Max 9.1 Now Available, Here’s What’s New

Cycling ’74 has released Max 9.1, an update that introduces new ABL objects, new Jitter FX, JavaScript V8 features, and more.

Here’s what’s new in Max 9.1:

  • ABL Updates – 8 new ABL objects that offer both practical solutions and new creative possibilities. Four new device objects (?drumsampler, compressor, autofilter, and drumbuss~) and four new lower-level dsp objects (meldfilter, meldosc, pitchestimator, transform) are included. All ABL objects also now have an “@ins” attribute to specify custom inputs for controlling specific parameters with floats or signals.
  • New Jitter FX – Including two new vintage-inspired effects (jit.fx.vcr and jit.fx.crt), and some geometrical interventions (jit.fx.ge.pattern and jit.fx.ge.lineinterp) and image enhancements (jit.fx.tiltshift, jit.fx.camera, and jit.fx.kuwahara).
  • Function Stepping – Three new MSP objects offer new ways to work with function outputs. Designed to work together, stepdiv~ and stepfun~ allow for playback of each function segment using ramps. The stepcounter~ keeps count of incoming ramp signals with some interesting patterning options.
  • JavaScript V8 Features – The Javascript V8 engine gets new features including Rx256 and ParameterInfoProvider classes, XMLHttpRequest, SQLite/SQLResult, and the SnapshotAPI, as well as improvements to v8 Buffer interactions. The v8ui now supports onkeydown and JitterListener events.
  • New Codebox and UI Features – Max 9.1 includes a new text.codebox object. The messageview object displays a stream of messages, and listbox and textbox objects provide interactive display of lists and messages.

Max 9.1 is available now. See the Cycling ’74 site for details.

6 thoughts on “Max 9.1 Now Available, Here’s What’s New”

  2. I am stuck at version 8. I am not very motivated to upgrade. I don’t use max as i used to and i don’t use ableton so i am not sure what’s in it for me at this point..

  4. I have an academic version of Max 8. I think the update from my version cost too much at €199 or €398 incl. RNBO. So I will skip this update and focus on other software instead

  5. max 9 is straight up a genius update, and 9.1 just really continues that momentum.

    since the inception of MaxForLive I have wished for the inverse; Live for Max, in a sense.

    And we’re finally getting it. Building with the abl.* objects really does feel like bringing device chains into your Max rig.

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