What is Max?
Max is an interactive, visual patching environment for musicians, artists, and anyone who loves creating, inventing, or prototyping their own unique software. To learn more about Max, visit the "What Is Max?" page.
What’s new in Max 9?
- New ABL Max objects for sound processing based on Ableton's audio library
- New codebox objects bring text coding into the patcher
- New jit.fx objects bring realtime visual effects into reach
- New Jitter Geometry system enables advanced 3D mesh manipulation in Jitter
- Javascript V8 Integration (v8, v8ui, v8.codebox)
Check out the complete Max 9.0.0 release notes, or check out the latest Max release notes.
Check out What's New in Max 9.
Download Older Max Versions
- Find earlier versions of Max in the Download Archive
Max SDK
Other Downloads
Portions of this software make use of the FFMPEG library under the LGPL version 2.1 license.
System Requirements
Intel
- OS 11.0 or later
- Intel® Core™2 Duo processor. Intel® Core™ i5 processor or faster recommended
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended).
Silicon
- OS 11.0 or later
- Apple Silicon processor
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
- Windows 10 (version 22H2) or Windows 11 (version 22H2 or higher)
- 64-bit Intel® or AMD multi-core processor. Intel® Core™ i5 processor or faster recommended
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)