🎶 Intro to Computer Music: Chaos and Shift Registers in Max with Dr. Matt

The modeling of chaotic systems is one of the most exciting and fruitful areas within the discipline of generative music. In this workshop, participants will commune with the same alien logics found within mythical devices such as Buchla synthesizers and Robert Hordijk’s benjolin via the construction of a linear feedback shift register (LFSR). While often described as random number sequence generators, we will witness firsthand how the output of these chaotic systems can generate complex repeating rhythms and melodies from software-based synthesizers and MIDI-enabled hardware. To accomplish this task, we will be using the graphical programming platform Max [cycling74.com/downloads/]. No musical or computer programming experience is necessary, but participants are encouraged to download Max ahead of time and take a look. Please bring your own laptops, if possible. For questions, please contact instructor Matt O’Hare at me@mattohare.com or reach out on instagram at @waterworld_part2.

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