jMax is a new implementation of the MAX software written originally by Miller Puckette at Ircam. The name MAX is an homage to Max Matthews, one of the fathers of computer music.
NOTE: jMax is licensed and distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· moved license to GNU Lesser General Public License
· packages are now installed in ${libdir}/jmax/packages
· jMax requires java >= 1.4.0 (the version of java is check in configure and at startup)
· API change (see ChangeLog)
· new key bindings
· syntax have been changed
updated the syntax to get method invocation and function calls:
· functions are installed using fts_function_install and can be in any package
· syntax is (function_name arg1 arg2 ...)
· standard math functions are located in package functions
· added symbol concatenation
· added fvec methods get(min|max) and get(min|max]index
· added incr message for slider.
· updated MidiShare support.
· added xcode support for Mac OS X