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First of all, maybe i don't get it, and this is possible already. But if so, i can't understand why it is so hidden.

My problem is that i have a lot of patchers using midi device abbrviations.

"midiin a" for example. Now, if i use my laptop at some other place than at home, or if i forget to start my audio/midi interface before starting max, i always have to readjust the corresponding abbreviations. (i am using about 5 to 7, so this is definitly a source of errors and an unneccessary loss of time..)

If i forget that i have started max without any of those midi devices, i simply start a patcher and it doesn't work as expected. Maybe i have a dull day also and here i am sitting half an hour in front of max searching for programming mistakes.

So, i just think it would make life a bit easier if max could remeber my abbreviations.

(Maybe all this is done already in max 6?)

Hello!
First of all, maybe i don't get it, and this is possible already. But if so, i can't understand why it is so hidden.
My problem is that i have a lot of patchers using midi device abbrviations.
"midiin a" for example. Now, if i use my laptop at some other place than at home, or if i forget to start my audio/midi interface before starting max, i always have to readjust the corresponding abbreviations. (i am using about 5 to 7, so this is definitly a source of errors and an unneccessary loss of time..)
If i forget that i have started max without any of those midi devices, i simply start a patcher and it doesn't work as expected. Maybe i have a dull day also and here i am sitting half an hour in front of max searching for programming mistakes.
So, i just think it would make life a bit easier if max could remeber my abbreviations.
(Maybe all this is done already in max 6?)

feature-request-remember-midi-devices

Pretty sure you can use the full device name in quotes like [midiin "IAC Driver Bus 1"], but you could just have menus to select your device for real flexibility:

ahh yes, of course but actually i find the abbreviations really handy and used them since a couple of years. So, maybe when i'm retired i'll switch all my old patches to the device-in-quotes way.

ahh yes, of course but actually i find the abbreviations really handy and used them since a couple of years. So, maybe when i'm retired i'll switch all my old patches to the device-in-quotes way.
:)


[feature request] remember midi devices