Cycling '74 have announced an upgrade to Max/MSP. The company's mainline modular audio application and development product is now enhanced by a long list of bug fixes.

Those fixes include eliminating "sort index funkiness", and crash problems connected to playing files in reverse. See the list below for comprehensive information.

Users can download the upgrade at Cycling74.com.

The "fixed" list:

• sfplay~: fixed problems with crashes when clearing cues, fixed problem with crashes when loading files and playing in reverse, fixed problem with playing files with very slow playback speeds.
• accum: fixed precision error.
• sync~: fixed problems with audio and MIDI sync.
• maximum: fixed bug with maximum list and first arg being an integer.
• trace: fixed problem with aborting under certain circumstances.
• send~: fixed bug with set message when audio is off and multiple set messages are sent.
• vexpr: fixed crash when freeing an object with discontinuous arguments such as $f1 + $f2 + $f4.
• vst~: fixed parameter handling.
• regexp: fixed problems with escaped "," and ";" characters.
• pattrstorage: fixed bug where deleted objects were being displayed; fixed entities bug with slotnames.
• serial: fixed bug with read timeout.
• fftin~ and fftout~: corrects some minor windowing bugs and provides a fix for a crash when running in fullspectrum mode on a PPC Macintosh with G4 optimizations on.
• delay~: now correctly calculates the delay time when it is updated rapidly.
• pattr: fixed binding problems when binding to an unbound pattr.
• coll: fixed bug with sort index funkiness.
• poke~: de-glitched int/float input when DSP is on and no signals are connected.
• fffb~: fixed bug with list input - it now actually works as advertised.
• Fixed problem on Mac where audio would not turn on when MaxMSP did not have focus.
• Fixed problem on Windows to solve init crash for Java v1.6.
• jit.cellblock - Change to the rows and column resizing to properly handle the condition of a selection falling out of bounds.
• mxj: fixed issues with TCPReceiver on Windows.
• udpsend / udpreceive: fixed help files.
• js: fixed compatibility with pattr.
• pak: now supports "i" + "f" arguments.
• buffer~: fixed crash when deleting before turning audio off.
• vectral~: fix for slide mode on Intel processors.
• cross~: made instantiation argument optional.
• poly~: now allows vector size of 1 with vs 1 argument.