signal processing software development founded 1997 founder david zicarelli headquarters san francisco california united states area served worldwide number of employees 22 website http www.cycling74.com cycling 74 also known as c74 is an american based software development company and music label specializing in interactive media . the company is best known for their work with the digital signal processing software environment max . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 max 2.2 msp 2.3 jitter 2.4 pluggo 2.5 max for live 3 record label 4 references history edit cycling 74 c74 was founded in 1997 by david zicarelli to serve as the distributor for his various collections of software . the company s official website states that the name cycling 74 comes from a 1974 bicycle catalog from which some of the images that decorated our original site were inspired . the wayback machine provides an archive of the website from december 1998 here . c74 began producing the msp extension to opcode systems s 1990 program max in the mid 1990s and in 1998 started distributing both products together . 1 there is no longer a version of max without audio processing so the two environments are now technically inseparable . 2 products edit max edit main article max software c74 is perhaps best known as the distributor and current developer of the max msp digital signal processing environment . the company has published the program since 1999 3 and in 2008 released a major overhaul of the package released as max 5 . a major sound on sound article august 2008 focused mainly on the new gui of the software . 2 the new interface was designed using the juce package . aside from re designed graphics the development of the new system concentrated on the original code base and has provided integrated documentation and debugging . from the release of max 5 msp and jitter were included in the one package . msp edit msp is a dsp plug in for max allowing realtime audio synthesis . jitter edit jitter is a plug in for max that allows realtime manipulation of 3d graphics and video . pluggo edit pluggo was an extension to max that provided capabilities for vst design . pluggo was required to export max patches for use in digital audio workstation daw host environments but has been discontinued 4 since max 5 . max for live edit max integration into ableton live developed by ableton and cycling 74 to build unique synths and effects create algorithmic composition tools or fuse live and controller hardware into new music machines . unlike pluggo you can edit the device created with max for live directly from the live by pressing the edit 5 button . record label edit founded in 2000 c74 music was created to release music produced using cycling 74 technology . the same year the label released its first record a live compilation album by the freight elevator quartet . 6 the current artist roster is dr.ox amoebazoid gregory taylor crater john shirley leslie stuck sarah peebles william kleinsasser tetsu inoue and carl stone kim cascone amnon wolman interface the freight elevator quartet references edit http www.cycling74.com twiki bin view faqs maxmsphistory where did max msp come from max msp faq archived may 11 2008 at the wayback machine . a b sound on sound magazine august 2008 cycling 74 max 5 graphical programming environment for audio & midi cycling 74 about us http cycling74.com 2009 05 14 pluggo technology moves to max for live http cycling74.com 2009 01 15 my perspective on integrating max and live http www.cycling74.com c74music c74 music retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cycling % 2774 & oldid 743698296 categories music technologycompanies based in san franciscohidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view