Re: MAX/MSP Conversion Complete...

[Bernhard Wagner LD <loopdelightml@xmlizer.biz>]

On Sep 29, 2006, at 21:12 :46, Jeff Larson wrote:


>
> In my brief experience with Max, it appears that you're given a set of
> very fundamental building blocks that you can combine in complex ways,
> but if you need a new block, you're writing an "external" in C code.
> True you can "do whatever you want" but the leap from drawing a patch
> to programming in C is huge.  So if you're not a C programmer and  
> don't
> like the sound of the objects available on the various Max forums
> you're stuck, no?
>

Max allows you to build patchers ("objects") yourself by combining  
existing ones. Your own patchers link into the authoring system just  
like the pre-existing ones. You can go a long way before you need to  
hack externals in C.

Many of the patchers within Max are actually compositions of more  
basic components.

Bernhard