Intro to Visual Coding + Performance with Max

Workshop with Briana Marela where she goes over the basics of Max

This workshop, taught by Briana Marela, is meant to be an introductory look at the potential for using Max as a performance tool. You will go over some basic visual coding to build a simple melodic patch together as a class using MIDI, the mic on your laptop, and using phones as wireless controllers via TouchOSC. Participants will also take home a pre-made patch of everything covered in the workshop to be able to use at home to begin their journey with Max. Ideally a participant would have a free 30 day trial installed of Max on their computer (or already own it), and be willing to purchase TouchOSC Mk1 on the app store ($4.99). However if someone would simply like to watch, take in the lecture, and then take home the pre-made patch that is fine as well. Max is not something that can be fully taught in one hour, it is like learning a language, but we would hope that a participant would be able to gauge and spark their interest from this workshop.