Overview
(Fifth Edition updated for MAX 9) Structured for use in university courses, the book is an overview of the theory and practice of Max and MSP, with a glossary of terms and suggested tests that allow students to evaluate their progress. Comprehensive online support, running parallel to the explanations in the book, includes hundreds of sample patches, analyses, interactive sound-building exercises, and reverse engineering exercises. This book will provide a reader with skill and understanding in using Max/MSP for sound design and musical composition.
Full Product Details
Author: Alessandro Cipriani ,
Giri Maurizio
Publisher: Contemponet
Imprint: Contemponet
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.830kg
ISBN: 9788899212285
ISBN 10: 8899212287
Pages: 602
Publication Date: 01 October 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
ALESSANDRO CIPRIANI co-authored ""Virtual Sound"", a textbook on Csound programming. His compositions have been performed at major festivals and electronic music venues, and released on CDs and DVDs issued by Computer Music Journal, International Computer Music Conference as well as others. He has written music for the Peking Opera Theater, as well as for films and documentaries in which ambient sound, dialog, and music all fuse together, interchangeably. He is a tenured professor in electronic music at the Conservatory of Frosinone, a founding member of the Edison Studio in Rome, and a member of the editorial board of the journal Organised Sound (published by Cambridge Music Press). He has given seminars at many European and American universities, including the University of California - Santa Barbara, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome. MAURIZIO GIRI is a professor of composition as well as a teacher of Max programming techniques at the conservatory of Frosinone. He is an instrumental and electroacoustic composer of music, specializing in digital sound processing, improvisation and computer-assisted composition. He has written computer applications for algorithmic composition and live performance, and has published numerous tutorials on Max. He is one of the founders of Aqusmatiq, a company that develops audio plugins, and Amazing Noises, which develops Max for Live devices. He was artist in residence at the Cité Internationale des Artes in Paris, and at GRAME in Lyon. He collaborated with members of the Nicod Institute, a research center of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, on a project about the philosophy of sound.
