Mike S

i am now regularly disconnecting patch cords when i am actually trying to make new connections with the mouse. it seems that now we can click and drag on a patch cord to disconnect it. this is really getting in the way of my patching!

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I am not sure if I understand what you mean by clicking ad dragging on a patch cord (although it seems obvious) but if I try to "click and drag" on a patch cord nothing happens.

The only thing that's happening is a selecting rectangle being made, just as if you would click and drag in an empty spot in your patch.

I am not sure if I understand what you mean by clicking ad dragging on a patch cord (although it seems obvious) but if I try to "click and drag" on a patch cord nothing happens.
The only thing that's happening is a selecting rectangle being made, just as if you would click and drag in an empty spot in your patch.


Is this in the new 5.1 beta? I seem to recall hearing that there is a disconnect option in this version.

I have long wished for the ability to "unhook" one end of a patch cord and move it to another inlet or outlet.

i can see the reasoning behind it, but if i have about 3 or 4 connections going from one object then try to make another one, i end up disconnecting a patch cord that i don't want to, it can get really tricky to connect things!

vanille, i would go back to 5.0.8, but i intend to use some of the new objects for this project : /

Usually in my experience the 'disconnect' feature comes up if you try and unhook while clicking on the patch cord instead of the of the inlet/outlet. Try clicking closer to the inlet/outlet.

Myself, while I have accidentally unhooked things a few times, I love this feature. It's such a great time-saver. My apologies. 

Those who use audiomulch would be familiar with the way you can drag a new object between two connected objects and the connections reconnect to include the new object, automatically-- this would be a great time saver if done in max with a modifier key. Although I imagine it would be very difficult to implement such a feature in max (because of the large variety of inlets and outlets objects can have).

Those who use audiomulch would be familiar with the way you can drag a new object between two connected objects and the connections reconnect to include the new object, automatically-- this would be a great time saver if done in max with a modifier key. Although I imagine it would be very difficult to implement such a feature in max (because of the large variety of inlets and outlets objects can have).
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