Re: power is nothing without control (was Re: Filter-Looper Swapping)

[Jeff Kaiser <loopersdelight@pfmentum.com>]

I am certainly not a programmer. (I have no background in writing 
software or experience other than trying some BASIC back in the 
Commodore 64 days.) I grab pieces of things here and there, and then 
re-piece them together in ways I like. For example: The one thing I 
really missed was my Alesis Bitrman. So I sat down and grabbed pieces 
of max patches that did what the Bitrman did, and re-assembled them in 
a way that gave me what I wanted and missed, plus a few personal 
touches that went beyond the Bitrman.

I shouldn't say I "wrote" my patch....collected and organized would be 
more honest....and it is fun.

The max/MSP list is full of real programmers, I lurk there and am 
amazed....Met some of those folks at the Sparks Festival in 
Minneapolis. Now some of them can PROGRAM.....But for myself and 
others, we collect and piece together....



Jeff Kaiser
http://www.jeffkaisermusic.com
pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com


On Mar 29, 2006, at 3:41 AM, a k butler wrote:
> hey, they just want you to think that they are clever people who can 
> program!
>
> MAX is modular, AFAIK most users just link up a few pre-existing 
> modules.
>
> andy