Max

What's new in this version:

New Features:
- Ableton Device and DSP Objects: new family of abl.device.* & abl.dsp.* objects
- Apply Changes: Applies attributes from prototypes to selected object
- array.*: expr, fill, min, max, mean, median, mode, random, stddev objects
- borax: @size attribute
- Bottom Toolbar: clue bar with integrated documentation (cmd-opt-c to show / hide)
- bpatcher: lockeddragscroll attribute option for 'never'
- Browser View: cmd-opt-B to show / hide
- CEF / jweb: updated to version 122.1.13
- Codebox Everywhere: v8.codebox node.codebox, coll.codebox, dict.codebox, gen.codebox, gen.codebox~, jit.gl.pix.codebox, jit.gen.codebox, jit.pix.codebox, osc.codebox
- codebox objects: linenumbers & margin attributes
- coll / dict: text tokenizers for "syntax" coloring
- coll: 'append' message to add an integer-index entry atfter last integer index
- coll: name attribute
- Color Picker: accepts a '#' character before hex number
- Color Picker: Dynamic Color editor
- comment: string support
- Contextual Menu: added encapsulate/de-encapsulate
- crosspatch: max IO increased to 256
- Debugging: Illustration mode and misc improvements
- Documentation Browser: redesign/refresh
- Experimental Text Editor: Monaco-based text editor (enabled via preference, Mac only ATM)
- Export Image: File menu supports PDF export (Mac only)
- fpic: @autofit 2 option to respect aspect ratio of loaded image
- function: shadow alpha attributes
- Global Quickrecord: messages to Max ;max startglobalrecord ;max stopglobalrecord
- groove~: pendulum loop mode (loop 2)
- Help Menu: added 'Recent Help Files' menu item
- Help Menu: permanently enabled "Documentation" menu item
- hid: new replacement object for legacy hi object
- index~ / lookup~ / poke~: can be instantiated without a buffer name
- index~ / poke~: new channel outlets
- Inspector: "Set All Attributes to Default" / "Set All Colors to Default"
- Inspector: Filter queries search Category
- itable: shadow alpha support
- ITM / transport / BBU sync: improvements for changing position, time signature, etc
- jit.fx.*: suite of gpu bassed image effects and operators
- jit.gl.camera: worldtoscreen / screentoworld exposed as user messages
- jit.gl.mesh: expose input_type attr for using jit.gl.buffer in JS
- jit.gl.mesh: point-cloud export
- jit.gl.mesh: support for index matrix as second arg
- jit.gl.model: support for index based matrixoutput
- jit.gl.model: support for rendering point cloud files (ie faceless vertex data sets)
- jit.gl.pass: albedo and roughmetal targets added to pbr and material generator
- jit.gl.pass: dof-hq, gi, grain, TAA, vignette passes
- jit.gl.pass: support for setting texture target attributes in pass file
- jit.gl.pass/shader/slab: embeded textfile support
- jit.gl.picker: uses BVH based picking
- jit.gl.pix / jit.gl.slab: bypass attribute
- jit.gl.shader: date and time shader state uniforms
- jit.gl.slab: parameters exposed as attributes
- jit.gl.slab: supported input count increased to 32
- jit.mo.time: readonly @timevalue attribute for access from JS
- jit.ui.*: objects for GL UI interaction
- jit.world / jit.mo: fixed_delta attribute
- jit.world: depth_sort attribute for sorting objects by distance from camera
- jit.world: gizmos attribute for light and camera manipulation
- jit.world: new auto_handle object transform manipulator
- jit.world: running_fps attribute
- jit.world: transparency attribute (Order Independent Transparency implementation)
- Jitter Geometry: new family of jit.geom.* objects for computational geometry
- Jitter GL: geometry export (PLY, STL, GLTF)
- Jitter Time: jit.line, jit.bang, jit.frame objects
- jweb: history persists across launches
- jweb~: web browser with audio output
- Keyboard Shortcuts: 'e' creates object box that turns abstraction into bpatcher
- Left Toolbar browsers: category menu for grid view
- Left Toolbar Browsers: results can be navigated via keyboard
- Left Toolbar: persistence, Patcher List View, Modules category, etc
- lookup~: attributized some messages
- loudness~: report loudness of a signal
- Mac Installer: light and dark OS appearance compatibility
- Macros: specify a configuration of a generic object
- Max Application: run multiple instances on Windows OS with command line flag (--new-instance)
- Max Console: 'Max' errors are labeled as such
- mc.mixdown~: pans attr to set static pan matrix
- mc.unpack~: select attribute
- Message to Max: printversion to get legible Max version
- message: @convertobj attribute to parse array/string/dict objects
- metro: allow minimum interval of 1 microsecond
- modulo~: added integer case
- Mousewheel: added preferences for mouse wheel zoom direction
- multislider: listresize attribute
- multislider: shadow alpha support
- nodes: control preset state / interpolation
- Object Browser: right click on object to open help / ref etc.
- Object Syntax Coloring: enabled by default (can be disabled via Preferences)
- osc.codebox: new object
- Param Connect: UI objects can attach to Gen / RNBO / poly~ / abl.* params
- param.osc: new object for OSC communication
- Parameter: osc_enabled attribute to hide from OSC
- Parameter: osc_name attribute to set address
- Patcher Inspector: OpenSoundControl configurations
- Patcher List View: Left Sidebar interface for interacting with objects in patcher
- Patcher Title Bar: displays patcher domain
- Patcher Title Bar: show unlocked state and title in rnbopatchers
- Patcher UI drawing: fractional scaling / positioning / zooming improvements
- Patcher Window: larger default size
- Patcher Window: Titlebar color matches Max theme
- Patcher Zoom: shift+cmd+ '+'/'-' to zoom in/out by 1% increments
- Patching Margin: Enable Patching Margin for extra space (via bottom toolbar or View menu)
- Patching: improved placement of new objects when created with keyboard shortcuts
- path: "Patcher:" path prefix
- pattr: min/max attributes
- playlist: candycane colors and shadow alpha
- poke~: channel inlet can be a signal, int or float
- poly~ param: new object for UI Parameter control feature
- Preferences: default patcher size
- Preferences: OpenSoundControl preferences
- Preferences: preference to force jweb rendermode
- Preferences: preferences for patching margin and Operate While Unlocked initial states
- Preferences: two-column layout / Audio Status options added
- preset / pattrstorage: slot is selected when recalled via pattrstorage
- preset: interpolate / recallmulti messages / interpolation display
- preset: slot names and umenu / chooser sync
- Quickrecord Preferences: format, red button, show via clicking on caption menu
- REPL: read–eval–print loop implementation (see repl help / Max Console)
- Revert to Saved: File menu option
- Right Toolbar: Global Quickrecord, CPU meter
- Right Toolbar: jit.world FPS meter (click on toolbar CPU meter to show)
- RNBO: updated to v1.3.3
- scale: classic 2 mode for handling inverse scaling + exponentials
- schedule: enforce message execution on the high priority scheduler thread
- serial: 'default' option to @dtr, @rts, @xonxoff
- sfizz~: @filename attribute & drag and drop SFZ files
- sfizz~: silent attribute
- sfrecord~: beginramp / endramp attributes to apply amplitude ramps
- slider: drawoffcolor attribute
- smallstep: UI abstraction to play short MIDI sequences
- snowfall~: startmode attribute
- stash~: extend attribute to handle out of bounds index input
- string.regexp: new object
- string.sprintf: new object
- Support Info: visual feedback when copied
- text: @stringout for string output
- Themes: new default theme & additional new themes
- thispatcher: 'reinitialize' message to reinitialize patcher
- thispatcher: can use attrui to set patcher attributes
- threadcheck: new object to report current thread of execution for an incoming message
- toggle: svg support
- Toolbar Meters: shows up to 16 output channels
- Toolbars: Reset Toolbar to Factory menu item (right click on Toolbar)
- Top Toolbar: added 'code' tab for codeboxes
- umenu: @blanksym attribute for specifying the output for empty entries ("" for legacy patches)
- v8 / v8ui: V8 Javascript Engine to expose modern Javascript (ES6+) , multitouch, pen support
- v8: allow for jitter outlet types (jit_matrix/jit_gl_texture)
- v8: can set attribute styles, type, size, etc
- v8: native i/o for JS Array / String / Dictionary
- vst~: 'drop' message to free current plugin
- vst~: currentplug attribute
- vst~: fixed misc threading issues
- vst~: floateditorwindow attribute for floating editor window
- vst~: support sysex messages via 'sysexevent' method
- waveform~: new path-based drawing
- waveform~: shadow alpha support
- Windows OS Open/Save Dialogs: modernization

Fixed:
- accum: changeable pound sign arguments work
- adoutput~: fixed crash when setting output device to 'none'
- array.frombuffer: fixed memory leak
- array.indexmap/rotate: fixed crash on empty input
- array.indexof: single-item output is now an int, not a list
- attrui: fixed crash when connected object is deleted and values are being changed
- Audio Drivers: Fixed FlexASIO usage (Win)
- Audio Drivers: fixed invalid memory access when switching devices
- Audio Status: eliminated MacOS-specific entries from menus
- buffer~: changed attributes to arguments improvements
- CEF / jweb: --nocef command line arg to Max to disable CEF usage
- Changed Attributes to Args: no longer adds initial space character
- chooser: fixed crash when getting a non-existent selection
- chooser: multiple views are synchronized
- convert last message to object: works with symbols in quotes
- Database: improved check for when database is 'read-only'
- Debugging: zoom-friendly
- Dict: improved mouse dragging behavior
- Dict: fixed filewatching
- Dict: improve retyping behavior for embed & legacy attributes
- Dict: improved behavior maintaining data types during import/export
- Dict: improved parsing of keys with spaces (in quotes)
- Dict: improved the parsing of symbolic numbers
- dict.pack: @triggers -1 updates inlet to 'hot' color
- disable patch cord: creation of duplicate patch cords is prevented
- Doc Browser: added common box attribute description
- Doc Browser: common box attributes stays open when clicking on attribute
- Examples: show up in Windows menu / can open multiple copies
- External Editor: menu items are disabled if no external editor is configured
- Factory 3D models: legendary dwarf axe of yore has been reclaimed
- filtergraph~: fixed calculation of coefficient gain
- Font: Ableton Sans Small added
- function: fixed crash when clearing while dragging
- gain~: mousing improvements
- Gen / RNBO: disabled Save As Project...
- Gen: fixed positioning of gen help popup & improved appearance
- Help menu: 'Show Resources Folder' conforms to platform standards
- Help Patches: fixed console error
- iter: fixed potential hang/crash
- jit.anim: fixed crash when removing animators
- jit.gl.camera: CAMERA_POSITION and CAMERA_DIRECTION shader states are in sync
- jit.gl.gridshape: color changes now propogate to matrixoutput
- jit.gl.material: improved handling of hemisphere lights
- jit.gl.mesh: fixed auto_normals crash
- jit.gl.pass: fixed adding new passes after creating root context
- jit.gl.pass: fxname attribute appears in autocomplete
- jit.gl.pbr: fixed instanced pbr velocity texture
- jit.gl.picker / jit.phys.picker: updates for JS support
- jit.gl.skybox: eliminated visible seams with large skyboxes
- jit.gl.slab: fixed fullscreen when extra context in patch
- jit.gl.textmult: fixed crash on matrix input
- jit.matrix: allow rgb (3 plane) image exports
- jit.matrix: rgb export non-char type support
- jit.mo.join: fix JS functionality
- Jitter Tester: misc updates
- JS MaxArray: misc improvements
- JS: fixed Dict.readany() when used for the first time
- JS: removed scrolloffset, scrollorigin patcher properties / fixed crash
- jweb: fixed when rendermode is dynamically changed
- key: fixed erroneous output on repeat-on-hold keys
- Keyboard / Mouse: improved behavior when multiple gestures simultaneously occur
- Left Toolbar Browsers: most recently used category is saved
- live.gain~: outputs a float when there is one channel
- live.grid: improved rendering resolution
- live.object: fixed large message string crash
- live.step: fixed crashing with negative arguments to 'loop'
- lookup~: outputs correct value at the border
- Max Console: fixed crash when search criteria is set to object
- Max for Live Device: eliminated unnecessary dir creation in Projects dir
- Max for Live Device: fixed issues with window state restoration
- Max for Live documentation: added Max for Live-specific patcher attributes
- Max for Live MIDI Tools: Set Device Width menu entry is disabled for MIDI Tools
- mc.seperate~: fixed crash when input changes to <= @chans
- message: bubbletextmargin is constrained
- message: fixed inlet/outlet drawing with solid color
- MIDI objects: attrui updates when changing port via contextual pop up
- MIDI objects: improved @matchport behavior (fe: 'None' matches 'none')
- MIDI SysEx: fixed corruption with large messages / certain devices
- mousestate: always outputs with any horizontal or vertical change
- Mousewheel: Fixed zoom direction on Windows
- multislider: auto-set parameter type to Blob if nsliders > 1
- multislider: improved drawing of bars / peaks / etc
- multislider: more precise drawing of bars
- multislider: slider positions equally spaced
- New Object: prevent objects from being placed on top of each other
- Node for Max logging preference: fixed hang when enabling (Win)
- nodes: improved Theme compatibility and preset state saving
- nslider: same note is not added multiple time
- Object box text: potential fix for crashing when font changes
- Object Palette: improved drawing
- Object Transform: box attributes & selections are retained
- opendialog: fixed crash when triggered from key output
- Parameter Window: only show single value when objects like multislider are float/int
- Parameters: fixed memory leak
- Patch Cords: fixed shadow when zoomed out to 25%
- Patch Cords: improved mouseover contrast
- Patch Cords: cord type is updated when moved
- Patch Cords: eliminated drawing of handles in presentation mode when deleted
- Patch Cords: fixed positioning when curve preference is enabled
- Patch Cords: improved interaction beetween handles and contextual menu
- Patcher: cmd+shift+drag scroll prevented in locked patcher with disabled scrollbars
- Patcher: eliminated saving attributes that have default values
- patcherargs: improved parsing when commas are present
- Patching: fixed crash when mouse exits box in certain situations
- Patching: fixed patch cord connections when scheduler is stopped
- Patching: improved autoscroll speed / behavior
- Patching: patching_rect is always saved, even if at 0. 0.
- pattr: double output prevented for @bindto pattr object
- pattr: prevent feedback @bindto routing
- pattr: varname is always set
- pattrhub: detects when @patcher appears/disappears
- pattrstorage: patcher is dirtied when changing values via window UI
- pattrstorage: potential fixes for hangs
- pitchshift~: quality attribute can be set via symbol or integer
- playlist: changing font works
- plugsync~: improved behavior when switching Live's time signature
- poly~: audio started when replacing patcher
- poly~: fixed crashes with patchername attr
- poly~: maintains current target when dynamically loading patches
- poly~: removed @local feature
- Preferences: improved min/max for numeric preferences
- Preferences: jweb preferences are grouped together
- Preferences: removed @ icon from toolbar
- Preferences: set to default value removed
- print: popup is properly refreshed
- Projects: fixed potential crash on close of Project window
- radiogroup: properly store value in snapshot
- ramp~: fixed output at some frequencies / durations
- receive~: 'set' message works when there is no argument
- Recent Items: fixed issues when files have same mod date
- Recent Messages: text without spaces is not quoted
- Refresh rate: improved rendering frame rate
- RNBO Patcher: contextual menu improvements (rnbo snippet paste, inspector window, etc)
- Save Dialog: no longer asks twice to save if comment box edit is active
- Scheduler-related signal objects: improved timing
- Set to Default Values: misc enhancements
- sfizz~: fixed hang on launching Max editor when reading file on load
- sflist~: fixed cue reporting for preload message
- sfrecord~: support for channel count > 10
- Snapshot Sidebar: improved theme responsiveness
- stash~: @interp 1 interpolates between last and first values
- string: improved performance
- Styles: non Factory object style is retained after encapsulation
- subdiv~: fixed pattern assignment
- Subpatcher: fixed redraw issue after maximizing, minimizing, and reopening (Win)
- swatch: fixed potential crash
- tab / textbutton / umenu: buffer overflow prevention / improved truncation
- tab: improved interaction when items have long strings
- Tabbed Patchers: fixed freeobject: bad object when deleting a tab subpatcher
- Text Editor: intercepts menu commands
- text: lines are truncated when longer than 32767 atoms
- textbutton: displays text in list view
- textedit: annotation support
- thispatcher: contents are scaled properly after some size messages
- thispatcher: fullscreen hides system taskbar (Win)
- Toolbar Audio Meter: improved minimum size
- Toolbar Browsers: improved drawing / drag
- Toolbar Calendar: fixed position
- Toolbar Object Browser: offset added when items are dragged
- Toolbars: improved drawing / animation
- Top Toolbar: improved click hold behavior over New Object / New Message to reveal recents
- train~: resetmode can be set from attrui
- Transform / Changed Attrs: improved behavior / respects box width & autofix
- UI Objects: improved Theme compatibility with objects that use layers
- updown~: fixed calculation when up or down is set to 0
- vexpr: added support for symbol usage
- vst~: fixed crash with integer input to right inlet
- vst~: fixed scaling with some native plugin interfaces (Retina / HiDPI)
- vst~: improved handling of subnames for shell plugins in fast scanning mode
- vst~: remember window coords when cmd-w is pressed
- zl.mth: fixed output after 'zlmaxsize' message
- Zoom: ctrl + numpad keys - and + work
- Zoom: fixed pinch-to-zoom positioning