Max 6.0.1 release notes:
New Features:
• highlight patcher object box via double click on inlet/outlet
• autocompletion now filters out redundancy
• jit.gl.material: messages to open/close material browser window
• pfft~: open original patch under contextual menu
• persistence of object explorer disclosable headers
• autocompletion dimmed text and enter/tab/space/defocus completes text
• implement gen access to the object via help
• new jit.gen, gen, and jit.gl.lua examples
• jit.gl.lua vignette
• MSP optimizations on both platforms
• minimixer improvements
• Gen documentation updates
• reveal preferences toolbar item

Bugs Fixed:
• keyboard shortcuts working in save as dialog
• mxj: outletHigh fixes
• documentation browser: now work on Windows
• hint: documented delay time of 0
• patch cords at edge of window cause no longer cause scroll bars
• jit.pwindow: works as a rendering destination in MFL
• added missing clues in Max Preferences / Patcher Window
• setclock: fixed “mul” mode
• bogus objects now respect Object Defaults color
• Projects: .avi files added to ‘Media’ section
• dict: ‘export’ message fix
• cycle~: fixes for high frequency setting
• jit.displays: verifies that displaymode < count before sending
• cycle~: no longer goes from sinusoid to negative DC with ramp
• jit.gl.slab: slab processing/parameter fixes
• jit.gl.multiple: glparam “color” now works in all cases
• cycle~: improvements to sound “quality” differences between Max 5 and 6
• buffer~: ‘sizeinsamps’ allocates channels properly
• vst~: audio throughput when no plug present
• documentation browser: Forward button now works
• vst~: output no longer limited to first two channels
• ‘Open help patcher’ from reference: does not open an additional copy
• deencapsulate: now disabled for all UI objects
• dict.route: fixed crash for when it receives a dictionary and has no args
• Removing objects from presentation mode: fixed crash
• inspector in the explorer: now gets the focus
• menubar: help menu no longer missing from custom menubar (Mac only)
• Max For Live: fixes for Live windows graphic issues and crash
• waveform~: Ruler BPM now updates
• function: ‘setdomain’ and ‘setrange’ now notify attrui/getattr
• gen~: adding a filename argument to an existing gen~ now loads the file
• .genjit/.gendsp files: can be added to Projects
• jit.gl.model: fixed matrixoutput
• gen patchers: no longer accept inappropriate key commands
• plot~: range caption clipping and positioning fixes
• text editor: now shows correct line number for initial insertion point
• text editing is immediately enabled after dragging an object into a patcher from the object explorer
• circular menu pop-up: fixed positioning
• color: improvements when using color… in the object menu for objects and patch cords
• dropfile: can now resize when corners are very round
• Inspector menus: regularized inspector pop-up menu locating behavior and appearance
• clicking a separator or disabled item closes a JUCE pop-up menu
• attrui: has an icon in object explorer
• Gen: comparison == op improvements
• jit.window: src/dst rect fixes
• audio driver: NRT audio driver now works with new mixer engine
• pattrstorage: ‘setstoragestate’ updates value in param mode
• ‘open original’: disabled for original patcher
• slash in path: Max 6 now opens files with a slash in the path (Mac)
• text editor window: pasting text into jed sets dirty flag for window
• jit.gl.render: fixed texture message error from JS
• ob3d matrixoutput mode 2 documentation
• Inspector menus: clicking on other windows no longer causes crash
• oscbank~: fixed ‘glitches’
• jitter: geometry shaders now work
• zl: fixed frozen @zlmaxsize attribute/argument priority
• bitsafe~: works properly in Max 6
• enable minimum IOVS of 32
• windows support for larger patches
• MaxAPI framework: Apple AppStore-compatible
• nan: fixed issues with average~,atodb~,dbtoa~,sqrt~,ftom~,mtof~,saw~,tri~ and mgraphics
• jit.window: support for modifier keys
• jit.window: suppress ctrl+click window switching popup
• line: fix for erratic behavior in MFL devices while in Max Editor
• projects: eliminated file/folder deletion issue which occurred under certain circumstances when moving project files in the Finder/Explorer

The gen~ object turns an embedded Gen patcher into signal processing routines of optimized native machine code. The Gen patcher can be built from a wide set of low-level Gen operator objects as well as embedded code expressions.

We’ll be working on the documentation and information surrounding Gen to make a variety of things clearer of when and why you might want to use Gen, but here’s a short list:

General:
- You want to program visually at a low level while getting the performance of compiled C or GLSL code
- You want to use a concise text based expression language (codebox) rather than visual programming or coding in GLSL
- You want to avoid having to compile separate windows and macintosh versions (and in the future, 64-bit application binaries)
MSP:
- You want single sample feedback for things like building your own filters, FM synths, physical modeling, etc.)
Jitter:
- You want to be able to have a simple way to make use of the GPU for image processing both in visual and textual form
In the future:
- You want to program visually and get output as source code for use in other programs which you are working on as a developer

In the future:
- You want to program visually and get output as source code for use in other programs which you are working on as a developer