Max

An interactive graphical programming environment for music, audio, and media. Max is the graphical programming environment that provides user interface, timing, communications, and MIDI support. MSP adds on real-time audio synthesis and DSP, and Jitter extends Max with video and matrix data processing.

What is new in this release:

• trigger no longer outputs a list when there's only one numeric item
• pattrstorage: client and storage windows show new pattr and autopattr arrivals immediately, rather than requiring the windows to be closed and reopened
• coll: renumbering dirties the coll, so that refer clients (cellblock) can know that the contents change changed
• message box fix for crash appending or prepending items
• filebrowser: fix for crashes opening browser when no prefs exist.
• pattrstorage: @changemode now reliable for integer values.
• fixed crash when applying a prototype to an object when the inspector is viewing the object
• pattrstorage: inspector attributes @savemode and @autorestore are disabled when pattrstorage is in parameter mode with 'Initial Enable' enabled
• live.object: calling 'get' on a property with no value (for instance, 'get devices' called on a track with 0 devices) now returns 'propertyname <empty>', rather than simply 'propertyname'.
• live.observer: observing a property with no value causes the symbol '<empty>' to be reported from the object's outlet, rather than an empty list.
• fix for Max for Live multiprocessor dropouts
• live.dial restore properly its size when the patching and presentation rect differ
• umenu: display items longer than 255 characters
• umenu no longer crash when receiving "delete 0" while the menu is empty
• spigot~: fix for custom cache path
• umenu: delete 74 doesn't attempt to remove the 74th item if it is not there
• adsr~ clock unset fix
• slider works properly in automatic orentation when the patching_size and presentation_size are different
• sfplay~ displays the correct error message when trying to clear while the dsp is on
• stutter~ dirties the buffer properly
• preset now displays slotnames when linked to a pattrstorage
• Hide Subwindows no longers hides an abstraction that has been modified with MRO. Prevents crashes when abstraction's parent patcher is subsequently closed.
• pictctrl: mouse delta improvements in dial mode
• jit.wake: fix for garbage memory when resizing
• text no longer crashes when the patch is closed while the editor is open
• pattrstorage: setting or removing a slotname dirties the patcher
• live.text and live.toggle display the focus
• live.meter~: no longer output erroneous value when controled by a float
• live.text and live.toggle now reacts on key input
• seq~: properly output single int/float elements (introduced in 5.1.5)
• nodes: speed improvements when the slider is visible
• jit.freeframe: 'FreeFramePlugins' folder in the Max search path will be found, as documented.
• live.observer: live.observer objects in subpatches no longer break when duplicating devices.
• live.thisdevice: new rightmost outlet reports preview state for the current context (a 1 will be sent in the Editor while a 0 is sent in Live and vice versa, as preview mode is enabled and disabled.
• live.grid: in matrix mode, a constraint column can now be totally empty
• jit.displays: (Windows only) no longer resets display (in @resetmode 1) if no changes have been made to the initial/snapshotted settings
• pattr objects: (Windows) pattr-incompatible objects are no longer displayed by pattrstorage/bound to autopattr and pattr objects
• stripnote properly converts float to int as the documentation says
• pattrstorage: fix for an endless loop in @activewrite mode + parameter mode when restoring the active state
• live.remote~: when changing targets, live.remote~ resends its last value to the new target.
• js: post() no longer crashes on strings longer than 2k characters
• rect~: no longer crashes when receiving bad syncrhronization values
• Support for reading encoded (mp3/m4v/etc) and encrypted samples from Ableton's browser via live.drop.
• jit.qt.movie: re-enabled late window binding (in case the window isn't available when requested, jit.qt.movie will try a few times until giving up.
• jit.qt.movie: eliminated a crash when loading movies in direct-to-window mode

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