Generative Audio Looping in Max & Max For Live - On demand
Learn to build a tape loop playback device in Max 4 Live.
Course Instructor: Johan Englund
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Brian Eno used arranged tape loops for composition in the 1970 Discreet Music and Music For Airports. This M4L device takes those ideas and uses them for a simple but effective loop playback device.
What you'll learn
- Build a basic audio file playback device
- Explore signal routings using send & return objects
- Use sub-patch encapsulations in M4L
- Describe the signal flow in a M4L device
Requirements
- A computer and Internet connection
- A web cam and mic
- A Zoom account
- Access to a copy of Max 8 (i.e. trial or full license)
Course content
- ---- Lesson plan
- ---- Max for live resources
- ---- Part 1 - Introduction to the twoone looper, signal flow and audio file management in Max
- ---- Part 2 - The storage & playback section (buffer~, groove~) and how to build a transport section
- ---- Part 3 - Recap on signal flow for the twoone device
- ---- Part 4 - Get buffer info and how to divide the loops
- ---- Part 5 - Recap on how the twoone performs and sounds
Who is this course for
- In this workshop you’ll learn how to work with audio file playback objects like buffer~ & groove~ along with send & receive concepts and sub-patches.
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About the workshop leader
Johan Englund is a music producer based in St Leonards East Sussex and an educator for Tileyard Education (London) and Bimm (London). He has been engaged as a professional in the music industry since the early 1990s and as a lecturer since 2005.
