Max in Reaper?
Hi All,
Just wondering If Max is compatible with Reaper.
Many thanks.
Max is a visual programming language (with a IDE with the same name), how compatible depends on what you want to do.
You can't program Max inside Reaper, just like you can't program HTML or C++ inside Reaper either.
MSP and Jitter are libraries for Max (for DSP and video), like TensorFlow and SciPy are libraries for Python (for AI and data science).
Max standalone IDE software can communicate with other software using Rewire, MIDI, routed audio, OSC, Syphon/Spout, etc.
I had easy success using: Rewire for audio and MIDI, virtual MIDI cables for MIDI and Syphon/Spout for video (well Spout, I'm on Windows, though Syphon seems to be even smoother on Mac).
OSC seems to be really popular, I guess because it works pretty easily in a network by default, but I never really used it myself since I don't use multiple computers. It is also newer and more powerful than MIDI 1.0 AFAIK (MIDI 1.0 is kinda crude).
The executables you export from Max can use those too (if you set it up), I've rewired software from Krotos and Giorgio Sancristoforo into DAWs to play realtime with their audio output.
@NAMAKEMON
Wow! Thanks very much for the reply. Can't say I understand everything but I get the general drift. I would have to use Max on it's own or through Ableton I guess. Thanks again.