Version 4.5 Update for Max/MSP Released
July 16, 2004
Cycling '74 announced the release of MAX/MSP version 4.5, a major
upgrade to its graphical programming environment for audio and media.
New Features in Max/MSP include:
- Complete ReWire slave support with objects for retrieving and controlling
all ReWire host information.
- Visualization tools for audio signals, including sonogram and spectrogram
displays and a new VU-style meter with adjustable ballistics.
- Anti-aliased oscillators with a warm, analog sound.
- A preset management system with parameter morphing and file storage in
human-readable XML.
- Sample-accurate audio signal step sequencing.
- New high-quality realtime pitch and frequency shifting objects based on
intelligent audio signal analysis.
- Mastering quality dynamics-processing objects based on using award-winning
technology licensed from Octiv Inc.
- Scalable anti-aliased 2-D and 3-D graphical user interface elements driven
by JavaScript.
- The ability to define new Max objects using JavaScript, with built-in script
editing and more than 40 included examples.
- Integrated Java language support, including dozens of networking, multimedia
and list-handling example applications.
Max has been an environment for the development of interactive media and live
performance applications for more than a decade. Max allows the user to build
programs (called "patches") by connecting graphical objects together. Some
objects perform calculations and others make up the user interface of the program.
MSP adds a large set of objects that connect together to make audio patches
where signals flow from one object to the next, and the Jitter collection of
objects allows the user to create video or 3D graphics patches or work with
any matrix-based data.
Pricing and Availability
Max and Max/MSP 4.5 are now available for both Mac OS X and Windows XP at
Cycling '74 dealers worldwide. Registered Max users can upgrade to Max 4.5
for $100 ($120 after September 30) and Max/MSP users can upgrade for $149 ($179
after September 30) directly from Cycling '74. The MSRP for Max 4.5 is $250,
Max/MSP is $495, and the Max/MSP/Jitter bundle is $850.
For more information, visit their web site at www.cycling74.com
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