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Is there anyone out there that knows how to get an arduino uno to talk to max 4.6? All the examples I have found so far are all max 5 patches. I tried upgrading to max 5 but it does not run on my MacBook without freezing and crashing. I've tried reinstalling it but the same thing happens.

I'd much rather just continue using max 4 but I cant seem to find an arduino/max bridging patch for max 4 anywhere.

If anyone can help I'd be eternally grateful.

Is there anyone out there that knows how to get an arduino uno to talk to max 4.6? All the examples I have found so far are all max 5 patches. I tried upgrading to max 5 but it does not run on my MacBook without freezing and crashing. I've tried reinstalling it but the same thing happens. 

I'd much rather just continue using max 4 but I cant seem to find an arduino/max bridging patch for max 4 anywhere. 

If anyone can help I'd be eternally grateful. 

arduino-uno-and-max-4-6

This is the Serial Call and Response example from the Arduino software in max 4.6 format.

All the Communication examples have a Max5 patch at the bottom of the example. If you have max5, you can easily use that as a foundation to build your max 4 patch

This is a great help. You have to forgive my ignorance, I'm quite new to all this. This may be a really stupid question, but do you mean if I build one of the arduino to max beginner's test patches in 4 as long as i have all the objects it should just work? If so, would I have to change anything in the arduino sketch that I upload? (i.e. I can see how the patches might be reverse engineerable, but will the arduino end of things work with max 4 or will I have to change some key parts of that too?)

As you can see I'm just a beginner but I reckon I can pick it up fairly quickly. Thanks again,

As you can see I'm just a beginner but I reckon I can pick it up fairly quickly. Thanks again,
Ed.


If you have Max5 and Max 4.6 on your computer, you can copy/paste the Max5 patch at the bottom of the Communication sketches in the Arduino IDE.

Using that as a basis, just recreate the exact same patch in 4.6. No changes to the Arduino program. I don't think there's anything specific to Max5 in the examples either.

EDIT : I see you are having issues with Max5. I'll try and get some screenshots up for you later.

I'm doing that now. That's wonderful man, thanks so much! I've found a couple of really useful patches so I'm going to rebuild them. Thanks again dude. Ed

Arduino Uno and Max 4.6