Cycling 74 » Topic: master or servant?? http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/feed Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-31529 <![CDATA[master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-31529 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:33:38 +0000 Danjel van Tijn So I have made a nice sequencer patch with lot’s of unique features. However, for development I used a tempo object as the clock source and the sequencer output went to a vst~. Now I want to use this sequencer with Ableton Live.

Should I make the sequencer the master clock or slave it to ableton?

If I make the max patch the master, it needs to send out midi clock and start/stop commands.

If I make the max patch slave, it needs to receive these commands.

I assume either of these is straight forward to do?

thanks,
Danjel

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102628 <![CDATA[Re: master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102628 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:33:25 +0000 Danjel van Tijn sorry guys, I should have searched the previous messages first!

Looks like the best way for me to do this is use Ableton as the master and then strip the midi clock ticks using select 248.

I can then use lnth to select the clock divisions I want and then trigger a counter to generate step numbers (e.g. 16th notes).

thanks!

Danjel

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102629 <![CDATA[Re: master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102629 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:06:30 +0000 Wetterberg Danjel van Tijn skrev:
> sorry guys, I should have searched the previous messages first!
>
> Looks like the best way for me to do this is use Ableton as the master and then strip the midi clock ticks using select 248.
>
> I can then use lnth to select the clock divisions I want and then trigger a counter to generate step numbers (e.g. 16th notes).
Actually, I think the best way to do it is to build a pluggo from your
patch…so it all depends on who you ask.

Andreas.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102630 <![CDATA[Re: master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102630 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:10:13 +0000 nick rothwell / cassiel On 22 Apr 2007, at 20:33, Danjel van Tijn wrote:

> Looks like the best way for me to do this is use Ableton as the
> master and then strip the midi clock ticks using select 248.

Alternatively: look into packaging your application as a VST and
running it as a plug-in within Live. You then get sync features for
free.

– N.

Nick Rothwell / Cassiel.com Limited
http://www.cassiel.com
http://www.myspace.com/cassieldotcom
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]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102631 <![CDATA[Re: master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102631 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:13:49 +0000 Danjel van Tijn hmmm haven’t tried that before. I am new to programming max/msp but in the past I did own pluggo (and technically still do). I am aware that pluggo plugins can send midi to each other. However, isn’t there a limitation in Ableton with regards to plugins generating/processing midi? i.e. I don’t think I could have a sequencer plugin and then have it generate note information that could be received on any channels of ableton unless I use loopback via MidiYoke.

If there is some advanatges to using the latest version of pluggo in this respect then maybe it will be worth investing in the upgrade (I have pluggo v. 2.0 )

cheers,
Danjel

p.s. In my previous msg I forgot to mention that I was stripping clock ticks using RTIN

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102632 <![CDATA[Re: master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102632 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:15:32 +0000 Danjel van Tijn that would be good if my plugin was generating audio instead of midi. Unfortunately with Live I need to keep midi generators external or linked via MidiYoke.

cheers,
Danjel

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102633 <![CDATA[Re: master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102633 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:20:52 +0000 nick rothwell / cassiel > I am new to programming max/msp but in the past I did own pluggo
> (and technically still do).

If you’ve got MaxMSP then you have what you need to build pluggos –
you just need the free Pluggo runtime.

> I am aware that pluggo plugins can send midi to each other.
> However, isn’t there a limitation in Ableton with regards to
> plugins generating/processing midi? i.e. I don’t think I could have
> a sequencer plugin and then have it generate note information that
> could be received on any channels of ableton unless I use loopback
> via MidiYoke.

I don’t know, to be honest. I’ve written pluggos for Live which take
in MIDI and generate OSC, but haven’t yet managed to get MIDI out
working. I don’t know offhand whether it’ll work, or whether I’ll
have to go the IAC route.

– N.

Nick Rothwell / Cassiel.com Limited
http://www.cassiel.com
http://www.myspace.com/cassieldotcom
http://www.loadbang.net

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102634 <![CDATA[Re: master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102634 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:29:42 +0000 Wetterberg Danjel van Tijn skrev:
> that would be good if my plugin was generating audio instead of midi. Unfortunately with Live I need to keep midi generators external or linked via MidiYoke.
>
yes, unless it’s just midi note info. Live handles those quite beautifully.
It’s “just” cc#s and such messages that can’t get routed around internally.

A.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102635 <![CDATA[Re: master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102635 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:38:52 +0000 Wetterberg Nick Rothwell skrev:
>> I am aware that pluggo plugins can send midi to each other. However,
>> isn’t there a limitation in Ableton with regards to plugins
>> generating/processing midi? i.e. I don’t think I could have a
>> sequencer plugin and then have it generate note information that
>> could be received on any channels of ableton unless I use loopback
>> via MidiYoke.
>
> I don’t know, to be honest. I’ve written pluggos for Live which take
> in MIDI and generate OSC, but haven’t yet managed to get MIDI out
> working. I don’t know offhand whether it’ll work, or whether I’ll have
> to go the IAC route.
>
>
You’ll have to trust me on this one, then ;-) I’ve built many little
sequencers for use in Live over the last year.

The one limitation I’ve heard is that although VSTs can do it, AUs can’t
output midi without using a loopback of sorts. But vsts definitely can.
And it’s easy. Use the [plugmidiout] object in the pluggo, and then
select the pluggo as an input to whichever track you want.

Andreas.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102636 <![CDATA[Re: master or servant??]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/master-or-servant/#post-102636 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:55:47 +0000 nick rothwell / cassiel On 22 Apr 2007, at 21:38, Andreas Wetterberg wrote:

> Use the [plugmidiout] object in the pluggo, and then select the
> pluggo as an input to whichever track you want.

I was getting Live crashing on me, but that’s fixed now… Important
safety tip: don’t forget to put in a [plugconfig] if you have a [pp]…

– N.

Nick Rothwell / Cassiel.com Limited
http://www.cassiel.com
http://www.myspace.com/cassieldotcom
http://www.loadbang.net

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