Max/MSP Tutorial

First Examples

• Go to the following link:
  RH SuperCollider Examples
  and download the file first_examples.rtf.
• Here is a link to the file itself:
  http://rhoadley.net/cgi/courses/tech_resources/supercollider/examples/first_examples.rtf
• Open SuperCollider.
• Boot BOTH servers.
• Open first_examples.rtf, the document you should have just downloaded.
• You should see the first example at the top: analog bubbles.
• Notice that two forward slashes (//) make the rest of the line a comment - these lines play no part in the opcode - the code that does the work itself.
• Double click to the left of the single parenthesis - ( - so that the entire opcode is selected.
• Press the enter key - NB this is NOT the return key! If you press the return key, you'll delete the opcode - if this happens press command-z to undo the delete.
• You should hear a sound. If you don't try the whole thing again!
• Then try each example in the same way. Although you may not understand much, try to read through each opcode to give you an idea of how they work.