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A Functional Listing of all Max Objects
Here is a listing of all Max objects, grouped by their function. This listing corresponds to the New Object menu listings in earlier versions of Max. Click on any subject listing to see an object listing. To see the Reference page for any object, click on its name.
Control
change counter forward gate grab if match maximum minimum next onebang past patcher peak pvar route router select split switch thispatcher togedge trigger trough universal uzi
Data
anal autopattr bag bline borax bucket capture coll combine cycle decode float funbuff function funnel histo int line nodes pattr pattrforward pattrhub pattrstorage pattrmarker preset prob pvar qlist spell spray table text value
Devices
hi serial udpreceive udpsend vdp
Files
absolutepath conformpath filedate filein filepath filewatch folder fontlist onecopy opendialog relativepath savedialog strippath
Interaction
dialog key keyup modifiers mousefilter mousestate numkey
Languages
js mxj
Lists
atoi funnel iter itoa pack pak quickthresh spray thresh unpack zl
Math
!- !/ != % & && * + - / < << <= == > >= >> abs accum acos acosh asin asinh atan atan2 atanh atodb cartopol clip cos cosh dbtoa drunk expr ftom if linedrive mean mean mtof poltocar pow random regexp scale sin sinh sqrt tan tanh urn vexpr zmap | ||
Messages
append fromsymbol loadmess prepend receive send sprintf substitute tosymbol
MIDI
bendin bendout ctlin ctlout midiflush midiin midiinfo midiout notein noteout pgmin pgmout polyin polyout rtin sysexin sxformat touchin touchout xbendin xbendin2 xbendout xbendout2 xnotein xnoteout
Notes
flush makenote midiformat midiparse offer poly stripnote sustain
Patching
bgcolor closebang freebang loadbang loadmess patcher patcherargs pcontrol thispatcher
Right-to-Left
bangbang bondo buddy fswap swap trigger
Sequencing
detonate follow mtr seq
System
active colorpicker date error fontlist gestalt menubar print screensize suspend
Timing
bline borax clocker cpuclock defer deferlow delay function line metro pipe speedlim qlim qmetro quickthresh tempo thresh timepoint timer translate transport when
User Interface
button comment dial dropfile flonum fpic gswitch gswitch2 hint incdec inlet itable jit.cellblock kslider lcd led matrixctrl multislider nodes nslider number outlet panel pictctrl pictslider preset radiogroup rslider slider swatch tab textbutton textedit toggle ubutton umenu