This software library - a collection of patches and externals for Max (an interactive graphical programming environment for multimedia, music, and MIDI running on a Macintosh; © by IRCAM / Cycling74) - offers the possibility to experiment with a number of compositional techniques, such as serial procedures, permutations, and controlled randomness. Most of these objects are geared towards straightforward processing of data. By using these specialized objects together in a patch, programming becomes much more clear and easy. Many functions that are often useful in algorithmic composition are provided with this library - therefore the composer could concentrate rather on the composition than the programming aspects.

The Real Time Composition Library (RTC-lib) was developed during my extensive work on Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.), an interactive realtime composition for computer-controlled piano.

Regardless the fact that it was conceived for a specific project it became more and more obvious that its functionalities are open and generic enough to be used by other composers in different compositional contexts. Based on paradigms which have been extracted from serial thinking (cf. Gottfried Michael Koenig and Karlheinz Stockhausen) and its further development until nowadays it does not force towards a certain aesthetic, but provides a programming environment for testing and developing compositional strategies.

The Real Time Composition Library comes with a Hypertext-like on-line help which provides a perfect overview of the library objects and their multiple relationships.

Content

The RTC-lib is composed of different categories of objects: Toolbox, Chance, Lists, Harmony, Rhythms, Envelopes, MSP objects, Jitter objects.

Content of the RTC-lib 8.3
copyleft 1993-2022

The library consists mainly of "abstractions" (Max patches that appear as objects) and a few so-called externals programmed in C. Most of them have been written by myself, with some contributions from other authors like Gerhard Eckel (IEM Graz) and Serge Lemouton (IRCAM, Paris), James McCartney (namely his generic list objects), and Peter Elsea's (UCSC) selected list objects from his Lobjects library. Other contributions came from Gary Lee Nelson, Les Stuck, Chris Dobrian, Timothy Place, Orm Finnendahl, Trond Lossius and jasch. Because the library objects are highly dependent on each other, it is recommended not to take them apart.

RTC-lib Objects

16step-seq	Abstraction	rhythmical sequencer
@	Abstraction	Scales a standard slider (ranging from 0 to 127) between min and max
add%	Abstraction	Adds a certain percentage <int, float> to values <int, float> in left inlet
alea	Abstraction	random based object
alea-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
anti-bis	Abstraction	Filters out immediate repetitions of integers. Right output sends a bang whenever this occurs
anti-bis&osc	Abstraction	Filters out direct repetitions and when a number has occured the penultimate time
anti-interval	Abstraction	Filters out a certain interval
anti-octave	Abstraction	Filters out octaves between two consecutive notes
anti-octave&prime	Abstraction	Filters out octaves and primes
anti-osc	Abstraction	Filters out an integer which has occured the penultimate time
banger	External	An object to bang outlets sequentially
between	Abstraction	random based object
between-lin	Abstraction	random based object
between-lin-urn	Abstraction	random based object
between-log	Abstraction	random based object
between-log-urn	Abstraction	random based object
block-bang	Abstraction	Filters out bangs that arrive before a certain time span ("blocking time") is over
BPM2ms	Abstraction	Converts beats per minute (BPM) into milliseconds
brown-melody	Abstraction	Generates a brownian-mouvement-like melody
brown-rhythm	Abstraction	Generates a brownian-movement-like rhythm
brownian	Abstraction	random based object
butfirst	Abstraction	Outputs the input list without its first element
butlast	Abstraction	Outputs the input list without its last element
check-octaves	Abstraction	Checks whether an interval list sums up to an octave
check-row	Abstraction	dodecaphonic based object
choice-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
choose-intervals	Abstraction	Chooses a supply between one to five different intervals
collect	Abstraction	Collects numbers
contrario	Abstraction	A number <int, float> in left inlet outputs a complimentary number
cos-slider	Abstraction	Transforms a linear slider into a cosine function
count-bang	Abstraction	Counts the number of received bangs
countdown	Abstraction	countdown object
cp-pan~	Abstraction	constant power panner
cresc-decresc	Abstraction	crescendo / decescendo generator
crossfade~	Abstraction	Crossfades two input signals according to a sine function which guarantees that loudness of the result is constant
dB2lin	Abstraction	Converts dB into linear values
DblBang	Patch	Detects single or double bang
del-fb~	Abstraction	Delay line with feedback
divmod	Abstraction	divmod is the same as / and % for positive left operands.
dur-from-ED	Abstraction	Calculates note durations from entry delays (ED) and a duration factor
ED-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
ED-trans	Abstraction	produces a ritardando or an accelerando
ED2EP	Abstraction	Converts ED (= entry delays) into EP (= entry points)
first	Abstraction	Outputs the first element of a list
first-bang	Abstraction	Outputs only the first bang of a stream of bangs
first-shot	Abstraction	Outputs only the first message of a stream of messages (bangs, ints, floats, symbols, lists) until the right inlet receives a (reset) bang
frq2note	Abstraction	Converts frequency into a note
geom	Abstraction	Int in right inlet outputs the nth member of a geometrical row.
grid-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
group	Abstraction	groups numbers received in succession into a list
group-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
group-rhythm2	Abstraction	rhythm generator
groups	Abstraction	random based object
inc-dec	Abstraction	Functional implementation of the graphical user interface object Inc-Dec
infinity-row	Abstraction	pitch generator
insert	Abstraction	Inserts an element after a position (= index) in the list
integ	Abstraction	Accumulates input values <int, float> until a bang (or any input) is sent to the right inlet
intv2ratio	Abstraction	Converts an interval into a ratio
inv	Abstraction	Calculates the inversion of a number
join	Abstraction	Joins two lists together
key-bang	Abstraction	Sends out a bang whenever a certain key is pressed
Ladd	External	An object to add two lists, member by member
last	Abstraction	Outputs the last element of a list
Ldiv	External	An object to divide one list by another, member by member
lin2dB	Abstraction	Converts linear values into dB
listreg	Abstraction	this is for lists what the int object is for integers
listlen	Abstraction	listlen - outputs the length of a list or anything arriving at its inlet
Lmult	External	An object to multiply two lists, member by member
loop-sf~	Abstraction	Loops a selected sndfile
Lpow	External	An object to raise the members of a list to the powers set in another list
Lrem	External	An object to divide one list by another, member by member and output a list of the remainders
Lround	External	Rounds off members of a list to desired precision
Lsub	External	An object to subtract two lists, member by member
make-choice-list	Abstraction	random based object
make-choice-list	Abstraction	random based object
make-ED-scale	Abstraction	list generator
make-scale	Abstraction	list generator
make-trans-scale	Abstraction	list generator
markov	Abstraction	probability based object
markov-harmony	Abstraction	pitch generator
markov-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
matrix12	External	dodecaphonic row manipulations
max-cursor	Abstraction	1 or 0 send to the inlet (or given as an argument) shows or hides the mouse cursor
max-menubar	Abstraction	1 or 0 send to the inlet (or given as the argument) switches MAX's menubar on or off
max-overdrive	Abstraction	1 or 0 send to the inlet
max-quit	Abstraction	Quits MAX immediately - BEWARE!
member	Abstraction	list based object
metro-dev%	Abstraction	rhythm generator
minus	Abstraction	Simply makes the negative of an int sent to the input
ms2sec	Abstraction	Converts milliseconds into seconds
MSP-iovs~	Abstraction	select I/O vector size
MSP-sigvs~	Abstraction	select signal vector size
MSP-sr~	Abstraction	Sets the sampling rate of MSP
MSP-takeover~	Abstraction	MSP takeover
multiple	Abstraction	list based object
neutral-harmony	Abstraction	pitch generator
normalize-row	Abstraction	Normalization of a twelve-tone row
note2cents	Abstraction	Shows how many cents a microtonal note <float> is deviating from a tempered one
note2frq	Abstraction	Converts a note into frequency
note2pitch	Abstraction	Outputs the pitch class of a note
note2st	Abstraction	Outputs the intervals of an incoming stream of notes
nth	Abstraction	outputs the nths element of a list
panning	Abstraction	Equal power panning based on John Chowning's paper "Simulation of Moving Sound Sources"
pass	Abstraction	Let a certain percentage of bangs pass
pass-bang	Abstraction	Let every nth bang pass
per2pass	Abstraction	Converts a periodicity factor <float between 0 and 1> into a percentage value <int between 0 and 100> for the pass-object
periodic	Abstraction	random based object
permutate	Abstraction	random based object
permutate-row	Abstraction	dodecaphonic based object
permute	External	returns the nth permutation of a list
piece	Abstraction	list based object
pitch-from-intervals	Abstraction	pitch generator
pitch-from-row	Abstraction	pitch generator
pitch-from-row	Abstraction	pitch generator
pitch-from-row-mod	Abstraction	pitch generator
pitch-from-row-mod	Abstraction	pitch generator
pitch2note	Abstraction	Combines pitch class and register into a note
play	Abstraction	Plays a note whenever a key number is sent to the left inlet
play-samp~	Abstraction	Plays one sample
play2	Abstraction	Plays a note whenever a key number is sent to the left inlet
position	External	position - sorts a list in the left inlet using the index numbers in the right inlet
QT-PercPlayer	Abstraction	Plays General MIDI percussion instruments directly from Quicktime
QT-SndPlayer	Abstraction	Plays General MIDI instruments directly from Quicktime
random-norep	Abstraction	random based object
random-pan~	Abstraction	random pan
random-ramp	Abstraction	Generates randomly fluctuating envelope shapes of a given dynamic scale
random-row	Abstraction	random and dodecaphonic based object
RandomSeeder	Abstraction	random based object
ratio	Abstraction	Chooses elements from a supply <int list> which are repeated according to a multiple list <int list> by using the "series" selection principle
ratio2intv	Abstraction	Converts a ratio into an interval
reanimate	Abstraction	Sends out a bang on right outlet after x miliseconds if there has been no input bang in left inlet during x miliseconds
remove	Abstraction	Removes the nth element of a list
remove-dc~	Abstraction	Removes the DC offset of an audio signal
repchord-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
repeat-ED	Abstraction	sends out a certain number of rhythm bangs
replace	Abstraction	Replaces an element of a list
reverse	Abstraction	reverses a list of numbers
rit-acc	Abstraction	Generates a ritardando or an accelerando
rota	Abstraction	random based object
rotate	Abstraction	cyclically rotate a list
round	Abstraction	round to next higher integer
roundto	Abstraction	A number sent to right inlet is rounded onto a certain "grid" <int, float> sent to right inlet
row-modus	Abstraction	dodecaphonic based object
rtc.fullscreen	Abstraction	toggles between full screen and window view
samp10~	Abstraction	Allows a polyphony of up to 10 samples at the same time
scale-changer	Abstraction	scale changer
schweller	Abstraction	decrescendo-crescendo envelopes generator
scramble	Abstraction	scrambles the order of a list of numbers
sect	Abstraction	outputs a list which contains only atoms that appear in both input lists
sel-princ	Abstraction	random based object
sequence	Abstraction	outputs the next element of a list
serial-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
series	Abstraction	random based object
show	Abstraction	Displays a list in a message box
showchord	Abstraction	Shows the pitch of a chord of MIDI note numbers
shownote	Abstraction	Shows the pitch of a MIDI note number
slice	Abstraction	divides a list in two
smooth-line	Abstraction	Interpolates smoothly between successive input values
sneak	Abstraction	random based object
sneak-random	Abstraction	random based object
sneak-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
sort	Abstraction	sorts a list
sqrt-pan~	Abstraction	square root panner
st2pitch	Abstraction	Accumulates incoming intervals and outputs pitch classes
sum	Abstraction	Sums up a numerical list containing integers and/or floats
super-rhythm	Abstraction	rhythm generator
trans	Abstraction	transition
trans-exp	External	exponential transition
trans-lin	Abstraction	linear transition
trans-log	Abstraction	logarithmical transition
transp-pitch	Abstraction	Transposes pitch classes by a certain interval
transpose-row	Abstraction	dodecaphonic based object
union	Abstraction	outputs a list which contains all atoms that appear in either or both input lists
unique	Abstraction	unique puts out a list comprised of those items in the left input list that are not contained in the right input list
VolAmb	Abstraction	Controls the ambitus between minimum and maximum dynamic by a single controller
xrandom	Abstraction	random based object

History

The development of the RTC-lib started in 1992 when I was working at IRCAM on a commission - Entsagung for ensemble and live-electronics. Having worked with computer-aided composition algorithms before on an Atari using an experimental LOGO implementation I came across Max. I immediately felt in love with it for it offered the possibility of realtime processing and interactivity. (In LOGO, it took many hours to calculate a score list which I had to transcribe into of musical notation in order to analyze it - a very time-consuming procedure).

At this time, Max appeared as programming environment mainly optimized for MIDI processing. List operations (which are crucial for my own compositional thinking which stems from serialism) have not been implemented yet. Higher-level compositional tools were not available, only customized solutions for specific problems which were not geneneric enough to be used in different contexts.

In order to create an evironment which enables one to concentrate rather on high-level compositional questions than on low-level technical problems, Gerhard Eckel and I started to develop a set of tools which became the corner stones of the RTC-lib. At the this time, Serge Lemouton (my musical assistant at IRCAM) wrote "nth" according to my indications, James McCartney released his "list objects", and a few years later Peter Elsea developed his "LObjects" (inspired by RTC-lib, as he told me). Some externals from these packages were included into the RTC-lib, and Peter Elsea was nice enough to port some of my abstractions (like trans-log) to C-externals.

On this basis, I developed a large number of higher-level compositional algorithms written as "abstractions" (objects, coded in Max): rhythm generators, harmony generators, chance operations, ramp generators, MSP functions etc. which are often based on those primordial externals that have been implemented by other authors.

Those externals (the low-level side of the RTC-lib) need to be re-compiled for each operation system. We had to make the shift from 68k processors to PPC, and now to OSX. Thanks to Peter Elsea and Thomas Grill most of the externals has been ported to Windows XP and I transformed some Macintosh specific externals back to abstractions. Thanks also to Frank Barknecht who made a version for Pd.

In 2008, the RTC-lib had to be updated in order to run on the new Intel processors. In order to ease the future maintenance, I reformulated most (but not all!) of the externals to abstractions.

As of 10 Jan 2010, a new version of RTC-lib 5.0 for Max5 has been released with completely rewritten help files. Here, most of the remaining C-externals have been eliminated in order to run the library independent of computer platforms and operating systems.

RTC-lib 6.0 for Max6 (released: 31 Jan 2014) is optimized for Max6.

In RTC-lib 7.0 for Max7 (released: 10 Aug 2015), all help files have been optimized for the new GUI of Max7. This release also includes a couple of updated and improved objects.

RTC-lib 7.1 (released: 21 Sep 2016) includes 64-bit versions of Peter Elsea’s Lobjects and some corrected help.files (thanks to Romain Versaevel).

RTC-lib 8.0 for Max7 and Max8 (released: 13 Nov 2019) is now fully 64-bit savvy and optimized for Max8.

RTC-lib 8.2 for Max7 and Max8 on macOS and Windows (released: 3 Apr 2021) works on both operation systems and is distributed via the Max's Package Manager.

RTC-lib for Pd

Thanks to Frank Barknecht and others, RTC-lib is available for Pd (Pure Data). Download from khz96.org.

RTC-lib Tutorial

On April 1st, 2008 Karlheinz Essl has released a tutorial for his RTC-lib. It includes elaborated examples for algorithmic composition in real time. As of January 10th, 2010 an update of this tutorial for Max5 is also available. The most recent version has been included in the release of RTC-lib 7.0 for Max7.

This tutorial shows how selected compositorial issues such as harmony, rhythm, and random can be mastered with the aid of the RTC-lib. Furthermore it contains several especially adapted and documented structure generators from Karlheinz Essl's Lexikon-Sonate such as Trill, MeloChord, and Esprit.

Random

Random-Generators
Selection-Principles

Harmony

Brownian-Melodies
Harmony-by-Intervals
Row-Permutation

Rhythm

Brownian-Rhythm
Super-Rhythm
Rhythm-Scales

Structure Generators

Esprit-Demo
MeloChord-Demo
Triller-Demo

RTC-lib Tutorial: Random Generators

RTC-lib Tutorial: Harmony by Intervals

RTC-lib Tutorial: Rhythm Scales

RTC-lib Tutorial: Esprit Demo

Video

Lecture on Realtime Composition
Karlheinz Essl talking to music students of the University of Montana
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg/Vienna (10 Jun 2010)

Articles

Karlheinz Essl: Lexikon-Sonate. An Interactive Realtime Composition for Computer-Controlled Piano
in: Proceedings of the Second Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music (Canela 1995)

Karlheinz Essl: Strukturgeneratoren. Algorithmische Komposition in Echtzeit
Beiträge zur Elektronischen Musik, ed. by Robert Höldrich and Andreas Weixler, vol. 5 (Graz 1996)

Karlheinz Essl & Bernhard Günther: Realtime Composition. Musik diesseits der Schrift
in: Positionen. Beiträge zur Neuen Musik, ed. by Gisela Nauck, vol. 36 (Berlin 1998)

Robert Rowe: Machine Musicianship (Cambrige, MT: MIT Press 2001), ISBN 0-262-18206-8, p. 306-308.

Florian Hartlieb, Kunst komponieren. Der Einfluss generativer Verfahren auf das Schaffen von Karlheinz Essl
in: positionen. Texte zur aktuellen Musik: Generative Kunst, ed. by Gisela Nauck, vol. 99 (Berlin 2014), p. 22-22.

Steffen Scholl, Karlheinz Essls RTC-lib
in: Musik – Raum – Technik. Zur Entwicklung und Anwendung der graphischen Programmierumgebung »Max« (transcript Verlag: Berlin 2014), ISBN 978-3-8376-2527-1, p. 102-107.

Karlheinz Essl & Florian Cramer: From Digital to Analog
Radio WORM, 23 Jun 2023

Erik Schoster: Where do you place agency in a process-based music system?
in: ROOTS & ROOTS. Research on Visual Cultures, Anno XIV, n°45, Maggio - Agosto 2024 (Bologna 2024)

Own works realized with the RTC-lib

Entsagung (1991-93)
for flute, bass clarinet, prepared piano, percussion, 4 loudspeakers and interactive sound diffusion environment

Lexikon-Sonate (1992 ff.)
Interactive Realtime Composition for Computer-Controlled Piano

Klanglabyrinth (1992 ff.)
Interactive Realtime Composition for the IRCAM Musical Workstation (ISPW) or 2 CD-Players

Amazing Maze (1993-2000)
Interactive Realtime Composition for Sampled Sound Particles and Optional Live-Performer(s)

Lexicon-Oracle (1996)
Computer-Generated Infinite Text Composition

MindShipMind (1996-98)
Interactive Multimedia Computer Installation with Video, Sound, and Computer Speech

Interferences (1996/97)
Interactive Realtime Composition for Computer-Controlled Percussion Sounds

Champ d'Action (1998)
Interactive Realtime Composition for Computer-Controlled Ensemble

Lexicon-Lecture (1998)
interactive multimedia computer installation with realtime generated computer speech, video and piano music

fLOW (1998/99)
self-generating sound environment

m@ze°2 (1998-2016)
Modular Algorithmic Zound Environment for electro-acoustic live-performance

conVex (1999)
realtime generated sound scape based on 12 chords of Eric Satie's "Vexations"

onwards (1999/2000)
for three instruments and computer

da braccio (1999/2000)
for viola d'amore, live-electronics and computer

The Untempered Piano (2000)
interactive sound installation

REplay PLAYer (2000 ff.)
generative soundfile shredder

es wird (2000)
generative computer installation

ALLgebrah. Eine Kopfwelt (2001)
sound and video performance, dedicated to Adolf Wölfli

Temps fugitive (2001)
realtime-generated sound and video installation

ON FIRE (2001)
realtime-generated sound scape for a room installation of Fabricio Plessi

SPACIAL EDITION (2002)
realtime-generated video/sound environment (using Jitter for the first time!)

PENDENTE (2002)
electronic music for a light installation by Martin Kaar

Segreto Spaziale (2003)
for solo violin, computer, live-electronics and multi-channel sound projection

Le mystère d'orgue (2003)
generative sound installation for Hermann Nitsch

Seelewaschen (2003)
multi-channel sound environment for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier

ULURU (2004)
multi-channel sound environment for an exhibition on Aboriginal Art

el-emen' (2004)
for solo percussion, live-electronics and 4 loudspeakers

Kalimba (2005)
for toy piano and CD playback

Through the Curly Rain-Taps (2005)
generative visuals for a sound installation by Ramón González-Arroyo (written in Jitter)

WebernUhrWerk (2005)
algorithmic music for computer-controlled Carillon

nature / morte (2005/2006)
generative sound installation for an exhibition on Viennese Actionism

Von Hirschen und Röhren (2006)
Eine tönende Installation von Beat Zoderer und Karlheinz Essl

Panta Rhei (2006)
generative soundscape for an art installation by Jürgen Messensee

(7x7)⁷ (2006)
generative sound environment for an animation video by by Jürgen Messensee

AIR BORNE (2006)
permanent sound installation for the Adlershof (Humboldt University, Berlin)

Berliner Luft (2006)
generative soundscape for a room installation by Johanes Zechner

Fräulein Atlantis (2007)
generative sound and video environment for a room installation by Jonathan Meese

BOCHUMSTEP (2008/2009)
permanent sound environment for a light installation by Rainer Gottemeier

Sequitur (2008-2010)
14 compositions for solo instruments and live-electronics including flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, violin, cello, toy piano, e-guitar, voice etc.

KlangDerWisch (2009)
gesture-driven sound environment

Pandora's Secret (2009)
sound performance for music box and live-electronics

whatever shall be (2010)
for toy piano and live-electronics

Proper Ties (2010)
generative sound installation

blurred (2007/2011)
for alto flute, vibraphone, cello and live-electronics

juncTions (2011/12)
for extended piano (two players) and live-electronics

Si! (2012)
for tenor tuba, live-electronics and surround sound

Suspended Suspense (2012)
generative soundscape for an art installation by Xenia Hausner

WalkürenWalk (2013)
electronic sound performance for computer and controllers

Tristan's Lament (2013)
electronic sound performance for computer and controllers

Pachinko (2013)
for toy piano and computer

Herbecks Versprechen (2014)
electronic sound performance upon a poem by Ernst Herbeck

Natura naturans (2014)
realtime composition for prepared kalimba, live-electronics and surround sound

Autumn's Leaving (2015)
for pipa, live-electronics and surround sound

Omnia in omnium (2015)
sound/video/performance

imagination (2015)
electronic soundtrack for a paper theater piece

river_run (2016)
for guzheng and live-electronics

Brisky Breath (2016)
interactive realtime composition for computer and kalimba

Stallnichte (2016)
granular de/re/construction of a well-known Christmas carol

FABRIC (2017)
sound/video/performance

Some Way Up (2017)
sound performance for a painting by Peter Paul Rubens

Where's the Rainbow? (2017)
generative sound environment for a photo exhibition

Licht.Stück.Bad.Fabrik (2018)
generative multi-channel sound environment for a media exhibition

H.E.A.D. (Hearing Entirely Artificial Dreams) (2018 ff.)
generative soundscapes based on binaural field recordings

VERTIGO (2019)
for 4 loudspeakers and carousel

Checkin' my Shrutis... (2019)
generative drone scape

Forms of Life (2019)
dance performance with live-electronics

SATOR (2021)
for organ and live-electronics

aprés l'avant (2021)
live-electronic sound performance

the other day (2021)
interactive binaural sound environment

erat Verbum (2021/2022)
multilingual sound environment

spuren... (2023)
generative sound environment

Gesualdo-Fragmente (2023)
Electronic sound performance on Gesualdo's madrigals

Nachtstille (2023)
ambient sound generator based on the paradigm of biorhythm

mælstrøm (2023-2024)
sound performance for granular and modular synth

mælstrøm (2024)
for toy piano and live-electronics

License

This software is copyrighted by Karlheinz Essl and others. The following terms apply to all files associated with the software unless explicitly disclaimed in individual files.

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Download

Current Version: macOS and Windows

RTC-lib 8.3 for macOS and Windows - Universal Binary
for Max8 for macOS and Windows
released 16 May 2022: ZIP archive for Mac and Windows (1.4 MB)

RTC-lib 8.2 for macOS and Windows - 64bit
for Max8 for macOS and Windows
released 3 Apr 2021: ZIP archive for Mac and Windows (1.2 MB)

RTC-lib 1.0 for Pd
uploaded 15 Nov 2010: ZIP archive (172 kB)
Thanks to Frank Barknecht for porting to Pd!

Older versions

RTC-lib 8.0 for macOS - 64bit
for Max8 & Max7 under macOS 10.10 or later
released 13 Nov 2019: ZIP archive for Mac (1.5 MB)

RTC-lib 7.1 for macOS - 32bit
for Max8 & Max7 under macOS 10.7 or later
released 21 Sep 2016: ZIP archive for Mac (1.4 MB)

RTC-lib 7.1 for Windows - 32bit & 64bit
for Max8 & Max7 under Windows 7 (or later)
released 26 Sep 2016: ZIP archive for PC (1.0 MB)

RTC-lib 6.0.1 for Mac OS X
for Max5/Max6 under Mac OS X 10.6 or later; Intel processors
released 19 Mar 2014: ZIP archive for Mac (1.2 MB)

RTC-lib 5.0 for Mac OS X
for Max5 under Mac OS X 10.4 or later; PPC or Intel processors
released 10 Jan 2010: ZIP archive for Mac (940 kB)

RTC-lib 4.7 for Mac OS X (Universal Binaries)
for MaxMSP 4.6 under Mac OS X 10.4; PPC or Intel processors
released 2 Apr 2008: ZIP archive for Mac (740 kB)

RTC-lib 4.6.1 for Mac OS X (Universal Binaries)
for MaxMSP 4.6 and Mac OS X 10.4; PPC or Intel processors
released 6 Jan 2007: ZIP archive for Mac (690 kB)

RTC-lib 4.0.2 for Mac OS X
for MaxMSP 4.5 under Mac OS X 10.2 (or higher); PPC processors only
released 26 Jan 2004: binhexed stuffit archive (636 kB)

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Updated: 5 Sep 2024