Produced by Michael Ahearn in MaxMSP and Ableton Suite 8 

I have been working with MaxMSP (http://cycling74.com/products/max/) a bit since the beginning of this summer, but a lot more so lately. This is the most recent assignment that I made for my Electroacoustic Composition class at Syracuse University. I ended up taking the project a little further than I had to and I like the outcome of that.

I made 7 samples in Ableton Live that could either be played together in a dry, non-effected manner, or play them through a whole bunch of automated effects at different times in the patch.

In this sound file I play the first 16 seconds of the 7-track loop and then fade it into the effected version that the patch played on its own.

I worked about a total of 11 hours on this patch.

Check out the album I made that shows the entire patch: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.514255958602392.126861.293644730663517&type=3

So, last night I received an email from a booking company in Syracuse who has seen and liked my Soundcloud page.  They talked about the possibility of booking me for a show next month and in the future!  I think this would be a great opportunity for me, because I have never played electronic music in front of a live audience before.  I can’t express how excited I am!  I’ll actually be playing live, starting next semester!