Go to for lots more tutorials. Exercises4b covers:.
buffer functionality. the play object. synchronising pre-recorded loops using the play object. the groove and waveform objects. effecting a simple (and ugly) timestretch using groove. Please note: these tutorials were made as supplementary material for students on the Music, Technology & Innovation programme at De Montfort University ( ). Some of the content will be specific to their needs and won't be relevant to other viewers.
This video outlines the basic features of the Max/MSP patch used by experimental electronic music artist connecticut. It demonstrates the patch's granular synthesis features, filters and other effects using a sample from 'Sea Bells on Sunday', a song featured on the album Fourier's Algorithm. The album is available as a free high-quality download from. This is my first attempt at coming up with a YouTube video and I'm not 100% happy with the picture quality (don't watch it in full-screen!) A slicker cut will be posted in future but I'll have to re-record the whole thing before I can do that (due to annoying technical reasons I won't bore you with).