High on usability and low on bugs, Max 5 is a top-notch programming environment. No built-in auto-update. Many existing third-party UI objects will need rewriting. Max 4 Pluggo plug-ins need ...

Max 6, then, is Cycling '74's (long overdue, some might say) attempt to bring all the elements of Max/MSP together and make them more accessible to newcomers. Visually, the interface has been tidied ...