Jitter Max MSP Learning Resources

This is a list of learning resources to learn how to create live-visuals with Max MSP Jitter and Max for Live. The list is for beginners.  We have given priority to the official sources of Cycling74.

Getting started

Getting started with Jitter

Jitter, the basics

• The official Jitter tutorials, by Cycling74

• What is a Matrix ? 

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• About attributes in Jitter, theory and use

• Jitter settings

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• My Jitter online course for Beginners

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Max for Live, the basics

• Play list : Programming in Max for Live, by Cycling74

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• How to create audio-reactive visuals in Max for live?

OpenGL in Max

Where to start with OpenGL in Jitter ? Official Cycling74 OpenGL learning resources, sorted by difficulty level. 

• Video and Graphics Tutorial 4: Adding 3D Objects

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• Video and Graphics 7: Generating Geometry

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• Video and Graphics Tutorial 8: Audio into a matrix

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• Video and Graphics 9: Building live video effects

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• Video and Graphics 10: Composing the Screen

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• Tutorial 31: Rendering Destinations

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• The OpenGL matrix

Finding objects in Jitter

• Finding Jitter objects by function

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• Finding Jitter objects by alphabetical order 

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Optimization

Jitter Best Practices Series

• Best practices part 1​

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• Best practices part 2, recording. 

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Max for Live Best Practices

• Max for Live best practices, part 1. 

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• Max for Live best practices, part 2.

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• Max for Live best practices, part 3.