Everyone --

Version 1.6 (MaxMSP 4.x) and 1.7 (Max5) of the [rtcmix~] object are available for free download:

http://rtcmix.org/rtcmix~/

for both Macintosh OS X (10.4 and 10.5) and Windows XP.

New features in this release include a number of new 'instruments' and a message to flush scheduled events on the queue without interrupting the audio stream.

For those who don't know, [rtcmix~] encapsulates the "musicN"-style sound synthesis and signal processing language RTcmix within Max/MSP. RTcmix includes a robust scheduler and large set of pre-compiled synthesis and signal-processing instruments. It also comes with a functional-style ("C-like") programming interface for algorithmic compositional work as well as data storage and mathematical operations. Full source for the object and the language are also on-line.

Both Macintosh OSX and Windows XP versions are available.

I hope you enjoy using it! For more information about RTcmix, visit the RTcmix web page:

http://rtcmix.org/

Brad Garton, Director Columbia University Computer Music Center http://music.columbia.edu/~brad