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Multimedia Programming Using Max/MSP and TouchDesigner

By : Patrik Lechner
Book Image

Multimedia Programming Using Max/MSP and TouchDesigner

By: Patrik Lechner

Overview of this book

Max 6 and TouchDesigner are both high-level visual programming languages based on the metaphor of connecting computational objects with patch cords. This guide will teach you how to design and build high-quality audio-visual systems in Max 6 and TouchDesigner, giving you competence in both designing and using these real-time systems. In the first few chapters, you will learn the basics of designing tools to generate audio-visual experiences through easy-to-follow instructions aimed at beginners and intermediate. Then, we combine tools such as Gen, Jitter, and TouchDesigner to work along with Max 6 to create 2D and 3D visualizations, this book provides you with tutorials based on creating generative art synchronized to audio. By the end of the book, you will be able to design and structure highly interactive, real-time systems.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Multimedia Programming Using Max/MSP and TouchDesigner
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Summary


This concludes our section about real-time visualization. Hopefully, the discussed concepts and examples have made you understand how to approach bigger projects. TouchDesigner is a very deep environment, and we are nowhere near to covering everything. We concentrated on the actual visualization in 2D and 3D; we didn't cover its capabilities in networking (the Touch In/Out OPs, the TCP/IP DAT, the WebSocket DAT, UDP DATs, and so on), multi-touch, projection mapping (see Kantan Mapper, CamSchnappr, and Vert Pusher on the forums for some mapping tools built into TD), inter-application communication (shared memory for example), audio processing, and a lot more.

The file that accompanies this chapter contains more than we had time to talk about, so explore it on your own to find out a bit more about SOPs. Also, never forget the OP snippets in the Help menu if you are lost about an OP's functionality; seek help in the documentation and the forums if you are unclear about anything.