Step by step : adventures in sequencing with Max/MSP / Gregory Taylor.
| Author/creator | Taylor, Gregory author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Walnut, California : Cycling '74, [2018] |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | 272 pages : black-and-white illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Adventures in sequencing with Max/MSP |
| Contents | First steps: a simple step sequencer. My first step sequencer ; The joys of abstraction ; Stopping and starting ; Setting things up ; To play or not to play ; Taking a list and making some noise ; The joys of being a joiner ; Listening to the sequencer ; Working with softsynths ; Working with VST/AU synths ; Working with AMXD devices (for max users) -- Building out: count on it. One os the loneliest number ; On a roll ; Rinse and repeat ; Know when to fold 'em ; A final word -- Step by step: live.step, part 1. Keeping it simple ; Polyphony? A little animation ; Food for thought -- To play or not to play, part 1. Heads or tails? What's the chance of that happening? Location location location ; Playing the odds -- Questions of scale(s): transposition and mapping. Note filtering ; Scales and modes ; Arbitrary scale mapping -- Step by step. live.step, part 2. Forging the chain ; Keeping things odd ; Right on time -- Beating time. Dividing your time: phasor and rate ; N-tuplets ; Polyrhythms -- To play or not to play, part 2. Event density (the drunkard's walk) ; Location location location (once again) ; To play or not to play (Euclidean version) ; Dealing with distribution ; Location location location (one more time) ; Heavy rotation -- Step by step: live.step, part 3. Sequence to dictionary, fill 'er up ; Using the dictionary ; From many queries, one -- Learning to swing. Playing early (and often) ; Every bang for itself ; Another source of enlightenment -- The next step(s). Thinking beyond the note ; Numbers as voltages ; Numbers as parameters: VST/Audio unit plug-ins ; Numbers as parameters: AMXD devices ; Numbers as parameters: the live object model -- Afterwords. Big ideas and little steps ; Recombining and making hybrids ; The zen of all max patching (the three questions) ; Recycling your best ideas ; And finally, a few words of thanks and praise. |
| Abstract | "Step sequencers are a special treat: they offer a simplified approach to composition that can be the basis for fun and creative music-making. Using the Max/MSP visual programming language, Gregory Taylor provides the recipes for over a dozen step sequencers that range from basic to surprisingly deep. In doing so, he also presents Max as the perfect toolkit for creating these addictive devices." --Back cover of book. |
| ISBN | 9781732590304 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 1732590303 (pbk.) |