Cycling 74 » Topic: Why a M4L patch speaks Max only while it is open? http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/feed Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:25:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.2.4 http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-66540 <![CDATA[Why a M4L patch speaks Max only while it is open?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-66540 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:30:53 +0000 ctrlzjones As soon as I close it and want to send messages from my Max patch to the M4L instrument in Live it stops listening…
It is not MIDI, just plain numbers and text.

I tried the usual [send] & [receive] and also via [udp], but neither is working.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239468 <![CDATA[Re: Why a M4L patch speaks Max only while it is open?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239468 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:16:09 +0000 nick rothwell / cassiel Max for Live runs as part of Live, so it’s in a different process to “real” Max. If you open a Max for Live device it’s in Max temporarily, but when closed it’s back in Live and so can’t do send/receive to/from other patchers in Max.

udp should work fine between M4L and Max, though – in fact, I’ve done it.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239469 <![CDATA[Re: Why a M4L patch speaks Max only while it is open?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239469 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:03:39 +0000 Lee Agreed. Use udp for all my m4l to max communication with no problems

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239470 <![CDATA[Re: Why a M4L patch speaks Max only while it is open?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239470 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:51:28 +0000 Wetterberg I use udp constantly, and it’s not without problems, tbh. Mainly it’s when opening/closing editors for patches in Live – udpreceive will try to bind to already bound ports, etc.

in fact, does anyone know of a simple solution to this? I should ask in a separate thread, I guess.

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239471 <![CDATA[Re: Why a M4L patch speaks Max only while it is open?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239471 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:03:28 +0000 nick rothwell / cassiel Didn’t we have this discussion at the Max conference a year ago? Yes, machine-global resources (like IP ports) are a pain to handle when running programs are being thrown between two different processes. There may be a combination of loadbang/closebang/device-ready messages which will make it work, but it won’t be pretty…

]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239472 <![CDATA[Re: Why a M4L patch speaks Max only while it is open?]]> http://cycling74.com/forums/topic/why-a-m4l-patch-speaks-max-only-while-it-is-open/#post-239472 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:59:57 +0000 ctrlzjones anyway;

I just open my Max/Live combination with [upd] and now they are happily sending and receiving.
let’s see what tomorrow brings …

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