What's New in Max 9

Jitter

• Jitter Geometry — A specialized group of Jitter objects designed to work with Half-edge Geometry Structures. This makes geometry manipulations like redistributing and adding vertices much more efficient.

• jit.fx - Tons of Jitter effects packaged as jit.fx objects, giving you access to effects, compositing, transitions, and analysis shaders. Each one has a help file and reference page.

• jit.ui — New Jitter UI objects for building interfaces and "heads-up displays".

Audio

• ABL Objects — These objects offer a patchable interface to the internal workings of some of Ableton Live Suite's most popular devices.

• loudness~ — Reports the loudness of a signal according to the EBU R 128 standard

• jweb~ — Load a web browser inside a patcher, capture its audio, and route the audio output into Max.

• Global Record — Record the output of a patcher with a single click, from the patcher toolbar.

JavaScript and Coding

• JavaScript V8 — Modern JavaScript engine, supporting JavaScript classes, the spread operator, destructuring assignment, typed arrays, and much more.

• Codebox — top-level codebox objects like v8.codebox for JavaScript and node.codebox for node.script.

• REPL — Read-evaluate-print-loop interface for controlling Max using text entry

Patching Enhancements

• Patcher List View — See all the objects in your patch in a hierarchical list.

• Illustration Mode — Understand how your patcher works by running it in slow motion.

• New Preferences Window — Updated, tabbed UI for Max preferences

• Syntax Coloring — Increased readability for object boxes with colored text for object names, arguments, attributes, and attribute arguments.

• New Documentation — Documentation rewritten and modernized.

User Interaction and Interface Tools

• Integrated OSC — Controll Max with any OSC-compatible device or application, and send OSC messages to control other OSC-enabled systems.

• hid — Modern human interface device input object

• Param Connect — Connect parameter-enabled UI objects to supported objects without patch cords

• poly~ param Object — Named parameters in poly~ subpatchers

• Preset Interpolation — Blend between presets floats or the nodes object