Jason Priebe

This is probably a really stupid question, but I've searched the web and these forums for an hour or two looking for an answer.  I hope somebody here has experience packaging max for live devices with multiple javascript files.

I am working on a Generative MIDI Tool in Max for Live (Live 12).  The main patcher has a js object that references a javascript file.  That file uses require() to load in another file.  All told, there are 13 javascript files that get required by each other to generate the midi notes.

Everything works great when I have the Max for Live editor open.  I can push the "apply" button in Live, and the code generates notes as expected.

But when I freeze the device and save it, I push the "apply" button, and I get the error message "Did not receive a note dictionary in time".  I can't see anything in the Max for Live console (unfortunately, nothing shows up in there unless the device is open in the patcher editor).  But I do suspect that this is an issue with require().  Sometimes I do see an error in the console like "foo is not a function" ("foo" being the function I am referencing from the required file).

I'm using Live 12.0.1 on MacOS Sonoma 14.3 (apple silicon) with Max 8.6.0, if any of that matters.

This is probably a really stupid question, but I've searched the web and these forums for an hour or two looking for an answer.  I hope...

max-for-live-device-javascript-require-doesnt-work-without-editor-open

I froze and saved, and now things are working.  I have no idea which of these things made it work.

Max for Live device - javascript require() doesn't work without editor open