Cycling 74 Max/MSP/Jitter Bundle - Interactive Software Environment for Multimedia

Max

• Design cross-platform programs and user interfaces interactively using hundreds of modular objects and UI widgets

• Create and run an arbitrary number of applications and tasks, depending on the memory and processing speed of the computer

• A series of over forty interactive tutorials teach the user how to use Max, step-by-step

• Interactive on-line help provides a working demonstration of every object and its features

• Built-in support for unlimited number of MIDI input and output streams (using MME on Windows and Core MIDI on Macintosh) plus support for serial devices and mouse tracking

• Supports QuickTime movie playback

• Interactive program editing and debugging features, such as foreground/background, message tracing, object inspectors, intelligent copy and paste

• An easy-to-use cross-platform SDK for extending the software that's been adopted by a large community of users, letting Max do everything from networking to statistics

MSP

• Supplies over 150 objects covering all the basic elements of synthesis, sampling and signal processing

• MME, DirectSound and ASIO audio hardware support on Windows and Core Audio support on Mac OS X

• Customize and save hardware interface setups to optimize for low latency or greater CPU efficiency

• Full-featured waveform display and editing object

• Unlimited simultaneous hard-disk recording and playback streams using files from one to thirty-two tracks

• File playback includes vari-speed, looping and reverse

• Graphical filter design and envelope/function generator interfaces

• Support for AIFF, WAV, SDII (Mac only) and MP3 (requires QuickTime) audio files

• Support for building polyphonic MIDI-controlled synthesizers and samplers

• Hosts VST plug-ins and synthesizers (in any configuration imaginable)

• Includes multiple examples showing techniques such as FFT-based filtering and convolution, 5.1 spatial surround processing, crossovers, audio-rate sequencing and vocoding

• Over 25 interactive tutorials present a complete course in digital audio

Jitter

Video

• Although the Jitter architecture is general, it is highly optimized for use with video data

• Building blocks include a robust set of mathematical operators, keying/compositing, analysis, color space conversion and color correction, alpha channel processing, spatial warping, convolution-based filters and special effects

• Includes extensive support for Apple's QuickTime architecture, including the playback of all QT supported file formats, real or non real-time file creation, editing operations, import/export capabilities, integrated real-time QT effects, video digitizing, QTVR, file format conversion and more

• QuickTime audio may be routed into MSP to exploit MSP's powerful audio processing capabilities

• Provides support for digital video (DV) camera control, as well as input and output via FireWire and multiple monitor support for performance situations

2D/3D Graphics

• Integrated 2D/3D graphics support provides the tools to use hardware accelerated OpenGL graphics together with video.

• Includes the ability to texture 3D geometry with video streams in real-time, convert audio and video streams directly into geometry data and render models, NURBS, 2D/3D text and other common shapes

• Allows low level access to geometry data and the majority of the OpenGL API for those users who need to dig deeper

Matrices

• Uses a single generalized matrix data format when working with video, 3D geometry, audio, text, or any other kind of data

• Matrices may be composed of one of four data types - char/8-bit unsigned int, long/32-bit signed int, float32/32-bit floating point, or float64/64-bit floating point

• Matrices may have up to 32 dimensions and up to 32 planes

• The user can experiment with interpreting text as an image, converting video images to 3D geometry, turning audio into a particle system, or playing video data as audio

General

• Jitter introduces the notion of attributes, internal variables that may be set and queried, thus permitting easier management of object state

• Objects can work with matrices of arbitrary size and are designed so that they can adapt to the type and size of data that they receive

• A single matrix may be accessed by multiple objects, allowing for creative feedback networks, in-place processing and memory conservation

• The software's flexibility means it can be used to teach a wide range of subjects, from interface design that responds to gesture, to mathematics for artists

• Provides a common framework in which artists and researchers from varied disciplines can collaborate and cross-pollinate, building upon their respective specialties, all within the same flexible architecture

• Recent artistic and research projects that have used Max/MSP/Jitter range from evolutionary systems for generating video filters, to a computer controlled paint gun printer. And from music driven by the movement of ballet dancers, to a robotic labyrinth that changes form as the participant walks through it