Max Mathews Radio Baton Demonstration

[@MaxDMattheW]

This is the man that my parents named me after 36 years ago. Because of my moms direct relations with him and how he shaped her life and career choices at a young age to find her true calling early in life. It took me 35 years to realize that continuing his work Is my true calling. Through Mathematics frequency’s vibrations. There is a beautiful way to heal people and awaken them something that has never been created or heard by anyone yet. I’ll dedicate to work on that for everyone and for my godfather MaxM’s legacy!

[@JoSilverNG]

OH god! I haven't heard of him until today and I ALREADY MISS HIM! :(

[@Hakkology]

Dear Max Mathews, i thank you so much for shaping my taste of music, playing a huge part in my childhood, and i wish you to R.I.P. I hope you will never be forgotten.

[@sebdos]

Before posting ANY comment : if you don't know this man, google him. You owe him about rverything.

[@FelixJoschi]

The guy who is literally responsible for the existence of MUSIC. Or short: The guy who wrote MUSIC.

[@ebillone666]

Oddly enough, I was out drinking with him, and he explained how I can tune my 120 year old pump organ!

[@SpringDivers]

I met Max on a business trip. He was manually decoding a MIDI sequence. He and I had great chat about electronic music.

[@johnnyclemz]

Max, you are an inspiration to me and many! Thank you, and the Computer History Museum, for this great video!!!! I am studying with Dr. Boulanger at Berklee and it was an immense pleasure to be able to have you demonstrate for our class, as well as be able to show you a little of my work with Csound. Kudos to your immortal ideas Max!

[@travr1131]

His interpretation of Chopin's Prelude No. 20 in C Minor is very, very good in this video. Thank you for posting this video!

[@barisbing]

agreeeeeeeeed

[@lilj0hn316]

if only the elderly took advantage of technology like this guy they would never get bored.

[@TG1_618]

What a legend.

[@barisbing]

agrreedd

[@unedocencia1069]

Grande maestro!. Cómo se extraña tus descubrimientos y divulgaciones.

[@felicitydeikos5250]

Max for Live. Thank you.

[@iericg]

What a fun way to interact with music. I wonder if they can update the software to work with motion controllers such as a Wii Remote, Leap Motion, and Kinect.

[@TypicalFrogman]

The man that is responsible for electronic music.

[@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC]

Absolutely fantastic demonstration.

[@koiwalo]

I think this is a tutorial on how to play the radio baton LIKE A BOSS!

[@mauricioromero94110]

Apreciado maestro Gracias por su trabajo Vuestra ausencia nos deje un gran vació en nuestro arte Que en paz descanse mi mas sentido pésame

[@montibass]

Rest in Peace Max. We are forever in your dept

[@ciprianwinerElectronicManiac]

amazing R.I.P. you will never be forgotten

[@9uweeoncbmd890]

The classical music examples he showed seemed to be very playful ways in approaching a possible idea of execution, but the last music example showed actually interesting examples of interactivity. I'm glad that he at least once used the depth perception of the system rather than just the width and height of the board.

[@abnerj88]

awesome MIDI interface!

[@YogurtSnipe]

This is incredible

[@yuvigerstein]

Interesting and innovative. Thank you for this video!

[@undeny]

WOuldn't have been awesome to have a toy like that. Like if you had mini-transmitters or sumthing on ur fingertips, "radio-piano-solo" made me think. R.I.P good sir! Can't believe I just found out about him on the Gamespot feature I 2day.

[@travr1131]

Amazing! What an accomplished life!

[@lucadellatorre4870]

Sorry for the ignorance, who is the person Max mentions at 19:38 in regards to active listening? I am not getting his name right and cannot find it thanks

[@mitsuchten]

John Chowning

[@ZuLuuuuuu]

Very inspiring, thank you...

[@Voyagermusix]

this is AWESOME. R.I.P., Max...

[@eragon841]

R.I.P. Your ideas will live on long after you have gone.

[@doggoli]

Is it ironic that the first picture on google of the person who programmed the IBM computer to sing is of him with a mac

[@NGYT40]

It would be interesting If we could turn trees into musicians using this system! If we simply could tied the end of these two batons onto a tree's twing (moving from the wind) and then adapt the system with Dr. Mathews Radio Baton Controller and listen what music play the trees!!! Recently I shaw a video with paintigs made by trees in this way.

[@MrLandale]

It look like he has a Roland JV-1010 sound module on his desktop :)

[@impulseproman]

very nice R.I.P Max Mathews

[@europeancanon]

awesome!!

[@pratherat]

Absolutely brilliant1

[@peetjm]

RIP Max God just got a new IT guy.

[@lucadellatorre4870]

oh dear me, it was in the description.

[@yerayns]

I ever thout about a system like this one to control midi secuences with a real instrument so there is no need from metronome and the secuences are played with human feel.

[@PuzzleCollege]

A man with momentum.

[@OddworldCrash]

u will stay in our hearts :,(

[@johnnyclemz]

@lilj0hn316 - this guy is the godfather of digital audio. literally.

[@alphabeets]

Awesome!

[@PAZNAALMAEMENTE]

CARALHO FIQUEI VELHO ESPERANDO O VEINHO BATER, DA UMA AGUNIA

[@theoxfree]

excellent. thnx

[@Sivan8910]

Awesome

[@lucasgyn157]

it´s realy awesome !

[@drewdrumgeek]

R.I.P.

[@monodia]

Great!

[@lolpanduhz]

try watching this muted.

[@NNITRED]

@AUDIOTEMPLE No one person invented electronic music. Theremin invented his back in the 1920's, as an example. Max is the individual most responsible for bringing synthesis to computers. Overreaching statements only cloud his legacy not enhance it..

[@zambeatz]

@11:31

[@Blorglbl]

showpen and baque

[@zeffii]

pitty the synthesis sounds are so general midi-esque :) the piano was pretty good tho :)

[@djdiggla]

RIP

[@LassekLorenz]

I wonder why he uses synthesized instruments for the "conducting" instead of a sound library. Furthermore I think he conducts not very musically. For example the beethoven fifth opening he misses one important thing: one more upbeat to initialize the tempo for the three 8th. Then the "understanding" of dynamics - he plays like a little child - crescendos and decrescendos either really random sounding or in opposite very repetetive, which has really nothing to do with the music of Beethoven. One more important musical issue is missing: If an orchestra has to play 4 8th notes in one beat, they interpretate speed up or slow down of the beats as a continuum and not like steps of stairs as the computer does... In the Appleton piece you can hear this issue more clearly: you cant control the tempo of the group of notes! You can only define when the next group begins which doesnt make much sense cause when one group is over, the next "must" begin to make musical sense...

[@MrTamapassion]

+Lorenz Lassek You don`t know who was he , right ?

[@Denolc]

...he said he doesnt care what anybody thinks since he is playing it for himself the way he desired. :)

[@samuelpoirot1327]

19:40 => You got an answer for the interpretation. And when you use synthesized instruments, you can modify any "low level" parameter of your sound while you cant with libraries (you have to record every single sound possibility before, which is a hudge constraint).

[@matthewsullivan2244]

hahahahahahaha

[@armucoartworks1732]

Great Amazing inventor, but mainstream sheeps are still following techo bombom crap. Midi controller builder should weak up and support this in Midi 2.0 and MPE.

[@lordfabri]

5 morons / 409. not too bad.

[@kokyjabn]

He used Mac, LOL.

[@heyklackey]

I'm wasting my life

[@eir3apps]

What a bunch of nonsense.

[@MrTamapassion]

+Eir Apps You don`t know who was he , right ?

[@eir3apps]

+Diego Torres what he demonstrates here is a bunch of nonsense.

[@MrTamapassion]

+Eir Apps it is not, guitar hero, rock band and the Wii control exist because of the principle he demonstrates here. Read about him more and discover what he made for the music and audio industry, before all the improvements we have nowadays.

[@eir3apps]

+Diego Torres to me guitar hero, rock band and the wii control are a bunch of nonsense, because they add nothing to people's understanding of music and playing music.

[@MrTamapassion]

Ok, how about your midi protocol, and you making music digitally. Max Mathews was the first guy who made music digitally or on computers. How about that ? If you make music digitally is because of him

[@mauricioromero94110]

Apreciado maestro Gracias por su trabajo Vuestra ausencia nos deje un gran vació en nuestro arte Que en paz descanse mi mas sentido pésame