Max/MSP SDK (Software Development Kit)

The SDK (Software Development Kit)

Max/MSP has an extensive SDK (Software Development Kit) for developing new objects for the Max/MSP visual programming environment. The latest version of the SDK is the 8.0.3. It contains the API (headers, source, libraries) for building external objects in C/C++. It additionally includes documentation of the API and example projects using the Xcode and Visual Studio development environments.

Download and place the SDK

You can download the SDK here: download sdk 8.2.0. The SDK is structured as a Max package. Simply place the SDK in your Max/Packages folder to begin working.

Online API documentation

You can find the latest online documentation of the SDK here: API documentation. The SDK documentation is accompanied by a series of projects for compiling some example Max/MSP external objects. When you build the example projects, the resulting Max external will be located in a folder called “externals” at the top level of the SDK package.

Testing your code

It is highly recommended that you test your code thoroughly. One option is use the max-test package.

Ask for support

For support, you can use the developer forums: max forum.

The SDK License

The software to which this license pertains is the Max SDK that consists of the C language header files and source code examples contained within this archive. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.