Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Overview

    • What you will learn in this course

    • Requirements

  • 2

    Session 1 - On-demand

    • Week 1 max patches to download

    • Week 1 activities sheet

    • Part 1 - Introduction

    • Part 2 - What is Max

    • Part 3 - Opening up Max

    • Part 4 - What is a patcher-patch

    • Part 5 - Checking that our patch is unlocked

    • Part 6 - Adding an object via the top menu

    • Part 7 - What is an object

    • Part 8 - What is an object (con)

    • Part 9 - Exploring and using the top menu

    • Part 10 - Exploring the menu on the left

    • Part 11 - Exploring the objects tab from the left side bar

    • Part 12 - Exploring the audio tab from the left side bar

    • Part 13 - Getting started with Activity #1

    • Part 14 - Creating a playlist~

    • Part 15 - Using the console.log to check for errors

    • Part 16 - Checking our Audio Status

    • Part 17 - Opening up the playlist~ help file

    • Part 18 - Checking the audio meter-levels

    • Part 19 - Turning on your audio

    • Part 20 - Introduction to Activity #1

    • Part 21 - Section #2 - Creating a patch from scratch

    • Part 22 - Adding an audio file from Max's built-in documentation

    • Part 23 - Adding ezdac~

    • Part 24 - Adding live.gain~

    • Part 25 - Connecting the objects together

    • Part 26 - Introduction to Activity #2 - Create a playlist~ patch

    • Part 27 - Section #3 More about playlist~

    • Part 28 - Adding a number

    • Part 29 - Using a number to playback audio

    • Part 30 - Adding a message

    • Part 31 - Adding a float

    • Part 32 - Controlling the playback speed with a message

    • Part 33 - Introduction to Activity #3 - Using messages to control the playlist~

    • Part 34 - How to create segmented patch cords

    • Part 35 - Controlling two playlists~ with one number

    • Part 36 - Section #4 Effects

    • Part 37 - How to add an effect (plug-in) to your patch

    • Part 38 - Finding the parameters for an effect

    • Part 39 - How to manipulate a parameter for an effect

    • Part 40 - Introduction to Activity #4 - Add an effect to your system

    • Part 41 - Section #5 - Wrapping up the Lesson

    • Part 42 - Exploring the built-in Max documentation

    • Part 43 - Recommended objects to explore (play~, buffer~, groove~)

    • Bonus tip and end of Session 1

  • 3

    Session 2: Friday 13th August

    • Week 2 max patches to download

    • Week 2 activities sheet

    • Videos to be added

  • 4

    Session 3: Friday 20th August

    • Week 3 max patches to download

    • Week 3 activity sheet

    • Videos to be added

  • 5

    Session 4: Friday 27th August

    • Getting Started with Max - Session 4

    • Open the course in Zoom to access all the features

    • Week 4 activities sheet

    • Week 4 max patches to download