Timeline

Week 1 - VIP Combined Meeting

Week 2 - Intro to Max -- Tutorials

Basics

• Hello — Creating objects and connections
• Bang! — The bang message
• Numbers and Lists — Types of data in Max
• Metro and Toggle — Creating automatic actions
• Message Ordering — Debugging program flow
• Simple Math — Performing calculations
• Numerical User Interfaces — Sliders and dials

MIDI

• Basics — Getting MIDI input and output
• Note Management — Generating and managing note events
• Parsing — Decoding and encoding MIDI streams
• Basic Sequencing — Playing back MIDI sequence data
• Advanced Sequencing — Recording and manipulating MIDI sequences

Communications

• UDP Networking — Passing messages over a network

Week 3 - Zach's Intro to Max

Week 4 - Decide on initial areas of creation

Install/Use Zach's Simulator

Get Max Licence

Keep Learning Max

Week 5 - Readings/Ideas

TO DO:

• Read all of Boden Computational Creativity. Be ready to discuss it.
• Choose 2-3 pages from this paper focusing on what aspect you are interested in working on http://dorienherremans.com/sites/default/files/music_generation_survey_dh_preprint.pdf

ON FRIDAY:

• Go over Readings
• Discuss Tasks

Week 6 - Readings/Ideas

Each week before the meeting on your task page include a couple of sentences on what you did and a link to github/google drive or anyway of sharing the code or other research. Also write a sentence for what you plan to do the next week, we’ll talk about that more in person so this doesn’t have to be locked in if you’re not sure.

Add to resources if you find any related articles (put your initials next to it so I know who put it up).

One optional reading this week is - https://philosophynow.org/issues/59/The_Structure_of_Musical_Revolutions

This uses Kuhn’s concepts from Scientific Paradigms (maybe some of you have read it). To talk about what can be creative. There’s no need to read this, but carries on some of the discussion we had if you’re interested.

http://jazzomat.hfm-weimar.de/download/download.html

http://jazzomat.hfm-weimar.de/commandline_tools/cl_tools.html