Key Features
- Unique visual programming environment for music
- Versatile tool for crafting your own interactive software
- Make your music visual with Jitter
- Build your own synths, plugins and more
- Compatible with Windows and Mac OS
DISC Cycling '74 Max 8 Overview
Cycling '74 Max 8 is an infinitely flexible and versatile piece of software enabling you to let your mind run free; the only limitation being your own imagination. Max 8 enables you to design your own software with an array of visual tools so you can realise your creations easily with the ability to create sound generators, effects processors and plugins, video manipulators, synthesizers and sequencers. Max 8 is the perfect tool for musicians and sound designers who want to push their creative license to its limits.
With users all around the world, more notably including electronic duo Autechre, Max has grown a large community of loyal followers that collaborate, share ideas and create new features so you can rest assured that in the unlikely event of there not being a feature you want to use in Max, that someone will have created it that you can access in Max's built-in Package Manager.
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Full Description
View Full DescriptionMSP - design your own syntheszier and more!
Cycling '74 Max 8 features a set of tools known as MSP that are specifically crafted for the processing of audio. With this, you are free to design your own synthesizer, starting with something as simple as a monophonic synth or LFO, or push yourself and design a completely unique instrument that you can control with external sources such as games controllers, furniture or even a piece of paper. Not only that, but you can then create your own effects processors to modulate and augment your sounds to the extent that your heart desires. The choice is yours and you'll always find new and interesting avenues to explore.
MC - Create complex sounds
With Max 8, Cycling 74' have added something new in the form of MC. MC allows you to create more varied and layered sounds, simply add 'MC' to the start of any of your MSP objects to add multichannel patch cords that allow you to manipulate multiple audio channels represented by the simple minimalist visuals and layout you're already familiar with. It will revolutionise the way you think about audio and sound design and lead you to start thinking of new ways to mix and process your sounds.
Jitter - visual creation
Max 8 is not only for audio processing but with the help of Jitter you are entered into a world of video and visual manipulation. As you'd expect video effect creation is limitless and will have you using such effects as spatial warping and colour space conversion to really step your video editing up a notch. When combined with MSP for audiovisual work you can create powerful tools where not only is your video is affected by your sound but also, where the parameters of your sounds are affected by your video. Once you start using Max 8 and begin revealing new pathways to creating your projects it will be your go-to software and will be impossible to use anything else.
Reviews
"When I first encountered Max, I thought it was totally head-exploding," recalls Booth. "We came up with some pretty interesting stuff as soon as we got it. It was almost exactly what we needed." - Sean Booth of Autechre interviewed by Sound on Sound Magazine"I just use MaxMSP now, because in Max I can generally build the thing I need, and if I don't know how to do that it'll generally be worthwhile learning. Intellectual capital or whatever. So rather than spend me money on equipment, I spend me money—as time—in learning how to build stuff. We've built up a pretty extensive deep system now. When I first started using Max it was a bit intimidating, you'd get blank canvas syndrome, that moment of "what should I do? I could do anything!" Once I started to build stuff, narrow it down, reduce the capabilities, you start to get more ideas. It's all about narrowing down for me. There has to be a seed." - Sean Booth, Autechre for RAFeatures
- Blank canvas, object-based environment enables you to create from the ground up
- Create your own synths, sequencers, effects, sound processors and more
- Create stimulating and stunning visuals combined with, and even controlled by, your audio
- Use a wide array of tools and over 150 objects to achieve your vision
- Share and download Max 8 patches with the Max 8 community via Max's Package Manager
- Create complex and unique soundscapes with MC
- Access thousands of tutorials and examples for inspiration and guidance
- Create devices that gifts you the ability to use any external source as a control device for your creations
Specifications
- Software Type: Music Programming
- Platform: Windows, Mac OS
- Upgrade / Full: Full
- Format: VST3
- Hardware Requirements:
- Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo or higher, 4GB ram required
- PC: Intel Core Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2 or higher, 4GB ram required
- OS Requirements:
- Mac: OS X 10.9 or later
- Windows: Windows 7 SP1 or Later
- Product Code: Max 8
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