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by WillEngler 1738 days ago
Yeesh, thanks for sharing all this. I would eagerly read that blog post!

I've gotten really into Ableton this past year and I've been curious whether I should get into Max for Live. Being a programmer and looking at their marketing materials, it seemed like it should tap into the right parts of my brain. But seeing your comment now ... maybe not the right move. Especially because I'm not looking to accomplish anything special, I just want a sandbox to play with digital audio concepts.
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iainctduncan 1737 days ago
I would recommend the Cipriani and Giri books and plain old Max (or Pd). They have written the best introductions to playing with digital audio, full stop. Best computer music books made, IMHO.
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zwegner 1738 days ago
No problem! Maybe I'm just being too negative, after all there are lots of people having fun creating stuff with it (and I like having the devices I've made). But there was definitely a big impedance mismatch of what I had in my head vs. how to implement it, so I wouldn't personally use it for any exploratory sandbox-y type stuff.
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