Resources

Cycling74 Documentation

The best place to start is the Max 5 Help and Documentation page, where you will find information on how to write max patches, configuration and setup, as well as how to organize your patches. This page also provides links to Cycling '74s extensive online collection of documentation.

• Max 5 Help and Documentation includes online versions of the installation Max and Jitter tutorials.
• Cycling '74 Forums is a good place to ask advanced questions and read past answers from experts.
• Online Tutorials cover special topics and includes video guides for beginners.
• Tutorial Zero introduces beginners to the Max programming environment.
• Functional lists of Max, MSP, and Jitter objects by type, with links to individual object documentation.
• Download Max/MSP/Jitter.
• Shortcuts in Max.
• Jitter and Frame-rate Optimization.

 

Max Externals

The functionality of Max can be expanded with objects written by others from the community of Max users.

• The Max Object Database was an early attempt to keep track of available Max externals.
• CNMAT's vast collection of Max/MSP/Jitter patches and externals, including OpenSoundControl.
• The Computer Vision Library ported for Max/Jitter.
• The Freenect project: using the Kinect in Jitter.
• a-objects: physics based motion synthesis.
• Maxuino: Connecting the Arduino to Max.
• Externals published on the Cycling '74 website.

 

Programming Resources

You can follow an entire Introduction to Programming course from MIT online via Youtube if you so desire, but be forwarned that this course is taught in Python, which is a very different looking programming language to Max.

• A Brief Tutorial for New Programmers
• Introduction to Programming.
• Data Structures and Algorithms with Object Oriented Design Patterns

 

Concordia Resources

To borrow equipment from the CDA you must pay the 20$ Design/CART lab fee. There is a seperate $45 CDA fee which will allow you lab and server access. Both of these fees should be payed at the VA art supply store. The receipts should then be brought to the CDA depot on the 5th floor of the EV building.

• Concordia's Center for Digital Arts (CDA) homepage.
• Equipment rental guidelines and manuals.
• Information on the CDA's Video and Sound Workshops.
• The Small Mac Lab Schedule (5.718) and the Mac Lab Schedule (5.815).
• Booking an Editing Suite from the CDA.

Please note that the department runs a Computation Lab, staffed by a knowledgeable and friendly tutor who can help you with your programming and electronics questions. The Computation Lab also organizes study groups, and offers workshops on introductory programming as well as programming for real-time video.

• The Computation Lab website.
• Workshops offered by the Computation Lab.
• The Computation Lab schedule.
• How to sign up for a study group.