Newbie needs help- specialized midi sequencer

dpmusic's icon

Hello,

I am completely overwhelmed by the whole Max/Msp/Max for live/ableton environment! But I'm a fast learner, and I sure would like to find a solution for my situation. Hopefully some kind soul can steer me in the right direction.

I want a midi sequencer for live use. This sequencer would contain a midi sequence involving several tracks, and then allow me to be able to step through the sequence using my controller. I would send the midi data into Mainstage for the sounds. But basically every time I play a note on my controller, this hypothetical sequencer would proceed to the next note or group of notes and sound them (for what would probably have to be a pre-set duration, I know). The actual note I am using to control the sequence makes no sound.

That's the basic idea- would it already exist? If not, would it be hard to create?

Thank you very much for your time! Darcy

Wetterberg's icon

[mtr] should be good with the "next" message, but also coll, multislider and others will play nice with you incrementing a [counter].

Have you done the midi tutorials? You really ought to, they'll hold your hand through this to a great extent.

woyteg's icon

I am using coll for something like this, it's more flexible, but involves a litte more patching maybe.
I think it is the best solution if you think about using this for a long time and always changing the sequencer and adding features. You can simply do everything with coll..

nilzie's icon

Hi people,

I'm looking for the exact same thing. Need to trigger a long list of midi notes from one single foot controller. Did you find any existing patch that did the trick @dpmusic?

I have this gig coming up Friday where I would love to have this solution up and running... Will be forever thankful if anyone would share a patch or link to lead me to a happy end of this quest :-) Being a Max newbie I don't think I will manage to patch together what I'll be needing until Friday...