Take a look in SuperCollider. I used Max/MSP and
CSound before, IMO you can do more with less effort once
you learn this programming language (yes, it is a true programming language)
Once you finished your patch it is also easy to modify and change comparing
to max/msp. I like it.

http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/
http://www.audiosynth.com/

2007/10/15, Frank Barknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hallo,
> David Schaffer hat gesagt: // David Schaffer wrote:
>
> > I'm a stage/audiovisual technician willing to make a move into
> > digital arts. I've been using pd for quite some time know and I was
> > wondering if it would be useful for me to learn Max: according to
> > you guys, which of the two programs seems to be most widely used,
> > most popular, most promising in terms of future devellopements? Is
> > it worth to be good in both or to become "excellent" (whatever that
> > means...) in one of them? Is there another platform out there that
> > would be worth giving a look (outside of the established stuff like
> > pro tools, final cut, photoshop etc...) Thank you for your answers.
>
> I once took a workshop in Max/MSP and it was very boring: I already
> knew everything except that [osc~] is called [cycle~] in Max.
>
> The nice thing about both Max and Pd is that the programmes themselves
> are very simple tools. What you *really* learn when you learn one of
> them are things like algorithms, DSP techniques, composition theory,
> computer graphics, geometry etc. or more generally: ideas, and these
> aren't tied to a specific software or language.
>
> I think it's good for a Pd user to also know a bit about Max, but IMO
> you don't need ot buy a copy of it, instead you should have the
> documentation pdfs (Max/MSP reference etc.) on your disk and maybe
> even read them from time to time.
>
> Ciao
> --
> Frank Barknecht                                     _ ______footils.org__
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