>the max/msp combo offers excellent control via midi which, like it or not,
>is a standard for live performance. it also sports a gui which has the
>advantage of offering a clear picture of the order in which modules are
>connected. as espoused in product literature, this is intuitive and great
>for education purposes. realtime control. if i still don't know what i'm
>doing in a few months and can scrape up the cash. $900 total? i'll buy it
>and probably ignore the midi (not currently performing live).

>grainwaves, a program less ambitious than the others, accomplishes a
>wonderful thing. besides midi, you can perform a patch in realtime by
>dragging a mouse over what i think of as square and rectangular graphs
>which can be overlapped to affect multiple parameters *and* you can switch
>to a graphic view, similar to that of msp, of a flow chart clearly
>exhibiting connections. however you may not program within this view.


max akompl!schez dze abov.


>Now, until you guys get these damn brain implants to work properly (i'm
>getting headaches), the ultimate program will allow for working with text,
>graphs, flow charts, realtime performance, connection to wild and wackier
>hardware controllers, *and* the ability to toggle between text, graphs &
>flow charts to instantly exhibit these different representations of our
>work, as we work.
>
>and let's not forget painfully explicit manuals and tutorials.

max + msp = painfully explicit manuals and tutorials.

+ max !limited 2 m!d! kontroL.
1 may wr!te kode.
1 may program addtL objektz.
var!ouz objektz alread+e ekx!zt wh!ch fac!l!tate
var!ouz[x2] methodz ov patch konztrukt!on.
+ human man!pulat!on.

max + mzp = $600 approx.

max k!kx. superkoll!der k!kx altzo.
cecilia k!kx altzo. zon!kverkx k!kx altzo.
soundhack k!kx altzo. grm k!kx altzo.
lasy k!kx altzo. lisa k!kx altzo. bigeye k!kx altzo.
metasynth k!kx altzo. imagine\ine k!kx altzo.
cubikosc!llator k!kx altzo. squiggy  k!kx altzo.
c k!kx altzo. t3kknozukx.

bzzp.auz.