Max is a mac-only (although Miller Puckette has released a max-like thing
for Windoze) software that provides an excellent GUI for building custom
systems. It consists of a large library of objects that can be patched
together on screen. It's a terrific way to work quickly with building
custom projects, and its particularly good at dealing with MIDI in/out and
serial in/out. It's a MIDI-oriented program.
Go to http://www.opcode.com for more info
My experiences with MIDI and DIrector are mostly ugly. It can be made to
work, but it's certainly not elegant.
As I said in a previous mail, search for HyperMIDI and use those resources
to access MIDI date within a Director movie.
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R i c h a r d P o v a l l
Director, Div. of Contemp. Music/Assoc. Prof of Computer Music/New Media.
Visiting Researcher, Exeter College of Art & Design, Exeter, UK.
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