jamesson

Just to make sure, there really is no way to store a coll in an m4l set? Setting the 'store in patcher' attribute only works in edit mode, right?

coll-and-m4l-2

hi jamesson, you'r right you can't store it directly. I usually use a workaround (i use it with dict, but you can use coll as well). I have an external that's like a wrapper around the original dict object. each time the content changes i dump out its content to a pattr. The pattr is in parameter mode and can therefore store the content. when the device is reloaded the dict is filled automatically with the stored content of the pattr. if you do something similar with coll you will have to add some extra logic to serialize the pattr content when dumping it into one list or symbol and de-serialize when restoring the content.

What you're doing sounds like a lot of fun.

It's this kind of stuff that infuriates me. I'm 2 days into that section of the project and I have to start from scratch, on top of which I have to use pattr for data storage which never fails to irritate. Ugh.

It's this kind of stuff that infuriates me. I'm 2 days into that section  of the project and I have to start from scratch, on top of which I have to use pattr for data storage which never fails to irritate. Ugh.

i was writing in a hurry - and used the wrong term. there is no external involved it's all simple and pure max abstraction :)

here is what i do (it does 2 other things as well: has an extra outlet that bangs on all instances with the same argument/dict-name when the dict might have changed and as a workaround i change the state of a live.toggle to force Live to set the dirty flag when the dict has changed.... ) it works fine for me but well ... it's a workaround...

ps make sure tat the pattr saves as (Data) Type Blob.

i was writing in a hurry - and used the wrong term. there is no external involved it's all simple and pure max abstraction :) 

here is what i do (it does 2 other things as well: has an extra outlet that bangs on all instances with the same argument/dict-name when the dict might have changed and as a workaround i change the state of a live.toggle to force Live to set the dirty flag when the dict has changed.... ) it works fine for me but well ... it's  a workaround...

ps make sure tat the pattr saves as (Data) Type Blob.


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