
Comprehensive online support, running parallel to the explanations in the book, includes hundreds of sample patches, analyses, interactive sound-building exercises, completion and correction of patches, theory and Max 7 glossary and reverse engineering exercises. Second Edition updated for MAX 7 – 724 pages Structured for use in university courses, the book is an overview of the theory and practice of Max 7, with a glossary of terms and suggested tests that allow students to evaluate their progress. CONTENTS Foreword to the Second Volume by Richard Boulanger Translator’s Note by Richard Dudas Chapter 5 DIGITAL AUDIO AND SAMPLED SOUNDS Interlude C MANAGING TIME, POLYPHONY, ATTRIBUTES AND ARGUMENTS Chapter 6 DELAY LINES Chapter 7 DYNAMICS PROCESSORS Interlude D ADVANCED PRESET MANAGEMENT, BPATCHER, VARIABLE ARGUMENTS, DATA AND SCORE MANAGEMENT Chapter 8 THE ART OF ORGANIZING SOUND: MOTION PROCESSES Chapter 9 MIDI AND REAL-TIME CONTROL Interlude E MAX FOR LIVE This book will provide a reader with skill and understanding in using Max/MSP for sound design and musical composition. Structured for use in university courses, the book is an overview of the theory and practice of Max/MSP, with a glossary of terms and suggested tests that allow students to evaluate their progress. It is part of a teaching method incorporating a substantial amount of online supporting materials: hundreds of sound examples and interactive examples, programs written in Max, as well as a library of Max objects created especially for this book.
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This is the second in a series of three volumes dedicated to digital synthesis and sound design. The complete book is available both in iBook and in paper format This book will provide a reader with skill and understanding in using Max 8 for sound design and musical composition.



Comprehensive online support, running parallel to the explanations in the book, includes hundreds of sample patches, analyses, interactive sound-building exercises, completion and correction of patches, theory and Max 8 glossaries, and reverse engineering exercises. The book is an overview of the theory and practice of Max 8, with a glossary of terms and suggested tests that allow students to evaluate their progress. TOPICS Digital Audio and Sampled Sounds: decimation, blocks technique, slicing, scrubbing - Timing, Polyphony, and Multichannel - Delay Lines: echoes, looping, flanger, chorus, comb and allpass filters, phaser, pitch shifting, reverse, variable delay, Karplus-Strong algorithm - Creative Uses of Dynamics Processors: envelope followers, compressors, limiters, live normalizers, expanders, gates, side chains, ducking - The Art of Organizing Sound: simple, complex and compound motion processes, motion within timbre, algorithmic control of motion, motion sequences - MIDI and Handling MIDI Messages in Max - Max for Live: audio effects, virtual instruments, MIDI effects, Live API and Live Object Model. It is part of a structured teaching method incorporating a substantial amount of online supporting materials: hundreds of sound examples and interactive examples, programs written in Max, as well as a library of Max objects created especially for this book. ISBN-13: 978-88-99 Paperback: 748 pages + online Language: English This is the second in a series of volumes dedicated to the theory and practice of digital synthesis and sound design.

This is a 136 pages demo of Alessandro Cipriani, Maurizio Giri, ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN VOL.2 Theory and Practice with Max 8 - 3rd Edition updated to Max 8.
