Ask Video – Music Theory 106: Building Chord Progressions (TUTORIAL)

By | November 3, 2025

 

Release Year: 2013
Manufacturer: Ask Video
Manufacturer’s Website: www.askvideo.com/course/live-403-max-for-live-advanced
Author: Rishabh Rajan
Duration: 02:04:00
Type of Material Shared: Video Lesson
Language: English

  • 283.7 MB

Description: Max MSP allows any musician to become a synthesizer designer. Ableton’s Max For Live integrates this powerful technology into Live. Now you can create your own device, guaranteed to infuse your live performances and tracks with originality. After completing this course, you’ll have a solid understanding of the fundamentals to build your own synthesizer!
Tired of the same old synths? Dive into Max For Live and design your own! Join musician and Max expert Rishabh Rajan as he takes you on a journey from initial oscillation to final output as you build your first M4L synth!

Max MSP lets anyone become a synth designer. Ableton’s Max For Live integrates this powerful technology right into Live. Now you can build your own devices that are guaranteed to infuse your live performances and tracks with invention and originality.

This course picks up from where Rishabh’s Max For Live: For Musicians left off –and now that you have a solid understanding of the basics, you are more than ready to build your own synth!
In the first several sections you learn how to design oscillators, build filters, create custom modulators and FX. You see how to wire them up and get them working together to your exact specifications. Throughout the process also learn a lot about subtractive, additive and FM synthesis as you harness Max’s powerful algorithms within the virtual circuits you create.
So have no fear because programming couldn’t be more fun! Just grab your virtual soldering iron and — with Rishabh’s expert guidance— start constructing the soft synth you’ve always dreamed of…the one that nobody else in the world has… the sonic instrument that is uniquely yours.

Content :
01 Introduction (01:46)
02 Oscillator and Amp Section (07:10)
03 Filter Section (04:01)
04 Portamento (02:23)
05 Filter Envelope (03:47)
06 Interface and Layout (03:02)
07 Convert Max Control Rate to MSP Rate (03:06)
08 Toggle Filter Cutoff (05:22)
09 Additive Synthesis with the Cycle~ Object (05:40)
10 Additive Synthesis with iOSCbank (05:36)
11 MIDI Control for the Additive Synth (05:20)
12 Non-Dissonant Sounds with the Additive Synth (02:50)
13 Carrier and Modulator (06:38)
14 FM Index Envelope control (03:38)
15 Wavetable Synthesis (06:46)
16 Implementing Polyphony (08:23)
17 Creating a Delay Effect (05:43)
18 Creative Delay Processing (05:13)
19 Waveshaping Concept (01:52)
20 Building the Waveshaper (04:36)
21 Filtering the DC Signal & Testing Output (03:30)
22 Building an LFO – Part 1 (07:38)
23 Building an LFO – Part 2 (03:26)
24 Building an LFO – Part 3 (04:28)
25 Building an LFO – Part 4 (02:03)
26 Using the LFO with the Live API (02:34)
27 Receive OSC Message (04:28)
28 Send OSC Messages (02:29)

Sample files: none
Video format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1280×720, 16:9, 30,000 fps, ~3,815 kbps
Audio: AAC, 44.1 kHz, 96.0 kbps, 2 channels


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