BlueCycle

Anybody know a way to disable patcher key commands (n,b,c,f,i,j,m,p,P,r,t) in order to open up the keyboard for use as a controller in patches?

disable-key-commands

You could modify the max-keycommands.txt file. I guess you could try and work out how to remotely modify the text file from max, that way you could turn the key commands on or off.

But, most of those key commands are not in use when the patch is locked anyway, so modifying might not be worth it.

You could modify the max-keycommands.txt file.  I guess you could try and work out how to remotely modify the text file from max, that way you could turn the key commands on or off.

But, most of those key commands are not in use when the patch is locked anyway, so modifying might not be worth it.


It's a good idea to keep a renamed copy of that file somewhere btw, just in case you forget what they all were.

Just something like max-keycommands(default).txt

It can be an issue with the unlocked patch, though, and if you like being able to test things while unlocked (which saves time) then I'd disable them. Because the end result patch would probably be in Runtime, the .txt file wouldn't be a problem, though of course keeping an original version is always smart.

I don't know whether modifying the .txt file from Max would work without restarting it...anyone? I thought it loads all these upon startup just once.

Also, if you use the Max Toolbox, know that some of its shortcut keys have caused crashes (x and y, at least, have consistently done so on my machine in the recent past, and some others have mentioned similar issues), so better to not have it active if you're going to use these keys heavily. Possibly there is a fix in the latest Toolbox update, which would be great...because other than this, it's incredibly helpful!

disable Key Commands ?