15 Dec
2004
15 Dec
'04
10:15 a.m.
Well, this patent is dated 1986. I'm pretty sure
Max existed in some
form or another before then, right?
its not that clear. according to the timeline provided at Ircam,
"Patcher", the predecessor of Max, was started in 1986. i don't know
if patcher had a visual dataflow model or not. Max itself didn't exist
till 1990.
Anyway, if they ever were to attack any sort of music
application, I'm
sure Native Instruments (Reaktor) and Cycling 74 (Max/MSP) might have
something to say about it. :)
2 tiny, tiny companies with very little in the way of cash reserves?
sure, loud like a mouse ...
--p