Basvlk

I'm building a TouchOSC interface - it will have a couple of pages, each providing access to different bits of monitoring and remote control of Ableton Live and various hardware. Only one TouchOSC page is visible at any one time.

Each page will have a dedicated patcher that updates it - so if one page is active I don't really need the patchers that are for the other pages to be running; in fact it would be a waste of resources esp. as it will involve realtime monitoring of Live and other systems.

Is there an easy way of switching patchers on and off?

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A patch itself is not on of off. It depends what's in it. Some objects can take an "enable 1" or "enable 0" (for off) for example. In other examples, making a bypass toggle for that patcher that uses a gate to bypass the objects in it might help.

+ 1 -- the gate to bypass is good, if it can be implemented easily (one or just a few master gates is easiest). You can use [active] to determine when the patch is in front and has focus, so the gate can auto-open.

Also, even if objects are taking some CPU to update, it can be a big difference between whether they are seen or not. So even though their values change and Max has to track that, it doesn't have to run the "painting" of the objects, which can be very intensive for some. So, simply hiding patches or certain objects in them can help a lot.

+ 1 --  the gate to bypass is good, if it can be implemented easily (one or just a few master gates is easiest). You can use [active] to determine when the patch is in front and has focus, so the gate can auto-open.

Also, even if objects are taking some CPU to update, it can be a big difference between whether they are seen or not. So even though their values change and Max has to track that, it doesn't have to run the "painting" of the objects, which can be very intensive for some. So, simply hiding patches or certain objects in them can help a lot.


how can I switch patchers on and off?