CT Philip Meyer is a new package of objects and patches for working with time, rhythm, and melody, great for building powerful, playable sequencers. To get started, search for Rhythm and Time Toolkit in the Max Package Manager. #madewithrnbo
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Interested in using machine learning in Max? We invited Isaac Io Schankler ( @piesaac ) to develop an example of their explorations with the nn~ object that implements the RAVE model in Max. Download and read more about the patch here: #machinelearning
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@cycling74
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Have you tried the new gamepad object yet? 🎮 Here's User Friendly Sounds putting it into action! #maxmsp #glitch #synthesizers #noisemusic #bassmusic #experimentalsound #ableton #vcvrack
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@cycling74
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Gradient, a new @Ableton #maxforlive device from @p_ATCHES , is an *incredible* macro navigator. it taps into a target's parameters and can mutate every single one (with definable exclusions) with a single click. make presets of settings you like + morph between them. bonkers.
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Next Tuesday 3/22, Alex Brajković will be livestreaming 12 hours of ambient music powered by one of his Generative Contemplation Max patches, and field recording library. 12pm-12am CET / 4am-4pm PDT. We'll post links here
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@cycling74
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Today we're excited to launch the Cycling '74 engineering blog. This is a place for us to share programming stories, fun side projects and bits of wisdom that we've picked up while working on Max.
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@cycling74
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Check out this Double Pendulum Max for Live device from  @starakaj , inspired by Ableton's new Building Max Devices pack! You can download the device, as well as the Building Max Devices pack for free from our linktree. #maxforlive #maxmsp #sounddesign #ableton
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Introducing live.adsr~ + live.adsrui, a pair of objects that provide the ease and exacting control of Live's own envelope generators. Now available in Max 8.2.
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Expand the flexibility of what you can do with data in Max using ARRAYS, now available in Max 8.6! Learn more about using arrays and other new features available in Max 8.6 here: #maxmsp #madewithmax #sounddesign #programming #experimentalmusic
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@cycling74
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Check this out and give it a spin, some really interesting sounds. Gutter synthesis is a synthesis process that creates very physical, acoustic-like sounds with purely digital synthesis processes. Importantly, the system...
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@cycling74
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if you haven't already, enroll in Matt Wright's #MaxMSP course on @KadenzeOfficial ! free instruction from a fantastic teacher + a slew of super-fun starting patchers. here's a mod of the 'keyboard-triggered playlist' patcher from the early sessions:
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Let's build a creepy reverb Max for Live device in under a minute! 💻⚡️ #maxforlive #maxmsp #abletonlive #cycling74 #sounddesign
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@cycling74
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"Plox is a complex oscillator, a pet, a friend." It's also a super playable @Ableton #maxforlive device, a perfect companion to Survey ( @p_ATCHES ), and a great snack for @valhalladsp 's ValhallaDelay!
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@cycling74
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Granular synthesis is a well-loved approach for creating lush ambience, chopped rhythms, and otherworldly sounds. Check out Isabel's round-up of granular tools in the Max Package Manager and tell us your favorite.
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Cycling '74
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the reverb sounds *great*, but also v into the button. button makes real good sounds. more button content plz.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Watch Max 8 take shape! Here is the first in the series of feature videos we'll be sharing over the coming months.
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if you suddenly find yourself needing to stream #maxmsp patches to teach or perform remotely, here are a ton of helpful tips from Floirian (one of our engineers)!
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
4 years
*the gen~velope, please* ( @tomhallsonics made an awesome sample-accurate envelope follower using gen~. full tutorial and patchers here: ) #cycling74 #creativecode #audioengineering #computermusic #electronicmusic
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Our friends at Ableton just released Building Max Devices, a new Live pack to help you get started with Max for Live. You can download it here -->
@Ableton
Ableton
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Create your own instruments and effects with Building Max Devices, the new Pack that guides you through your first steps in Max. Download now:
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Looking to bring dynamic visuals into your Ableton session? This Max for Live device from Amazing Max Stuff allows you to load in folders with movie files and display them in time with the music. Download this free device and more at the bottom of the Jitter page (link in bio).
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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"Music has pushed technology all along, because music draws you to find a way to [make your ideas happen]. You keep finding find new ways to do new things and new things to do with the old ways of doing things." without @LaurieSpiegel , there'd be no #maxmsp . watch, patch, make.
@LaurieSpiegel
Laurie Spiegel
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The full NAMM Oral History Interview of me is now online. Click in the "full interview" image to get the whole almost-an-hour
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
2 years
Did you do the homework? 📚👩‍🏫 #madewithrnbo
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Cycling '74
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Have you checked out Sam Tarakajian’s article about Ableton’s Learning Synths yet? Click the link below to learn more about how early RNBO efforts and a team of people with diverse skills and backgrounds helped make this evolution in web audio a reality.
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why must you do this to us…
@telefontelaviv
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@cycling74
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Here’s our RNBO to @UnrealEngine integration in action, as seen at #GDC2024 🎮 and developed by Adam Rohksar ( @rokhsar ) and Alex van Gils ( @jinpavg ). Tell us how you use (or plan to use) Max/RNBO in your games! #madewithrnbo #maxmsp #unrealengine #gamedevelopment #sounddesign
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Silent5 offering up another free @ableton #maxforlive device: a colorful counter-based sequencer repurposes the approach of @monomes 's('s's) #meadowphysics to create four independent yet interrelated melodic sequencers! here, sequencing #lekko
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
2 years
Iftah Gabbai's "mmWmm 6" is a lush generative music patch, available for download here:
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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We are very happy to announce, the public release of cv.jit version 2! This update represents a huge amount of work from Jean-Marc Pelletier and Rob Ramirez in modernizing and tightening up this indispensable package. #max8 #maxmsp #jitter
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@cycling74
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MIDI is such an underestimated technology. You can use it to play hardware synths, other software, even other computers. What are you doing with MIDI in Max?
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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We will be releasing a Max 8 upgrade in the second quarter of 2018 - sign up for more details!
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Max 8.2 Public Beta - offering support for native Apple Silicon ARM64 - is now available
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Cycling '74
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We are truly excited today to announce the public beta release of our GL3 package. GL3 expands on the existing generative power of Jitter’s original graphics engine by providing support for the more modern OpenGL Core Profile and recent versions of GLSL.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
2 years
Was that on the list? 👀✔️ @tomhallsonics
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Cycling '74
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Weekend Inspiration 🔥
@sabroi_
Sabroi
3 years
Yo! Have also been working on the infrastructure/syntax of patches that talk to each other within max as a modular system would, it’s very rewarding making self generating patches with different small parts I’ve made over time. Has been a great learning experience!
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Max 7.3.4 just released
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Introducing the RNBO Guitar Pedals package, a collection of 30 customizable, ready-to-use pedal patches covering classic guitar pedal effects, each with accompanying Max externals and Max for Live devices. Learn more here: #guitarpedals #maxforlive #maxmsp
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NEW FEATURED PACKAGE ALERT 🚨 Develop Max patches with livecoding-style interactions, program live visuals, and so much more with "GLRepl" by Tom Whiston. Download GLRepl for free today from the Max Package Manager! 💻💬 #maxmsp #livecoding #livevisuals
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#MaxMSP 8.1.4 update is now available - featuring improvements to Playlist objects, new Jitter features, and jweb updates.
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this is gorgeous! #maxmsp : a visual coding environment to build bespoke white noise machines
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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We're hiring! 🎉 Cycling '74 is looking for an experienced 3D Graphics Software Engineer to help us build the next generation of Jitter, our interactive video+graphics tools for Max. Details here––>
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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this is a *wonderful* dive into FFT -- @rtqe has done it again. gorgeous examples and clear patching lessons make for a fantastic article for those curious about Gen~ + spectral processing!
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@cycling74
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one of our favorite moments from last night's @Perfect_Circuit event with @sarahbellereid + Ryan Gaston -- sometimes, the most important part of a generative patch is having a predictable killswitch.
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Cycling '74
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timey wimey. Grainshifter, @Ableton #maxforlive device by Jacob Johnson using gen~ + mc. slick Live API tricks, fun to modulate, and easy to forget you've been feeding it bass lines for an hour and it's already time to post the video.
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Max 8.2 is now officially released - featuring native support for Apple Silicon, redesigned documentation browser, updates to jweb (CEF) and Node, and lots of bug fixes.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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We also love "normal" music
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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Get a new granular synthesis Max patch called BabyGrain, created by TAKUMA MATSUI
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A message from David Z - On behalf of my co-workers at Cycling ’74, I am pleased to share the news of our...
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We invited 3 artists from the Max community to each produce a patch that does something with gen~. The results of that challenge and downloadable patches can be found at the link in our bio.
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@cycling74
Cycling '74
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though it may seem subtle, this page actually represents some big vibes for us . it's a re-introduction to Max; a new approach to talking about the patcher; and a really nice energy thru which we are excited to engage y'all more + more.
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@cycling74
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all of my interests in a single image. @gianclgar is developing a #maxmsp -powered OSC mapper for #nintendoswitch 's Joy-Con controllers. grab the beta:
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for those who want to start learning #MaxMSP but need an idea, try recreating some of @RianTreanor 's brilliant instrument descriptions. building your own versions of a defined tool is a deeply rewarding process and an easy way to establish an endpoint to a patch!
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rian treanor
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Thanks @DJmag for inviting me to contribute to the Studio Sessions feature... I go into some details here about some Max/MSP @cycling74 devices I've been building recently 🔨
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The new sfizz~ object in Max 8.6 lets you load SFZ-format sampler instruments into your patches and play them with simple MIDI messages. Download Tom’s sfizz~ drum machine patch and learn more about what you can do with sfizz~ here: @tomhallsonics #maxmsp
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NEW IN MAX 8.6: STRINGS 🧵 Enjoy more freedom when working with text and bring methods you’d use in languages like Javascript to your patches! Learn more about strings and other new 8.6 features here: #maxmsp #installationart #dataart #generativeart
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Nice release from our friends at @Ableton
@Ableton
Ableton
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Learn the fundamentals of synthesis with our new, interactive website: #learningsynths
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With Max 8.1.4, playlist~ received a bit of TLC. In this five-part video series, we'll demonstrate how to quickly incorporate samples into Max patches using playlist~'s new features. Each day this week, we'll drop a new video! Here's the first:
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"Generating Sound & Organizing Time: Thinking with gen~ Book 1" is now officially available as an eBook. You can find it here:
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Cycling '74
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@Ableton Drop in a Max for Live device 😉
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We're saddened to hear of the loss of Alvin Lucier, an inspiring artist who brought a tender humanity to experiments with audio technology and conceptual music.
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This device creates euclidean rhythms computing the greatest common divisor of two given values, in this case...
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Introducing .meshwarp - a full featured video mapping tool - included in th Jitter Tools package for Max 8.2+
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Besides being a way to experiment with DSP in Max, there are some really cool places you can take gen~ patches w/ code generation
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Cycling '74
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Ever wanted to take your gen~ patches direct to @vcvrack - now it's easier than ever #maxmsp #gen
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the one where @tomhallsonics gracefully navigates a gorgeous world of sound with one hand (with some help from @Expressive_E 's incredibly expressive Touché!)
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