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ward de jager

 In pure data we can construct longer messages with  message boxes 

Forr example add2 : will add another number without terminating comma 

I know max messages accept prepend and append messages but I can't seem to add commas or semicolumns 

 In pure data we can construct longer messages with  message boxes 

Forr example add2 : will add another number without terminating comma...

add-elements-to-message-from-another-message-box

Add elements to message from another message box 

tyler mazaika

I have a few RNBO abstractions which use a construct like:

Which allows me to reference 'argsbuf' from codebox (which doesn't otherwise allow access to variable-named buffers, AFAIC), while also allowing the possibility of re-using the same abstraction .rnbopat file with different buffer references.

This seems to work ok generally, but in one of the more nested uses of this error and can't compile the code.

Codegen Error undefined
Multibuffer 'argsbuf' is defined more than once with differents buffer lists.

I also believe this error to be inaccurate, as I've audited all instances of multibuffer and they have the same buffer list (#1, which is always being resolved to the same buffer name/reference).

I've tried re-creating this error using the same abstractions in various implementations and can't seem to do it, so I feel a bit lost understanding what's going on.

Does anyone have some ideas or guidance about what I could try?  Thank you.

Multibuffer 'foo' is defined more than once with different buffer lists

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Jakob

I use a lot of M4L devices in Ableton 12 (also tested newer betas) on a very powerful M4 Macbook (64GB RAM, 30% utilized) to automate a music live set. 

The problem I face is, that most of the time my m4l devices that are turned off by the ableton "device activator" (little round yellow on/off button) or a parent rack and stay off for some minutes. When turned on, they cause drastic CPU spikes (in the thousands) although in normal operation the cpu load is only at 7%. I can replicated the issue with an empty set and 32 of these devices: when I turn them off for 10 minutes and then on again, the spike happens. With 128 devices the spike already happens after 2 minutes. In both cases turning them off/on quickly has no effect on cpu.

Of course I did a lot of research. In ableton I tried different buffer sizes, tried do not activate too many devices at the very same time, etc. In Max I checked if there are loadbangs or other elements that trigger heavy stuff when the device gets turned on. Nothing changed anything. The devices are pretty big, they have about 10 ableton dials and GUI elements and I have many of them spread over the project. 

All that makes me thinking, that there must happen some kind of "unloading" process or deep sleep happening under the hood of the devices when they are off for a "while"

. Maybe some stuff gets pulled on the SSD and off the RAM? Maybe reading all that within one sample it too much? As I couldn't find anything on that, I wanted to ask you, if you can point to me some documentation or the like, or if you have any tips here? 

Computing wise I could leave all those devices on, the cpu then does not make problems. But I would like to save some resources and I would have to restructure years of work, that guarantee that only those parts are on, that I really need...

Dear Cycling74 Community!
I use a lot of M4L devices in Ableton 12 (also tested newer betas) on a very powerful M4 Macbook (64GB RAM, 30%...

long-deactivated-m4l-device-causes-cpu-spikes-when-reactivated

Long deactivated M4L device causes CPU spikes when reactivated

mo-seph

I'd rather not freeze my M4L devices when exporting them - I'd like to just be able to press a button, get and AMXD to share, and carry on tweaking.

It looks like I should be able to use the 'Export as Max for Live Device', but it's greyed out. From other forum posts, it looks like a) setting a file to open on load is helpful (but I don't seem to have that option - the AMXD is already set to load on open, and bold, or b) having it in a project is helpful - but it seems to have a blank project created in ~/Documents/Max 8/<device name>, and I can't do anything useful for that.

FWIW, here's my project window and project inspector:

(I don't want to freeze because a process that may leave old copies of files strewn around the hard drive seems like a terrible idea when you just want to package up the stuff that's already there...)

I'd rather not freeze my M4L devices when exporting them - I'd like to just be able to press a button, get and AMXD to share, and carry on...

export-m4l-device-without-freezing

Export M4L device without freezing

fas11030

I’m building a fairly large Jitter patch intended for use as a live performance video rig, but I’ve run into a few roadblocks and could really use some guidance:

I’ve attached my patch to this post. Any help, suggestions, best practices, or examples would be hugely appreciated!

Processor          12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K   3.20 GHz

System type     64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Installed on      ‎10/‎20/‎2022

OS build            19045.5737

Experience       Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19061.1000.0

"version" : "Version 9.0.5 (4ef99ba67c8) (x64 windows)",

"osversion" : "Microsoft Windows 10 Professional (build 19045), 64-bit"

Hi all,

I’m building a fairly large Jitter patch intended for use as a live performance video rig, but I’ve run into a few roadblocks and...

help-optimizing-live-performance-jitter-patch-questions-about-gpu-processing-opengl-confusion-saverecall-issues-and-scaling-artifacts

Help Optimizing Live Performance Jitter Patch – Questions About GPU Processing, OpenGL Confusion, Save/Recall Issues, and Scaling Artifacts

There's a specific Jitter patch that I'm looking for and I've been scouring the internet and my hard drive for this patch. It was a patch for generating a glowing motion trail behind a moving object in a camera feed. It used a fairly simple feedback mechanism using some openGL object if I remember correctly, and I think it was part of a Max package or some collection of tutorials or example patches that also included a pretty simple but good vignette effect patch. Does anybody know which patch/package I'm talking about? 

There's a specific Jitter patch that I'm looking for and I've been scouring the internet and my hard drive for this patch. It was a patch...

looking-for-specific-patchpackage

Looking For Specific Patch/Package

Tommy Scannell

Hello, I'm sending visuals from touch designer via spout to access them in Max. I'm using jit.gl.spoutreceiver and sending that from a jit.pworld into some matrix objects to sonify the original texture. It works when I do one jit.

 and matrix, but when I add a second instance for another spout stream, it won't convert, even though I can see the texture being rendered in the jit.pworld. 

I thought it could be an issue with the naming of the matrix and world objects but that doesn't seem to be working. 

I'm not super experienced with jitter so not sure if I'm missing something obvious, or whether it's an issue with having  multiple spout streams. 

Any tips in the right direction would be greatly appreciated :) 

issue converting second jit.pworld into a matrix

issue-converting-second-jitpworld-into-a-matrix

grigou

I have a sphere that is deformed by a procedural texture and then sent to a mesh.

If I activate the attributes lightning_enable 1 and/or cull_face 1 in the mesh, my shape disappears when I rotate on the x or z axis.

With these 2 attributes deactivated, I can rotate without any problem.

I want to be able to rotate with these attributes enabled without my shape disappearing.

I have a sphere that is deformed by a procedural texture and then sent to a mesh.

If I activate the attributes lightning_enable 1 and/or...

my-3d-shape-is-cut-off-during-rotation

my 3D shape is cut off during rotation

Charlotte Vásquez

I started playing with Max this year  (I tried it for the first time a few years ago but honestly didn't remeber much), so I'm new to a lot of stuff.

 patch and it seemed to work just fine. But it was  in mono, so I tried to arrange to work in stereo.

I had to change some names so the patch didn't have problems recalling the subpatches and such.

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