Max Patch soundscape

This Max Patch is a soundscape that responds to colour.
The mouse is dragged over a colour wheel and this allows for sounds to combine together as the colours change. There are 12 colours which have got separate volume faders assigned to them. These respond to where the mouse is on the colour wheel.

This is then combined with 3 other volume faders which are dark, bright and light soundscapes. So if the colours that the mouse is hovering over is dark then dark sounds will be produced. This patch shows the extent that colour can be used in creating music. It would probably have the potential for creating complex chords and could be used to create a composiotion by colour.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grdSaHUkofE

algorithmic composition

The creator of this blog shows how computers can be used to create music by programming them so that they carry out instructions based on the way people would compose. He has used MAX patches for the examples. http://http://algocomp.blogspot.com/2008/08/some-initial-thoughts-on-algorithmic.html

What MAX MSP is capable of in 6 minutes

This is an interesting video which shows what MAX MSP is capable of in just 6 minutes if you know what you are doing. One of the first things the creator of this done was to bring the microphone data into the patch. This way the sounds which made up the creation of the patch became part of the patch itself. It shows the endless posibilities.