How many objects Max 7 actually has ?

A quick scan (using wc) of the init files in the application (version 7.3.4) gives the following numbers:

• 283 Max objects

• 214 MSP objects

• 175 Jitter objects

• 20 Live objects

By this reckoning, there are a total of 692 objects loaded by a default, out-of-the-box Max system.

In addition there are the following number of object mappings (aliases such as t for trigger or the many subspecies of zl as ‘independent’ objects):

• 58 Max object mappings

• 18 MSP object mappings

• 102 Jitter object mappings

These are an additional 178 object mappings. The grand total if you count object mappings as separate objects is therefore 692 + 178 = 870.

Of course, any packages that you add via the Package Manager or externals that you have scattered outside the application will increase these numbers.