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systemseven:
Does anyone have documentation for the Opcode/Ircam version of MAX?  I am also looking for the first version of MSP.

GaryN:
I've got a complete installer package of Max4 and MSP2 with all doc and even tutorials that I can upload. Will that do you any good?

Protools5LEGuy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_%28software%29


--- Quote ---In 1989, IRCAM licensed it to Opcode Systems, which sold a commercial version in 1990 named Max (developed and extended by David Zicarelli). As the software was never a perfect fit for Opcode Systems, the firm ceased actively developing it in the mid-90s. The current commercial version of Max has since been distributed by Zicarelli's company, Cycling '74 (founded in 1997[5]), since 1999.[6]
Various synthesizers and instruments connected to Max.

Puckette released a fully redesigned free software computer program in 1996 named Pure Data (Pd), which, despite several fundamental differences from the IRCAM original, is superficially very similar and remains an open-source alternative to Max/MSP.

Max has several extensions and incarnations; most notably, a set of audio extensions to the software appeared in 1997, derived partly from Puckette's subsequent work in Pure Data. Named Max Signal Processing (MSP), or for the initials of Miller S. Puckette, this add-on package for Max allowed manipulatingng digital audio signals in real-time, allowing users to create their own synthesizers and effects processors (Max had formerly been designed to interface with hardware synthesizers, samplers, etc. as a control language using Musical Instrument Device Interface (MIDI) or some other protocol).

In 1998, a direct descendant of Max/FTS was developed in Java (jMax) and released as open-source.

In 1999, Netochka Nezvanova released nato.0+55, a suite of externals that added extensive real time video control to Max. Though nato became increasingly popular among multimedia artists, its development stopped in 2001. Canadian media artist David Rokeby developed SoftVNS, a third-party package for visual processing in Max, and released it in 2002.

In the meantime, Cycling '74 developed their own set of video extensions. They released a major package for Max/MSP named Jitter in 2003, which provides real-time video, 3-D, and matrix processing ability.

In addition, several Max-like programs share the same concept of visual programming in real time, such as Quartz Composer (by Apple) and vvvv, which both focus on realtime video synthesis and processing. Pure Data also remains widely used.

A major update to Max/MSP/Jitter, Max 5, was released in 2008. It included a revamped user interface and new objects.
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The expert here on MAX is IIO, but he's got other hobbies and think noone is interested in OS9 MAX.

I think systemseven wants the 89-99 version (system7) instead of the  Cycling '74 one.

GaryN:
I know, but there's a LOT of documentation here - it might be helpful

systemseven:
GaryN, that installer would be fantastic!  Thank you so much!

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