Mick Sussman

Max 7.0.1 is crashing for me with infuriating frequency. Cycling 74 hasn't responded to two requests for support. Anyone else finding it is very unstable?

The patch I'm using, a music generator, is fairly complicated -- 20 or so subpatches, called in multiple instances, and the CPU usage is running around 20% during playback. Could that be the cause? (Max also crashes during editing when the CPU usage is much lower, so maybe not?) Is there a level of CPU usage at which Max tends to become unstable?

Are there any particular objects or actions that might add to instability? Like I notice that Live for Max devices were causing problems - when I called a few at once, the patch became essentially unusable.

Or any other ideas that might help? Thanks.

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I also notice that while Max's CPU monitor says 15-20%, the Yosemite Activity Monitor has Max CPU usage at around 60-70%.

We haven't seen any e-mails from you in Support. Are you sending direct emails to support at cycling 74 dot com or are you using the Web form (

Can you try sending all the info specified on the web form directly to Support? If you have a patcher with steps to repro, and some crash reports, that would be exceptionally helpful.

We haven't seen any e-mails from you in Support. Are you sending direct emails to support at cycling 74 dot com or are you using the Web form (https://cycling74.com/contact-support/)?

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