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endlesshappiness

I cannot get the clue bar to go away. In the max preferences I've turned off the "Clues in toolbar" setting as well as unchecked "Clue Bar Shown by Default." In the patcher inspector windows I've set "Show Clue Bar on Open" to No (including subpatcher inspectors). But no matter what, when I open a patch it's there and I have to manually uncheck Clue Bar in the view menu for it to go away. Additionally, if I turn that setting off in the view menu for a subpatcher, close it, then reopen it the setting has returned.

I have confirmed that these setting are off in the preferences and inspector. Not sure if this is a bug or if I'm just configuring max or the patchers wrong. Would love some help with this.

I'm on mac os 14.5 (23F79), max version 9.09.

I cannot get the clue bar to go away. In the max preferences I've turned off the "Clues in toolbar" setting as well as unchecked "Clue Bar...

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Can't turn off clue bar?

oshii

Hi all,  this seems like a bug, as I didn’t find anything pointing out it’s an expected behavior:

I have a buffer~ with 8 different channels, and I’m sending a single ramp (0-1) via mc.dup~ 8 to mc.wave~ @chans 8.

However,  as output, which is sent to mc.daw @chans8  there are 8 identical channels - they all are playing the first channel in the buffer. 

(Yes, I need to use mc.wave~ for the task)

Hi all,  this seems like a bug, as I didn’t find anything pointing out it’s an expected behavior:

I have a buffer~ with 8 different...

mcwave-playing-identical-mixed-channels

Mc.wave~ playing identical channels?

mistabu

Do you have any plans for supporting CLAP plugins within Max MSP environment? That would be great!

Hi Cycling!

Do you have any plans for supporting CLAP plugins within Max MSP environment? That would be great!

Thanks.

any-plans-for-supporting-clap-plugins-soon

Any plans for supporting CLAP plugins soon?

RobG

Hi all - I've just discovered that the Altiverb reverb plugin, when hosted inside vst~, isn't behaving (Max 9.0.9 Sequoia 15.7.1). I'm finding it using [vstscan] and it shows up in listvst3 quite happily. It loads, but then won't accept any audio into it. The output is also silent, meaning it's not being routed through. I've tried loading the same in V8 of Max - Altiverb loads, runs and allows audio in and out, but  [vstscan] is stating Altiverb is blacklisted even though it's working (doesn't say this in V9). Any clues??? Many thanks - Rob

Hi all - I've just discovered that the Altiverb reverb plugin, when hosted inside vst~, isn't behaving (Max 9.0.9 Sequoia 15.7.1). I'm...

altiverb-hosted-inside-vst

Altiverb hosted inside vst~

haugbui

There seem to be something wrong with the lookup~ help file in Max 9 version 9.0.9

When I go to the "samples" tab, the info~ object outputs only zeros on the second output. It seems to be the soundfile "vibes-a1.aif" that does not have this info. Using other sound files, this help file works fine. In Max 7 this works fine.

There seem to be something wrong with the lookup~ help file in Max 9 version 9.0.9

When I go to the "samples" tab, the info~ object...

something-wrong-with-the-lookup-help-file

Something wrong with the lookup~ help file.

industrialist

I try to make SOMAX2  work. I have Windows 11 and Max 8.6.0. I installed the SOMAX2 basic version. When starting, it throws

As described in some  posts, I downgraded Miraweb to 1.2.6. I also added the vcredist_x64 2013 dependency, as in one post. 

I also used Max 9 with Windows 11, did not work either. 

P.S: I tried  now the same on an older machine with Windows 10 and it worked

Hi, 
I try to make SOMAX2  work. I have Windows 11 and Max 8.6.0. I installed the SOMAX2 basic version. When starting, it throws

Max could...

somax2-and-the-dreaded-launch-url-err-1223

SOMAX2 and the dreaded "launch URL. err = 1223"

Courtney Brown

Max 9 (and later when I downgraded and tested Max 8) now hang immediately on launch on macOS 15.6.1.

The system logs show the main thread blocked in:

indicating a stalled IPC or network socket during startup.

This began around Oct 6–7 2025; both versions had previously launched normally under the same OS since August. However, the 

 window had hung on trying to open it since sometime in 

 but  not an actual issue for me until I actually had to reauthorize last week again because of a subscription/authorization change (I'm thinking -- that was the thing that shifted before the hang ). My macbook says I installed OS 15.6.1 on Aug 30, 2025, so the actual issue may have begun 

++Application icon bounces once, then “Application Not Responding.”

++No crash report unless force-quit; when sampled, main thread stuck in 

 from the console in safe mode,  a CEF warning appeared (Max 9 hangs silently):

[chrome_browser_cloud_management_controller.cc(87)]
Could not create policy manager as CBCM is not enabled.

++Same hang under a brand-new macOS user account using clean install of Max 9, Safe Mode, and Rosetta.

++Removed all non-apple / audio/HAL drivers (incl. blackhole, zoom), tested after reboot

++Deleted all license & cycling '74 preferences (ie, deleted plist & the /Library/Application Support/Cycling '74 for clean installs before restart, reininstall & testing)

++Removed all 32-bit plug-ins as directed

++Tried to sandbox the CEF framework via renaming (after seeing error messaging) -- & after that test didn't work, I immediately reverted so that wouldn't affect further testing & functionality, etc.

++Cleared apple quarantine flags multiple times

++Tested with Wifi enabled, disabled, tried using different default browsers and different wifi networks.

++Examined and test my hosts file -- it was unmodified since 2024 (Max working before & after that modification, no new firewalls, etc.)

If anyone has any ideas or workarounds, I would be deeply grateful.

This issue has forced me to delay rehearsals and it's been affecting classes; I’ve been teaching Max from an older backup machine, which has directly affected my performance and my students’ experience. My students also the past year and a half have had consistent issues with the reliability of this platform.

System:
MacBook Pro (M4 Max chip, 128 GB RAM)
macOS 15.6.1 (Sequoia)
Both Max 9.0.9 and Max 8 tested

Summary

Max 9 (and later when I...

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Max 8 & 9 hang on macOS 15.6.1 (Sequoia, M4 Max) — full diagnostics done

dailytlj

I've been debugging some stability issues on a recent interactive max installation, and I came across a bunch of posts where people were troubleshooting stability issues and c74 staff suggested  disabling RNBO server on startup  (on windows computers).. 

Is there some documentation that explains which versions of max/rnbo/windows this affects? 

Hi,

I've been debugging some stability issues on a recent interactive max installation, and I came across a bunch of posts where people...

rnbo-server-issue

rnbo server issue

33degrees

I'm running into an issue using connected parameters: Live UI objects that I'm connecting to parameters defined in RNBO or V8 keep having their short and long names reset to the name of the connected parameter. This is not what I would expect, given that those parameters are supposed to be for display purposes only, and I'm wondering if this is a bug, or if there's some configuration I'm missing?

This doesn't happen when binding UI objects to 

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