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Max/MSP/Jitter : Critical Tool Use. 1) Download Max/MSP and Jitter from www.cycling74.com -- you can use these products for 30 days free. You will need an Apple Mac computer. Max/MSP is a "graphical data-flow environment" for the creation of sound and music. Within this paradigm, algorithms are graphically built, and graphically presented, as a network of processing boxes between which messages and signals flow. Jitter is a set of extensions to this environment for manipulating and creating video. Thus, through using Jitter, these networks or "patches" can connect sound and video in real time. 2) Locate the Jitter examples and tutorials that come with the installation. 3) Construct a simple patch, perhaps based on these tutorials. This patch should take sound in and use it to manipulate video in some way. As an example, one might take the signal flowing out of a microphone box, connect it to a box that finds the amplitude of this sound and, in turn, connect this to the speed of a quicktime movie. 4) Write up a short one page discussion of: what kind of sound / image relationships you are aiming for; and what are the constraints and pressures placed on you by this software tool and this software paradigm. For those of you more familiar with these tools this exercise is a chance to reflect critically on the limitations and forces inherent in this way of thinking about the sound / image problem; for those who have never seen such tools, this exercise is an introduction to the software and ideas that dominate this particular area.
The projects and tasks are designed to help you through the various courses and materials that you'll have to deal with, and also to provide an active and practical element to what could otherwise become a rather dry and technical exercise. Tasks are small exercises - you may be asked to complete one or two per week. Projects are larger and carry a higher percentage of the mark. We will undertake two, three, four or more projects and tasks. The final project is usually an individual choice project, and will be worth significantly more than the others in terms of percentages in your portfolio. We will usually try to set aside a time to perform the projects in a public setting.