MUC6446: Composition of Electroacoustic Music/Digital 2 MAX Assignment No. 2 The purpose of this assignment is to build a two-oscillator FM synthesizer with MIDI control (you'll see why Yamaha thought this idea was so cost effective). Use the "preset" object from the palette assign the C:M ratio! You should be able to produce at least a clarinet sound and a bell sound. Apply an amplitude envelope to the sound, ADSR, utilizing the breakpoint function editor from the palette. Check a supplemental text such as the Dodge, Roads, Boulanger, etc. for appropriate C:M ratios and index values. You can this assignment by utilizing the following MAX objects (but, as is always true in "Max-land" there are numerous other ways). message box number box loadbang midiin preset mtof cycle~ *~ +~ sig~ line~ ezdac breakpoint function editor umenu BONUS: Enable your FM synthesizer patcher to "morph" between C:M ratios and control index value dynamically.

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