- Publisher: Cycling
- Product: Max, RNBO
- Release: HCiSO
- Version: 8.6.1 incl. RNBO
- Supported Operation System: macOS 11.0 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel Core processor
Max is a special computer program that’s loved by musicians, artists, scientists, teachers, and students. It’s been around for a long time and helps you create music, audio, and videos on your computer in your own unique way.
Here’s how it works: Modules: Each module in Max does something different. Some make sounds, some look like real instruments, and some let you control things on your computer.
Connections: Wires connect the modules together, so they can share what they do with each other.
Commands: You can use modules like dials and sliders to control things or show what’s happening. You can also change and adjust data to get the results you want.
With Max, you can:
- Drag in your own audio clips and start changing them with effects.
- Connect MIDI controllers to control your music while you work.
Max helps you explore new ideas and sounds:
- You start with a blank canvas and build your ideas from scratch.
- You can make custom synthesizers, change samples in different ways, and create layered sounds with lots of different parts.
You can even use Max to:
- Make music by moving things around on the screen.
- Combine videos and graphics with your music using a special tool called Jitter.
Max is also great for:
- Trying out new ideas before you make them into real things.
- Connecting your computer to other devices like sensors and switches.
- Making your own processes for sound, data, or graphics using something called Gen.
And now, there’s something new called RNBO:
- RNBO helps you make new software with the sound of Max.
- You can use it to make web experiences, music devices, audio plugins, and even new Max objects.
- RNBO can turn your ideas into real things that work on different devices like computers, web browsers, and music software.
One cool thing about RNBO is that you can hear the sound of your work while you’re making it. So, everything sounds the same no matter where you use it.
RNBO is designed to feel familiar if you’ve used Max before, but it also has some new features:
- It works seamlessly with Gen, a tool for creating custom processes.
- Each RNBO module comes with its own help file.
- You can mix patching and text-based programming right in RNBO.
- And you can easily add polyphony to your patches, subpatches, and abstractions.