RESOURCES

Useful resources (links, tutorials, example code, readings) will be posted here. Please be sure to check back in from time to time, as this page will be updated throughout the course.

Week 1

https://www.nodebox.net/node/

https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/software

https://efs.risd.edu/resources/electronic-cutter/

Week 2

https://processing.org/download/

Week 3

http://www.openscad.org/

https://www.rhino3d.com/download/rhino-for-mac/5.0/wip

https://www.makerbot.com/download-desktop/

Week 4

https://cycling74.com/downloads/

Helpful tools:

MPEG StreamClip: http://www.squared5.com/
SoundFlower: https://github.com/mattingalls/Soundflower
JACK: http://www.jackaudio.org/
SoundHack: http://www.soundhack.com/freeware/
Max Toolbox: https://github.com/natcl/maxtoolbox

Books on Max / MSP:

Cycling 74 Forums:

https://cycling74.com/forums/

Day 1: Intro to Max / Jitter

MAX INTERFACE BASICS

Menus, object instantiation
How to get help
Order of events

BASIC OBJECTS

object
message
comment
bang
toggle
loadbang
loadmess

LISTS

pack, pak
unpack
zl

RANDOMNESS

decide
drunk
random
urn

LOGIC

<, <=, ==, >=, >
if / else

THE BIG BANG

metro vs. qmetro

WHAT IS THE MATRIX?

JITTER UI OBJECTS

jit.pwindow
jit.window
jit.fpsgui

VIDEO COMPRESSION

Photo JPEG is your friend (Apple ProRes too)
Easy compression using QuickTime 7 Pro
More easy compression using MPEG StreamClip

VIDEO FILES

jit.movie

VIDEO I/O

jit.grab
jit.rota

VIDEO MIXING

jit.xfade

BASIC / VIDEO MATHS

+, -, *, /, !+, !-, !/, %
jit.op

ARGUMENTS VS. ATTRIBUTES

attrui

Day 2: Sound, Automation + Trickery

SOUND INPUT / OUTPUT

ezdac~ / dac~
ezadc~ / adc~

METERING

meter~
scope~
spectroscope~

SOUND FILES

sfrecord~ / sfplay~

BASIC WAVEFORMS

cycle~
tri~
rect~
saw~
phasor~

SPECIAL FEATURES

Phase offset: cycle~, phasor~
Duty cycle: rect~, tri~
Syncing oscillators: tri~, rect~, saw~

NOISE SOURCES

noise~
pink~
rand~

MIXING / CROSSFADING

+~
*~
gain~
!-~
line~
curve~

GETTING AUDIO IN & OUT OF OTHER PROGRAMS

SoundFlower
SoundFlower for jit.movie outputs

EFFECTS

jit.hue
jit.brcosa
jit.sprinkle
jit.streak
jit.slide

AUTOMATION

snapshot~
meter~
controlling Jitter with MSP

DATA SCALING

scale
mc.scale

Day 3: The Third Dimension + Beyond

DATA FLOW

select
change / route
gate / switch
gate~ / selector~

GOING FULLSCREEN

fullscreen $1
;jitter cursor
jit.window attributes: fsmenubar, interp

3D BASICS

jit.gl.render
jit.gl.gridshape
jit.gl.handle
jit.gl.videoplane

OPEN GL + VIDEO

Videoplane xfade trick
jit.gl.slab basics
Blendmodes with jit.gl.slab
Feedback with jit.gl.slab
Adding video texture to a gridshape

EXTRUDING

Basic extrusion
Extruding with video texture
Adding audio to the extrusion

USING 3D MODELS

jit.gl.model basics
Texturing a model with video

OTHER 3D FEATURES

Lighting
Camera view

TIDYING UP

encapsulation (subpatches)
patchers
presentation mode
bpatchers

MAX TOOLBOX

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