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Max for Developers - Instruction in English

Write Objects for Max/MSP

Advanced Level

Prerequisite
Participants must have a high level of expertise in Max/MSP and experience programming in C is strongly recommended.

Upon completion of this workshop participants will be able to create external objects for Max 6 in C (control, UI, DSP).

The course will be taught by Cycling'74 team: David Zicarelli (Chief executive officer), Joshua Kit Clayton and Emmanuel Jourdan (developers).

Basic Topics

Javascript and the new 2D drawing API
Use of the Max SDK for C object development
Techniques for using C++ to write Max externals
Reading and writing JSON data files
Use of the t_dictionary to support the new dict.* objects
Developing MSP objects and the new MSP64 API
Using the scheduler and ITM
Supporting Max 6 features (circular menu, etc.)

Advanced Topics

These topics will be addressed depending on student interest

Explanation of scheduler priority options
Object reference counting and memory management
UI object development and graphics optimization techniques
Embedding data in a patcher
Writing extension objects
The parameter system

From Saturday, 19 to Monday, November 21, 2011, 10am-1pm and 2:30pm-5:30pm / IRCAM

Registration Terms & Conditions

Tuition Fees
600€ / course
Forum Member Organization (Studio or Research or Pass Forum) 400€
Forum Member Individual (Studio or Research or Pass Forum) 200€
For French organizations, tuition excludes the VAT (VAT 19.6%)

Course is limited to 20 participants

Public
Composers, musicians, sound designers, sound engineers and technicians, theater professionals

Didactic Material and Assessments
Hands-on work sessions take place on individual workstations. Instructors use a workstation connected to a video projector and a quadraphonic sound system. Either paper or electronic teaching aids will be available for students.
Participants must bring their own laptop computer with Max 6 and an IDE such as Xcode (Mac) or Visual Studio (Windows).

Information
info-pedagogie(at)ircam.fr | Florence Grappin +33(0)1 44 78 47 70

Registration
Download the registration form and return by post

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