Max MSP Beginner Tutorial 1 

I made this video as a starting point for people who have never used Max/MSP before. I make a very simple patch and do my best to explain how it works.
Objects I use:
number - the basic number box. only does integers.
button - takes any input and outputs a bang (also turns yellow) you can click on it to do the same thing
flonum - similar to number but it can work with decimals
blank object box - allows you to type in the object that you want
cycle~ - this object is a sine wav generator. it creates a sine wave at whatever frequency you tell it to. it is a MSP object and its output is audio.
*~ - multiply audio object. This takes the signal from the cycle~ object (which is -1 to 1) and multiplies it by .25 which changes the range of the audio signal to -0.25 to 0.25 amplitude.