Tutorials
Tutorials
NOTE: unless specified otherwise, all tutorials assume you will start by copying MEAP_BASIC_TEMPLATE to a new blank sketch
BASICS
Learn the anatomy of a MEAP program and some of the mechanics of controlling oscillators and envelopes.
| 1. | Program structure and audio output |
| 2. | Potentiometer control |
| 3. | Capacitive touch control |
| 4. | DIP switch control |
| 5. | Volume control |
| 6. | Envelopes and an improved keyboard |
SYNTHESIS
Learn some basic synthesis techniques, the kind you might find on a commercial synthesizer.
| 7. | Audio filters |
| 8. | A subtractive synthesis patch |
| 9. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Frequency modulation |
| 10. | Operator FM Synthesis |
| 11. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Wavefolding and waveshaping |
SAMPLING
Working with samples
| 12. | Wavetables, sampling, and a piano sound |
| 13. | Chopping a drum break |
| 14. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Sample scrubbing |
| 15. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Rompler Instrument |
SEQUENCING
Playing, generating and transforming melodies.
| 16. | Metronomes |
| 17. | A melody sequencer |
| 18. | Drum Sequencing |
GENERATIVE
Giving some compositional control to your MEAP.
| 19. | Randomness |
| 20. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Composing with densities |
| 21. | Mapping |
| 22. | Transition tables |
| 23. | Laurie Spiegel's Harmonic Algorithm and Entropy |
MIDI
Connecting your MEAP to other instruments.
| 24. | INPUT: Controlling MEAP with a keyboard |
| 25. | OUTPUT: Controlling MIDI sound modules with MEAP |
| 26. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]CLOCK: Using MIDI time code to synchronize with MEAP |
| 27. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Connecting MEAPs to each other |
Audio Input
Audio input: effecting, analyzing, storing, etc
| 28. | Audio input and processing |
| 29. | Buffering and storing audio |
| 30. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Pitch analysis |
Advanced Synthesis
| 31. | Additive synthesis |
| 32. | Wavetable interpolation and Vital tables |
| 33. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Physical modeling synthesis |
| 34. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]String synthesizer |
| 35. | Granular synthesis |
| 36. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Pulsar synthesis |
| 37. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]L-system synthesis |
INTERACTIVE
Treating your MEAP as a co-performer
| 38. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Computer as a follower |
| 39. | [UNDER CONSTRUCTION]Computer as a listener |
HARDWARE
Hacking extra electronics into your MEAP
| 40. | Multiplexers |