Compared to Max for Live programming/editing Reaktor patches, for me at least, is easy. I’m no expert and I doubt I’ll be able to create something from scratch but when you look at a Reaktor patch you can usually see what is happening with a bit of digging - the components all have visible names so you know immediately what they do (even if you then look inside and it makes your brain explode).
Whereas Max for Live patches - to me - are almost completely incomprehensible!
I think if I’d been born in Northern Europe with a name like Stephan, Sebastien or Florien then it would probably all come easy to me but my parents, unfortunately, called me Jason and dragged me out kicking and screaming into the highly deluded, backwards country of England, so that might be the problem…
Has anyone ever come across a good series of tutorials for max (pay-for or free) that really helped you understand how it works?!
By this I mean that instead of someone simply reconstructing something they’ve seen in the manual or a book they actually explain WHY a specific thing is how it is and why it goes in that port.
Also, the Kadenze course (which I seem to remember is mostly free) is very very good, instructive and long enough to get into the fine details of Max/MSP step by step without getting overwhelmed. I highly recommend it.
Edit: sorry, I didn’t read well enough and missed the OP asked about M4L tutorials… In any case, I think knowing the fundamentals of Max/MSP is mandatory so I won’t remove the recommendation
Any universities around you? I got the ball rolling through taking a summer workshop at the new music college at a local university. Probably not feasible right now due to the virus but once in person activities come back it is a great option for some hands-on learning.
Second the electronic music and sound design book too. A wonderful jumping off point for the MSP section of max (probably the most relevant portion for M4L stuff.)
Max has a built-in tutorial series and additional documentation and patch examples for every object, accessible from the software itself. The forum is superb as well, so any extra trouble you run into is easily solved with a search.
Anyone done this Udemy course? Would you recommend it? I’d put my self as intermediate as a) I’ve done professional audio programming throughout my ‘career’ and b) I’m fairly familiar with what Max does.
