This page is only visible to admin users. Sorry!

This page is only visible to signed in users.

Contact <link>support@cycling74.com</link> if you believe you're seeing this page in error.

You don't have permission to view this page.

Activity

Billing History for { name }

Licenses

There was a problem removing the addon. Please try again.

Are you sure you would like to remove the <name>{addonName}</name> addon from your Max subscription? Your {addonName} addon license will remain active until the end of your current billing cycle.

{name} was successfully removed from your Max subscription.

Remove Addon

There was a problem resuming your subscription. Please try again.

Are you sure you would like to resume <name>{addonName}</name>? Your billing cycle will be reactivated and you will be billed as normal on {renewalDate}.

Your subscription has been successfully resumed.

Resume Subscription

There was a problem cancelling your subscription.

Are you sure you would like to cancel <name>{licenseName}</name>? Your license will remain active until <expiry>{expiryDate}</expiry>, at which point your subscription will expire and the license will be deactivated.

Your subscription has been successfully canceled.

Cancel Subscription

Next, start up the Max application and sign into your account (Help > User Account and Licenses).

Max has been successfully activated.

You must be signed into your account to activate Max.

Activate Max

Create a New Post

Edit Article

The list of what we're discovering about Max and our users grows each day. We tackle everything from hardware reviews to re-reading books from decades past.

Get the Latest on Max and our Community

Articles

Sign Out

Sign in to authorize License

Authorize Max

Filter by Format

Filter by Language

Find books related to learning Max.

Books About Max

Here are the artists and educators helping people get creative in Max

Meet Our Max Certified Trainers

Certified Trainers

{ firstName } { lastName } - Certified Trainer

There are no open positions at this time.

Please check your inbox for further instructions.

Forgot Password

Error

Success

Actions

Create Forum Topic

Edit Forum Topic

{category} Forum

There was an error submitting your details. Please try again.

Thank you for your submission! Someone will be in touch with you soon.

NFR / Industry Accomodations

Please make sure you use the link you received by email.

There was a problem retrieving your invitation.

Your account has been successfully created. To manage your institutional licenses, please go to <authLink>https://auth.cycling74.com</authLink> and sign in with your newly created account.

You must be signed out to view this page.

Create an Account

Find more details on our <link>Status Page</link>.

Under Maintenance

We are currently carrying out a scheduled maintenance of our website. Some functionality is temporarily unavailable. We appreciate your patience.

Name

Sort By

{ category } Packages

Share a Max Project

Edit Project

Image Notes

Important Notes

Max Projects come in all shapes and forms. Over the years, our users have shared over a thousand ideas and projects with us. We're proud to showcase them here.

Find Inspiration from other Max Users

Cycling '74 will review it within a week and may make minor edits before publishing it, so your project looks best and reads well in our project gallery.

Thank you for your submission! Your project is currently pending.

Account Recovery

Bundled

{ name } { version } Release Notes

There was a problem changing your password. Please try again.

You can now <link>log in</link> with your updated credentials.

Your password was changed successfully.

Reset Password

Your purchase has now been linked to this account. Next, start up the Max application and sign into your account (Help > User Account and Licenses).

Retrieve License

Type

Search the Cycling '74 forums and website

Search {query}

Please enter your educational details

Your Max for Live or Live Suite serial number is required for this purchase. <link>Need help finding your serial number?</link>

There was a problem updating your subscription. Please try again, or contact support@cycling74.com if the problem persists.

Cannot add RNBO

Confirm Subscription Addon

Thank you for your purchase

Thank you

Retrieving your order details, please wait...

Contact <link>support@cycling74.com</link> if you have questions/issues.

Couldn't sign in. Please check that your username/email and password are correct.

Sign in with your Cycling '74 account

There was a problem creating an account. Please try again.

Successfully created your user account! Please check your email for one last verification step.

Create a Cycling '74 account

Select a Product

Thank you! Your request has been successfully submitted to our support team. Please check your email.

There was an error sending your application. Please try again.

There was an error sending your request. Please try again.

By submitting this iLok request, you understand that you will be notified when an asset is deposited to your iLok.com account. After receiving that notification, you can transfer the asset to your iLok USB stick. Please be aware that all iLok requests are manually processed so it can take up to 48 hours to fulfill your request during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm Pacific Time).

Important Information

Thank you! Your request has been successfully submitted.

Please note that we are no longer taking submissions for Tools and no longer supporting the Tools section, so you may run into broken files and URLs. You can contribute to the Cycling '74 Community by submitting a Package or using the forums instead.

Max Tools Archive

Edit Tutorial

Tutorials are an ideal way to accomplish a task, learn a new strategy or brush up on your skills. In addition to our in-app Examples, Tutorials and Help Files, you can find new ones here.

Explore the Online Tutorials

Tutorials

Thank you. Please start Max and sign in to use your license

Upgrade

Sign In

Your account requires verification. Please check your inbox, or <link>click here to send the verification email again</link> if you didn't receive it.

Unverified Account

Do you have an activation code?

Already own Max 8 and ready to authorize?

Trouble? Please email <link>support@cycling74.com</link> for help.

If you're new to Max, this is just for you.

Thanks for verifying your account!

You're one step closer to being part of the Cycling '74 Community.

Verify Your Cycling '74 Account

Failed to request a new verification e-mail: {message}

A verification email has been sent to { email }. Please check your inbox.

Can't find your verification e-mail or only have an expired one?

There was a problem verifying your email change. Please try again.

There was an error verifying your email address.

Your email address has been successfully verified. Thank you!

Verify Your Email Address

A user token is required to verify your email address. Please follow the link you received via email.

Jonatan Ewald

I just saw the release of the new iPad pro.

I guess many generations of iPad has been more powerful than the first computers Max MSP was run on.

Is there any development ongoing for launching a full version of Max for the iPad?

I like Mira a lot, but you cannot use java scripted graphics so GUI wise it is a bit limited and the big con is of course that if you want to bring your patch live, you need both a computer and an iPad (or just your computer).

I think it would be super nice to be able to run a full Max-patch as a dedicated app on an iPad. I wouldn't mind if development of the app was on my PC as long as it could run completely standalone with the full feature set including externals and java snippets on the iPad.

Is there any development ongoing for this?

I just saw the release of the new iPad pro.
https://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/ 
I guess many generations of iPad has been more powerful than th

full-version-of-max-for-ipad

Full version of Max for iPad?

haokun tian

We've created a Model Context Protocol server to let LLMs directly understand and generate Max patches.

Check out the Github repo for installation: 

https://github.com/tiianhk/MaxMSP-MCP-Server

Hi!

We've created a Model Context Protocol server to let LLMs directly understand and generate Max patches.

Check out the Github repo for...

a-mcp-model-context-protocol-server-for-max

A MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server for Max

Joe Kaplan

I've built an external with MinDevkit on Windows using visual studio.  Everything is working the way I like.  I'd like to support MacOS as well, and I'm running into some challenges.

One thing I need to do is write and read a local file in order to persist some settings.  My code contains

On windows this works fine.  It creates the file in the same folder as the external.

However on Mac, i get the "could not open file" error.   I did some searching and one thing that was suggested was that maybe i didn't have write access to the working path.

On windows I get back the path to my external, as expected.

I suspect this is a clue to why I'm not able to write my file.  But I'm not clear on the best way to fix it.  Does anyone have any experience developing externals for Mac and have any advice on this one?  Thanks!

Hi all,

I've built an external with MinDevkit on Windows using visual studio.  Everything is working the way I like.  I'd like to support...

sdk-development-working-path-on-macos

SDK Development: Working Path on MacOS?

Jan M

 is end of life since long. The goto solution for using a DMX USB Pro recently was using the serial object directly.

I wanted to start learning to write Max externals, and I chose to create an external for the DMX USB Pro.

A beta version of the package is available here: 

https://github.com/janmech/jam/releases/tag/1.0-beta

https://github.com/janmech/jam/releases/tag/1.0

 for sending and receiving DMX data from the interface  and

 for use with audio signals (sending DMX data only).

To install, download and unpack the zip package and copy it to the Max Packages folder. On first load of the externals Max might ask you to remove the quarantine attribute. Just confirm and continue (I don't have a paid Apple developer account, that's why). 

The externals are compiled for MacOS 10.15 and later and should load on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

Looking forward for feedback and if there is interest in continuing this little project also collaborators are very welcome!

The good old external from nullmedium is end of life since long. The goto solution for using a DMX USB Pro recently was using the serial...

sharing-my-take-on-an-enttec-dmx-usb-pro-external

[sharing] My take on an ENTTEC DMX USB Pro external

Thinksamuel

I have a patch that I stream to Youtube and as well use it in a physical installation with a speaker. At every hour, a 5-minute track from a 12-track playlist should play (both for the YT stream and for the installation). In between, a microphone picks up sounds from the room where the installation is located and those sounds are also streamed to Youtube. 

During the night, no track should be played, only the sounds from the room are picked up and streamed. Nothing is played back in the room. 

My problem: it seems that although I set the hours, it does not adhere to it. 

With the urn object: I let it count to 11 and add 1 so the number that gets send to playlist is between 1 and 12. When it has used all numbers from 0 to 11, it resets. Am I doing something wrong there?

The instalation and stream work well but there are these quirks that I don't seem to find the culprit for. 

Hi

I have a patch that I stream to Youtube and as well use it in a physical installation with a speaker. At every hour, a 5-minute track...

problems-with-split-for-routing-audio-based-on-the-actual-time

Problems with split for routing audio based on the actual time.

leafcutter

I'm making v8UI which allows painting in the UI - I'd like to grab pixel colour data from the window like you can do with getpixel in LCD or getcell in jit.matrix. Is there a built in way to do this in MGraphics? 

I'm making v8UI which allows painting in the UI - I'd like to grab pixel colour data from the window like you can do with getpixel in LCD...

is-there-a-mgraphics-getpixel-equivalent

Is there a MGraphics getpixel equivalent? 

Francisco Uberto

I opened an old project of mine (made in max8) to run emg sensor data to max from arduino, and now I can't connect to the specific port as I used to back in the days (2022). 

I'm running out of ideas about how to sort this issue out. Besides upgrading to max9, I also update OS since then. 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jIfb5awJ4Dk

here's my arduino code (perhaps I'm missing something): 

void setup() {
  // initialize serial comm at 115200 bits per second
  Serial.begin(115200);
}

void loop() {
  // read the input on analog pin 0
  int emgSensor = analogRead(A0);
  //print out the value you are reading
  Serial.println(emgSensor);
  delay(1); // delay in between reads for stability

}


emg_sensor.maxpat

hello,

I'm struggling with serial object. 

I opened an old project of mine (made in max8) to run emg sensor data to max from arduino, and...

serial-port-no-communication-between-arduino-uno-and-max9

serial port no communication between arduino UNO and max9

dhjdhjdhj

I've seen some workarounds using a queue but I was wondering if there a single object that could just do this?

is-there-a-version-of-pipe-that-can-delay-an-entire-list-in-one-go

Is there a version of pipe that can delay an entire list in one go?

Greetings, I ran into something unexpected with Delay. I thought I would verify.

Say I send a bang to Delay. Then I send another bang before the delay time is expired. The first bang does not get output. We just start delaying the second bang. It looks like if Delay receives a new bang before the first delay is finished, the delay timer is reset. If this is happening on a regular interval you end up with nothing coming out of the delay.

Pipe takes bangs as well as other datstypes, and it maintains the pipeline even if a new input is received before the delay is finished.

Cycling '74 Forum