source file: m1442.txt Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 12:04:33 +0200 Subject: MAX course in Germany From: Mechthild =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=FCderbusch?= (by ****MAX COURSE AT THE LANDESMUSIKAKADEMIE NRW**** ***********INTERACTIVE MUSIC SYSTEMS*********** (includes class on microtonality) Professor: Georg Hajdu, Germany Description: Musicians using electronic media in their work tend to find themselves in a dilemma. On one hand, the functions of sequencer programs - although they have become quite efficient - are too fixed; on the other hand, complicated programming languages can cause considerable problems when musicians try to program specific applications themselves.This difficulty is overcome by the graphical programming environment MAX (named after Max Mathews, the pioneer of computer music). Its great potential, which lies in enabling the user to create programs without having to write code, has made it a sort of "lingua franca" in computer music. Though initially written for musical applications, MAX is a complete multi media system mastering functions like film, animation, CD-ROM control etc. thus permitting the combination of music, graphics and text. Recently, the development of MSP (MAX Signal Processing) has added powerful audio functions which make it possible to use a PowerMacintosh computer as synthesizer or sampler without further hardware. The number of possible applications is almost unlimited: concerts, museums, installations and teaching aids are just some fields where MAX is employed increasingly and successfully. Dates: =46riday, July 17, 1998, 3 p.m. to Wednesday, July 22, 1998, 2.30 p.m. Application deadline: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 Costs: Course fee: DM 450,- Accomodation and full board: DM 280,- (reduced rate: DM 215,-) Please apply to Landesmusikakademie NRW "Burg Nienborg" Steinweg 2, Postfach 2153 D-48616 Heek-Nienborg Tel.: 2568 / 9305-0 =46ax: 02568 / 1062 e-Mail: landesmusikakademie-nrw@ahaus.de Homepage: http://www.ahaus.de/~landesmusikakademie-nrw