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Jan M

 is end of life since long. The goto solution for using a DMX USB Pro recently was using the serial object directly.

I wanted to start learning to write Max externals, and I chose to create an external for the DMX USB Pro.

A beta version of the package is available here: 

https://github.com/janmech/jam/releases/tag/1.0-beta

https://github.com/janmech/jam/releases/tag/1.0

 for sending and receiving DMX data from the interface  and

 for use with audio signals (sending DMX data only).

To install, download and unpack the zip package and copy it to the Max Packages folder. On first load of the externals Max might ask you to remove the quarantine attribute. Just confirm and continue (I don't have a paid Apple developer account, that's why). 

The externals are compiled for MacOS 10.15 and later and should load on Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

Looking forward for feedback and if there is interest in continuing this little project also collaborators are very welcome!

The good old external from nullmedium is end of life since long. The goto solution for using a DMX USB Pro recently was using the serial...

sharing-my-take-on-an-enttec-dmx-usb-pro-external

[sharing] My take on an ENTTEC DMX USB Pro external

James Bruce

I made a 4-voice FM drum machine in Max last week, and since yesterday I've had issues with one voice at a time dropping out after its first few beats. My sequencer is working as designed, and my (somewhat crude) FM algorithms are working too, but sometimes an svf~ or abl.device.limiter~ stops producing output altogether. 

I'll open the problematic subpatcher to unpatch then repatch some stuff.... then the sound comes back! And then it goes away again. 

Sometimes, say I have a hihat sound going.... I'll turn on my kick drum and all audio stops. It's like I'm hitting a processor ceiling or something. 

As you can imagine, this has been very frustrating. I researched all of the scheduler and audio settings and adjusted them back and forth and nothing seems to help. Is the issue just my 6 year old Mac running this huge patch?

Any insights would be deeply appreciated. Thanks!

swambol.maxpat

Hello, 

I made a 4-voice FM drum machine in Max last week, and since yesterday I've had issues with one voice at a time dropping out after...

trouble-with-audio-output-from-several-voices

trouble with audio output from several voices

I'm working on a patch that needs a table+linked itable that resizes dynamically, taking it's size from the length of a list.

At some point. I need the table to be of size 1, but whenever I put that value it changes to 2.

Seems 2 is the minimum size, which is really a problem for the architecture of my patch and a weird limitation really.

Hi there,

I'm working on a patch that needs a table+linked itable that resizes dynamically, taking it's size from the length of a...

table-minimum-size

table minimum size ?

marker

This is probably discussed before.... but still... dear cycling  when you through a lot of new awesome features at us again  with 9.1  It really makes me wonder... Why can't we still not capture sound from a jit.playlist? Not even with an adoutput~. ? This would be such a major upgrade to a lot of workflow in which you do quick patching and live coding stuff to create your artistic output.  

Yess.... I know I can use jit.movie~ but thats a completely different object with a different approach to it. And if you advise me to use that instead why not autoload a jit.movie~ when i drag n drop a moviefile into a patcher? Or can we set that in some kind of preference? 

This is probably discussed before.... but still... dear cycling  when you through a lot of new awesome features at us again  with 9.1  It...

capture-sound-from-jitplaylist

Capture sound from jit.playlist

Jakob Riis

I have a few patches, that I have used for a decade, where Thomas Grills ancient xsample is a key object. The routine of getting the xsample-objectmappings.txt in the right place is a routine I have gone through at every update since Max 4.5 but now with Max 8 it doesn't work anymore. Any ideas more than welcome, be it alternative objects or workaround to get xsample in working condition

I have a few patches, that I have used for a decade, where Thomas Grills ancient xsample is a key object. The routine of getting the xsample

xsample-in-max-8

xsample in Max 8

Patrick Jordan

 I tried to open a database within javascript in a m4l device. I always get the error message 

v8: none: ReferenceError: SQLite is not defined, line 28".

Seeking up and down the internet, I can't find any mentions SQLite is not supported in m4l devices. Also I don't find any references, I need to use a require statement upfront.

Did someone make it work or has an indication it is not supported or broken?

Javascript SQLite not working in m4l v9.0.7

javascript-sqlite-not-working-in-m4l-v907

mkap7

I have a Max project that I made in version 8 that has become strangely unreliable, in that it works on some but not all of a group of seemingly identical iMacs.  

I have a teaching lab full of iMacs that I use for a class about music and brains, and I made a little patcher to record people's ratings of randomly presently intervals.  It uses the AU DLS synth, a choice which seemed to make sense at the time because I wanted a piano sample, and the DLS sample is good enough for this exercise.  But now I find that the same patcher works on some machines, is very quiet on others, and on some machines, makes no sound at all.

It seems as if the master volume on the DLS synth is getting changed without me realizing it, and I don't know how to change it back.  Is there some kind of a message I need to send to the DLS synth?  I found this link

https://docs.cycling74.com/legacy/max8/vignettes/built_in_midi_synth

which talks  about using message boxes and a particular start to the messages, ;#SM, but I don't know the message would be to change the volume, or even where to look for this info (besides here.)

Here's the project - can anyone help me troubleshoot this?  I'm sure the answer is stupidly simple....but it is a stupidly simple thing that I don't know (draw your own conclusions!)

DIADINATOR2.zip

Click on the "seal" in the lower right corner to start - it is supposed to present a random dyad, from a random midi note between 50 something and 60 something....you rate it by pressing 1 to 7 on the keyboard and hitting return, at which point it plays a different dyad on a different root.  It keeps track of the data (check the console) and at the end of 24 trials asks you to save the file. 

On half of my iMacs, it works perfectly.  On 3 of them, it is silent.  On another 2 or 3, it is very quiet.  An explanation would be much appreciated!

Hi folks,

I have a Max project that I made in version 8 that has become strangely unreliable, in that it works on some but not all of a...

changing-the-master-volume-of-the-built-in-dls-synth

Changing the master volume of the built-in  DLS synth

agustin issidoro

I am building a Max4Live devices that querries regularly clips' start_time and name with the "get" method via live.object.

I've realized that setting the ID in the live.object introduces a "change" in Ableton Live's Undo History. This scalates quite quickly and if using many devices, the undo history is unusuable.

Is there a reason for this? It is the first time I've seen this, though I've used live.object already a few times before.

So in the patch excerpt, I am first getting all arrangament clips, and then iterating through them to get start_time and name. The first live.object is ok and is not causing any changes. The second one, as soon as I set the ID, will produce a change. It happens the same with live.observer (and I can't call the start_time method like this).

I'm really lost here and the issue is quite heavy, since it really renders the undo history unusable. 

Hello all,

I am building a Max4Live devices that querries regularly clips' start_time and name with the "get" method via...

liveobject-produces-changes-in-ableton-live-undo-history

live.object produces "changes" in Ableton Live Undo History

Emiliano

I’m trying to build a simple patch in Max 8.2 (macOS Mojave) that lets me select a folder and 

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