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Arnau Brichs

I can't seem to be able to save presets in Ableton using the live.adsui object.  Is there a reason for it not working properly?

Hi!

I can't seem to be able to save presets in Ableton using the live.adsui object.  Is there a reason for it not working...

how-to-save-the-state-of-liveadsui-in-max-for-live

How to save the state of live.adsui in Max for Live?

giftculture

There seems to be a bug in the max documentation for the REPL (both online and offline docs) 

https://docs.cycling74.com/userguide/repl/

 , unless there is something wrong with my max environment (version 9.0.2)

"To create a new button object with a scripting name, enter 

<p> script newdefault button @varname ddd

. Now you can send the newly created button messages such as 

but when I do that, it creates a jbogus object in my patcher.  Instead of "newdefault", if I specify "newobject", it creates the object successfully

There seems to be a bug in the max documentation for the REPL (both online and offline docs) https://docs.cycling74.com/userguide/repl/ ,...

bug-in-repl-documentation-to-create-a-button-newdefault-vs-newobject

Bug in REPL documentation to create a button (newdefault vs newobject)?

Emiliano Pennisi

I’m trying to calculate the length of a list using 

) and then use that value as the maximum for a random number generator. The issue is that I need to manually click on a 

 so that the box with the number is updated.

 and other approaches, but I can’t get it to work. 

Is there a way to automatically send the content of the 

 box (the lenght number of the list) whenever I trigger the system with a bang and then send that (numeric) value to the random number generator range?

Actually, this works and sends the number only when I open the patch and perform the slicing of the buffer after replacing the sound source. However, every time I load a new audio file and reslice, I have to click on the 

It’s a bit ambiguous to explain, an excerpt of the patch is  here.

Sorry if this question seems basic—thanks in advance for your guidance!

Hi everyone,
I’m trying to calculate the length of a list using [zl.len] (I can do it here) and then use that value as the maximum for a...

trigger-a-message-content-with-a-bang-automatically

Trigger a message content with a bang automatically

Nick

I'm on Max 8.0.2. Given that, under Help > Examles > mc there's an example patcher named "mc_mpe_synth." This thing is awesome. Inside, you'll notice that from the [mc.noteallocator~] object, the 5th outlet for Pitch Bend is not used. I set out to implement that within the example just to get my head around MC/MPE, and I'm way confused.

My question is simply: how do I take the value that comes out of that 5th outlet and map it onto a sensible [-1.0, 1.0] range where a value of -1.0 means "minus one semitone" and +1.0 means "plus one semitone"?

There's a helpful post here on the forums that explains this a bit, and a link shared therein for more information:

https://cycling74.com/forums/pitch-bend-ranges

https://sites.uci.edu/camp2014/2014/04/30/managing-midi-pitchbend-messages/

If I understand correctly, the value from that 5th outlet is this 14-bit MIDI pitch bend message where the first 7 bits are "fine" and the second 7 bits are "coarse." So far this seems good: if I isolate the coarse bits with [& 127] then [<< 7] I get 8192 when I'm applying no pitch bend. If I take this through [scale 0 16383 -1.0 1.0] as per the second link there, I get a value that makes sense (0.0 = + 0 semitones).

Where I'm confused though is that this seems super coarse. I'm playing with a Seaboard BLOCK and I really have to crank the pitch bend to get even up to 8320 for the coarse bits, and I have a hard time getting past that. So, I figure I have some work to do with the fine bits: for these I tried taking the same 5th outlet of [mc.noteallocator~] through [& 0x7F00] to isolate the 7 bits of "fine" information then [>> 7] to align the bits. Finally I OR the coarse and the fine values together and now I have decent behavior centered around 8192 but still it seems way too coarse. I have to slide two notes away on my Seaboard even to get past 8320.

Obviously this doesn't map to any notion of +/-1.0 representing +/- one semitone. What am I doing wrong here? Have I misunderstood the range here or is my math wrong?

There's a helpful post here on the forums that explains this a bit, and a link shared therein for more information:
https://cycling74.com/forums/pitch-bend-ranges
https://sites.uci.edu/camp2014/2014/04/30/managing-midi-pitchbend-messages/ 

Hey all.
I'm on Max 8.0.2. Given that, under Help > Examles > mc there's an example patcher named "mc_mpe_synth." This thing is awesome. Ins

mpe-mpeparse-mc-noteallocator~-and-pitch-bendglide

Nevermind! The issue was that my Seaboard BLOCK was configured to a pitch bend range of +/- 48 semitones, so it was using very little of the [0, 16383] range relative to what I was expecting. Dumb error... but the good news is that the approach above seems to be ok.

Hey Nick, I have another problem, that relates to your though by topic. 
While using exactly the example synth patch, how / where did you actually add the pitch bend value to the note on original pitch?
I am trying different possibilities,  but  somehow adding it whether with the existing mc.target object for pitch or with a new one additionally causes problems. Pitch of other notes or new notes get messed up. 
It is some timing issue I guess, like old value stored for new notes or so. Probably because of the Max  message order etc. I am trying to debug this but no success so far. 
So I though I ask you, before I screw my head even more :D 
   


MPE / [mpeparse] / [mc.noteallocator~] and Pitch Bend/Glide

Luca Schwarz

hi there! i built a simple sampler, and want to use it across my project with different instances of a bpatcher. i called the buffer #0-XY, so that it will create a new unqie name everytime i duplicate the bpatcher, and i am able to load differnet samples in each instance. It all works fine but when i save the patch and re-open it, all buffers will have that same sample loaded which i used in the patch which is the parent patch of that bpatcher. Any ideas how to solve this?

This is how the parent sampler patch looks like:

buffer-in-bpatcher-doesnt-rem

buffer in bpatcher doesnt rem

Espen Pedersen

Im very new with Max, and i desperately need help with a patch.

Ive gotten this patch to drag and drop, loop, drag to corners and synchronize three videos simultaneously, but it goes out of sync the whole time. I need to either automate the toggle to turn off and on after a certain amount of time, so all three videos start at the same time an then restarts after i.e. seven minutes. Or i need to alter the code so it synchronizes in another way.

Hello,

Im very new with Max, and i desperately need help with a patch.

Ive gotten this patch to drag and drop, loop, drag to corners and...

help-syncing-three-jitplaylist

Help syncing three jit.playlist

Michael Freeman

Hello. I’ve looked around a lot for this and I don’t think it's possible even through the Ableton Live API.

My product does this by loading a sample directly into the M4L device (like Simpler and Sampler do).

Do anyyou know if a M4L device can control the speed of a Ableton Live clip, or a sample in arrangement view, with full transport control forward and backwards, speed 0 to 100% ?

Hello. I’ve looked around a lot for this and I don’t think it's possible even through the Ableton Live API.

My product does this by...

m4l-pitchspeed-control-of-clip-or-arrangement-view-sample

M4L pitch/speed control of clip or arrangement view sample ?

Oni Shogun

it seems there won't be anyone responding to a topic which has been addressed in many posts before, albeit, it never really got solved, besides: The documentation gives information which I cannot confirm. For example:

 if they are not part of the toplevel patcher. Thus, one has to add all potential patchers in the toplevel patcher that the standalone may want to access by means of 

This is basically undesirable and conflicts with the information provided above.

 for Projects — probably because they are assumed to collect all their dependencies naturally after cnsolidation — an alternative is to open an empty patcher and write a script for all the dependencies of the project, which really means to only define the 

[projectofolder]. Is this the way to go then? 

 message to Max is helpful (as stated in the documentation: 

) but needs the toplevel patcher to be opened using a unique reference name. All doable but the support for a script is not provided — perhaps a feature request?

What's more, when building colelctives or standalones in batches, it would be very helpful if the target path and apptype could/should be included in the message as well, and the 

 message does not differentiate between Collectives and Standalones, which one always has to define. I have posted about this 

So, what is the conclusion and the best way to ensure all 

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