THIS IS THE MAX START PROGRAM TO UNDERSTAND HOW A Computer can make MUSIC

Normally the computer is a tool to deal with data. on/off

BUT IN A VERY SHORT TIME THE BIG BOXES SHRANK TO PCs, PERSONAL COMPUTERS. TWO GREAT COMPANIES DEVELOPPED
THEM
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION WORLD:MICROSOFT AND BILL GATES

FOR THE CULTURAL WORLD: APPLE MACINTOSH. THEY WERE ADOPTED BY THE US STUDENT WORLD AND LET SMALL FIRMS DISAPPEAR LIKE ATARI  and SCHNEIDER

                                              SO, WHAT MAKES A COMPUTER SING?

THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE OF A COMPUTER IS TO SWITCH ELECTRONICALLY ON/OFF . BUT THEY COULD DO IT IN A INCREDIBLE SPEED. OUR TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS TOLD US ALREADY THAT A TONE IS GENERATED BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT  OF SWINGING MATERIAL

BUT NOW THE MUSICAL WORLD WENT INTO THE ELECTRONIC SPHERE, INTO A CHIP AND BECAME COUNTABLE!

AND THE SWITCHING PROCESSES COULD GET MEASURED AND REGULAR . THAT IS WHAT A SINE WAVE MEANS

THIS LEARNING SOFTWARE LETS YOU PLAY WITH THEREMIN SINE WAVES: THE CHANGE OF PITCHES AND VOLUME.

 IN ONE OF THE MOST NEWLY IRCAM PROGRAMS TS2 THESE REGULAR WAVES CAN BE MADE VISIBLE

THERE MUST BE A CONNECTION -VIA USB-

FROM THE JOYSTIICK COORDINATOR TO THE COMPUTER

           THIS IS DONE BY AN HI (HUMAN INTERFACE)

each Coordinator has a number of "BANG" outputs and some "VALUE" outputs


Since they are on/off switches, you have to single out first the "ons" , here by the object : togedge.

                     NOW, HOW DOES A COMPUTER BECOME AN INSTRUMENT ?

 START TO PLAY ANY NUMBERED BUTTON!
AFTER YOU SET THE DSP ON (mostly trigger)
YOU SEE THE TOGGLE   X, THE NUMBERS HIGHLIGHTED
AND  THE BARS  SHOWING THE VOLUME AND THE LENGHTH



HERE THEN YOU SEE THE SCREEN AGAIN. EVERY NUMBER ON THE STICK OF THE COORDINATOR REFERS TO A NOTE  (8) 2 to 9

          THE MOVEMENT OF THE STICK (UP/DOWN) PLAYS THE VOLUME. BENDING FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE RIGHT  = length

               EACH MODEL HAS ON THE SCREEN A PATCHER  "HOWTO"  IT CONTAINS THE MANUAL