Max/MSP Tutorials

Composing and Performing with Max/MSP

How does one go about this?

• Improvisation;
• Contrast: slow/fast; high/low; rhythmic/lyrical; metrical/free; pulsed/non-pulsed;
• Don't have an idea in advance that you've got to stick to;

• Approaches to Composition (for instrumental composition):

  conventions
  pastiche
  listen with open ears
  using your instrumentalists
  annotation
  scultpure
  expression
  presentation
  technology
  getting started
  contrast
  repetition
  simplicity
  experimentation
  opportunities
  want
  listen
  carpe diem! 
  

• What is an Instrument?