Introducing Max 8.3 Features
The new features of Max 8.3 are driven by an in-depth exploration of music creation through patching. You'll find both practical utilities to solve familiar problems and new objects that will expand what you can achieve sonically with Max.
New MSP Objects for Signal-Driven Music
MC Improvements
Large Audio File Support
Time-Accurate Translations Between Audio and Events
Attrui Presets
New MSP Objects to Make Music with Signals
Starting from a repeating ramp signal (phasor~) as the most basic form of keeping time, we've developed a whole vocabulary of control signals, patterns, and manipulations to turn those simple ramps into musical ideas.
Meet Your New Favorite Object
mc.midiplayer~ converts multi-channel signals into sample-accurate MIDI notes you can send to a VST or AudioUnit synth.
crosspatch is a new UI object for re-patching signals in a locked patcher, complete with attenuators on the patchcords. It works with matrix~ and several other Max and MSP objects.
Inspired by particle systems, mc.snowphasor~ generates probabilistic ramps from 0-1 that can be used to drive sample playback, granular clouds, and more. Use with mc.snowfall~ to create a full signal-based particle engine.
Free your rhythms with the simple yet powerful what~ object. Give it a list of floating-point values between 0. and 1. to get impulse signals out when the incoming ramp passes through those values.
Welcome the New Objects in 8.3
Enriched MC Generators
Max 8.3 brings new ways to generate values across MC signals. This includes some random generators “randomrange” and “decide" (places a 1 or 0 value in each channel), as well as the introduction of easing functions and new utility objects.
The mc.generate~ object lets you modulate and control all the wrapper functions with audio signals, and offers transition ramps to smooth changing values.
Use mc.assign~ to apply incoming values to specific channels using a pattern language.