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Maxess, free externals for Max and Max for Live accessibility, available now

Iftah Gabbai has delivered his Maxess Max/MSP External Collection, a set of tools that interface patches with the native accessibility features of macOS and Windows. They’re a must if you’re making tools with Max and Max for Live – and worth examining for inspiration even if you focus on other platforms.

Add a notation view to Ableton Live Clips, for free: FPB Clip To Score

Ableton Live has never had a built-in notation view, but one intrepid developer has created one in Max – and it’s free/donation- and community-supported. And it works beautifully.

Peter Kirn - July 15, 2024

Jitter 8.5 and GLCore join other major updates to Max in 2022, with advanced live visuals

’22 has been a banner year for Cycling ’74. In addition to the new ground-up creation of RNBO, Max and Jitter have seen some big updates. Jitter, the visual/matrix side of Max, got its turn with Jitter 8.5. Let’s catch up, if we can.

Peter Kirn - November 7, 2022

Max gets more eye candy: GL3 for Jitter in beta

Peter Kirn - August 23, 2019

Max TV: go inside Max 8’s wonders with these videos

Peter Kirn - April 11, 2019

This free Multi Analyzer shows why Live 10 multichannel Max is cool

Peter Kirn - February 14, 2018

Ableton Live 10 arrives: how you’ll use it, what it means for Max for Live

Peter Kirn - February 6, 2018

Ableton Live 10 now in public beta; here’s what you need to know

Peter Kirn - January 12, 2018

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