Max 8.1 Release Version

Welcome to Max 8.1. This page will contain a record of bugs fixed and features added since Max 8.0.8

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Max 8.1 Release Notes

(For more information on new features in Max 8, please visit http://cycling74.com/products/max-features)

New Features:

Inspector: save, restore view, disclosure, filter etc on a per-object basis and other improvements
jit.gl.graph: matrixoutput support
jit.mo: Package added to the standard Max distribution
live.comment: new object - text color follows Live interface colors
MC: initialbusystate attribute to set the default busy state to zero to avoid high CPU usage
pattrstorage: added filter bar to client and storage windows
Themes: allow loading from Packages (interfaces/themes)
thispatcher: can get path of .amxd
vst~: valuemode attribute to set output format

Fixed Bugs:

Audio Settings: Fixed crash with mismatched sample rates
Autocomplete: holding down arrow key works as expected
Database: fixed crash when harvesting a patcher missing a 'box' dictionary
Debugging: Window properly drawn at all sizes
dict.view: fixed issues and possible crashing with dictionary display
expr: random no longer produces an offset of -1 (Win)
Fonts: “light” and “italic” fonts fall back and render properly (Windows)
groove~: plays back without artifacts when sample rates do not match
jit.gl.render: high-res rendering enabled if enabled on app (via open in low resolution checkbox)
js: fixed logic of multi-line posts
jweb: fixed drop position with drag and drop from jweb to Max patcher
jweb: fixed flashing when deleting jweb (Win)
jweb: works in Max for Live
kslider: range no longer resizes object on reopen
live.banks window: fixes and improvements
live.drop: fixed issues with recalling large files
live.text: fixed crash with changing picture attributes
Mac OS: 10.15 Catalina Support
Mappings: all entries properly shown in window
Mappings: fixed issues with removing entries
Max Console: fixed crash after an object that posts is deleted
Max for Live Device: border color follows Live theme
Max for Live phasor~: @lock 1 does not degrade
Max for Live: fixed crash when editing a device while a large number of files are open
Max for Live: fixed errors with floating point arguments like in sprintf
MC amxd~/vst~: fixed issues transforming to multichannel versions
MC: objects in a subpatch can be muted
mc.selector~: wrapper no longer converts int to float
opened object: works at app launch
Packages: max.db.json respects exclusions (Win)
Parameter window: fixes and improvements
Parameters: fixed crash when automating a parameter via another parameter
Patching: patch rendering improvements
pattrstorage: client window updates interp column when default_interp is set on client pattr
pattrstorage: corrected cell colors
pattrstorage: fixed crash when double-loading a file
playlist~/jit.playlist: loop button always appears
poke~: protect against zero sized buffers
poly~ / thispoly~ outputs voices in correct order
print: no longer adds a space before list messages
Templates: "New from Template" no longer triggers duplicate loadbang, loadmess, and js post
text object: entering cr works as expected
textedit / pattrstorage: recalls properly
textedit: set message is synchronous
vst~: eliminate double output of some parameter values
vst~: fixed crash after plug_vst followed by params message
vst~: fixed setting attributes in object box
vst~: parameter names correctly reported with Reaktor plug
vst~: state restored when plugin name differs from plugin display name

Previous Max 8 release notes:

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