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Themos Pentakalos

Hi. I am very new. I have 12 separate patches/modules, which work fine independently. I want to choreograph launching them from a single program so that I can create a sequence and then output record the entire sequence.

I am having a hard time opening a file. I've also used ChatGPT and it can't figure out how to do it.

I want to open file 1, execute it, then, once it's done, launch file 2, etc.

Hi. I am very new. I have 12 separate patches/modules, which work fine independently. I want to choreograph launching them from a single...

how-do-i-create-a-patch-that-calls-other-patches

how do I create a Patch that calls other patches?

REN SHANG

i found if i set the delaytime higher than 20ms, the waveguide~ will explode easily and somehow the reset doesn't always work. however i didnt see any instructions saying it must be smaller than a specific number. 

btw i've created a 3d mesh for this object, incase if anyone need it but dont have enough time to create the long 'connect edge' message, you can use it.

connect edge 0 0 1 connect edge 1 1 2 connect edge 2 2 3 connect edge 3 0 4 connect edge 4 1 5 connect edge 5 2 6 connect edge 6 3 7 connect edge 7 4 5 connect edge 8 5 6 connect edge 9 6 7 connect edge 10 0 8 connect edge 11 1 9 connect edge 12 2 10 connect edge 13 3 11 connect edge 14 7 15 connect edge 15 6 14 connect edge 16 5 13 connect edge 17 4 12 connect edge 18 8 12 connect edge 19 9 13 connect edge 20 10 14 connect edge 21 11 15 connect edge 22 8 9 connect edge 23 9 10 connect edge 24 10 11 connect edge 25 12 13 connect edge 26 13 14 connect edge 27 14 15 connect edge 28 8 16 connect edge 29 9 17 connect edge 30 10 18 connect edge 31 11 19 connect edge 32 12 20 connect edge 33 13 21 connect edge 34 14 22 connect edge 35 15 23 connect edge 36 16 17 connect edge 37 17 18 connect edge 38 18 19 connect edge 39 16 20 connect edge 40 17 21 connect edge 41 18 22 connect edge 42 19 23 connect edge 43 20 21 connect edge 44 21 22 connect edge 45 22 23 connect edge 46 16 24 connect edge 47 17 25 connect edge 48 18 26 connect edge 49 19 27 connect edge 50 20 28 connect edge 51 21 29 connect edge 52 22 30 connect edge 53 23 31 connect edge 54 24 25 connect edge 55 25 26 connect edge 56 26 27 connect edge 57 24 28 connect edge 58 25 29 connect edge 59 26 30 connect edge 60 27 31 connect edge 61 28 29 connect edge 62 29 30 connect edge 63 30 31

if you want to see it on the lcd object, use this message:

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i found if i set the delaytime higher than 20ms, the waveguide~ will explode easily and somehow the reset doesn't always work. however i...

is-there-a-delaytime-range-for-the-waveguide-object

is there a delaytime range for the waveguide~ object?

lesuedois

for the purpose of doing my max classes I wonder if it is possible to activate/deactivate illustration mode remotely ? This would be nice to explain basic max concept..

Hello,

for the purpose of doing my max classes I wonder if it is possible to activate/deactivate illustration mode remotely ? This would...

illustration-mode-controled-by-message

Illustration Mode : controled by message

Tom Auger

Hey folks, I have an old latching-type footswitch (Boss FC-50) and I have had some success reading the incoming latching PC data and using it to change the Ableton Looper's State parameter.

Right now it works if I have my M4L MIDI device on a MIDI channel, and then I hard-code the track and device IDs of the Looper on a separate Audio channel. This is fine when I have time to get things set up, but I'd like to take it one step further - create an Instrument Rack that contains the Looper and the M4L device to transform the incoming MIDI PC data.

So I'm wondering what the best way to do this might be? Can I create an M4L Audio device that can still read the incoming MIDI PC data from my external footswitch and bundle it into a rack?

Is it possible to read external data on anM4L Audio Device?

The other option I can think of is to use my M4L MIDI patch and build a UI that spawns a new audio track, maybe immediately to the right of the MIDI track, and then hard-code the track ID and go from there.

Is my first idea possible? Any gotchas with my second idea? Can you think of any other approaches, where the main goal is zero or low configuration required in the moment to get a looper running and responding to my old hardware?

Hey folks, I have an old latching-type footswitch (Boss FC-50) and I have had some success reading the incoming latching PC data and using...

transform-incoming-midi-to-control-looper-midi-data-on-audio-plugin

Transform Incoming MIDI to control Looper - MIDI Data on Audio Plugin?

ward de jager

Any reason why the old osc ( when set to automatic mode ) is alwasy showing activity , eve when no signal is present ? 

Any reason why the old osc ( when set to automatic mode ) is alwasy showing activity , eve when no signal is present ? 


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Old scope set to automatic , always active

thomas zalud

I'm using a Pisound and I'm trying to switch both a graph (patch) and a preset using MIDI, but I'm having trouble getting both to work together.

The issue is: when I send both MIDI messages (for graph and preset) at the same time, the preset switch doesn't work properly. It seems like the preset change is being ignored or doesn't apply correctly—maybe because the graph is still loading.

This is important because I'm building a 

, and I want to be able to switch between different effects and their corresponding presets using a 

. For switching between different effects, using graphs works best for me.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Is there a way to make sure both actions work reliably when using different MIDI channels?

Hi everyone,

I'm using a Pisound and I'm trying to switch both a graph (patch) and a preset using MIDI, but I'm having trouble getting...

pisound-switching-graph-and-presets-via-different-midi-channels-not-working-together

Pisound – Switching Graph and Presets via Different MIDI Channels Not Working Together

Olivier Rivière

So I'm working on a way to get all the PS5 DualSense controller mappings with HID object. I have no problems for most of them, from the buttons to the gyroscope and accelerometer. But for the touchpad coordinates, I don't get why it's working like that : the Y coordinates (from top to bottom) have no problems, for one and two fingers. They are absolute, and the values go from 0 to 67. But for the X axis, it seems to be like a counter increasing from 0 to 255, looping when sliding to the right and decreasing in the other direction.

Did someone face the same issue, and if so managed to get through ? Would there be a way to convert the relative values into absolute coordinates for X ?

Note that I know gamepad object exists, but for larger compatibility reasons, I need to use HID which is more compliant.

I'm currently on Mac OS Ventura 13 Intel, and using Max 9.0.4.

Edit : I now made the update to 9.0.5, without change.

Hello everyone,

So I'm working on a way to get all the PS5 DualSense controller mappings with HID object. I have no problems for most of...

issues-getting-dualsense-touchpad-x-coordinates-with-hid

Issues getting DualSense touchpad X coordinates with HID

Timothy Place

Understanding how the threading model in Max works will help you patch more efficiently, and also be on the lookout for potential bottlenecks and trouble spots. In this 20-minute video, I'll briefly describe the threading model that Max uses, and show you some Max externals you can use to optimize your patches.

threadcheck.zip

Theory and practical applications of the threading model in Max.

Threading in Max

advanced-max-learning-about-threading

Thank you so much for this video. It changed my world even before tonights election is over ;) Could you maybe provide your magic thread-meter object?


Thanks for this Timothy. I didn't know the qlim object, exactly what I needed !  I did a few tests and it seems it saved me for a patch with big timing issues.
Basically I use line object to send values to several multisliders, to make some kind of "karaoke" cursors for musicians to follow during a performance, on top of score images.
It's supposed to be really accurate, since everything is synchronized with soundfiles. Before my patch accumulated around 400 ms of delay by the end of the score. Now using qlim between the line objects and multisliders made me reach 1 ms delay...
Maybe my way of measuring this (with cpu time) is not bulletproof, but at least it seems like a big progress !
Thank you again


These more advanced videos are great! (or I know enough to appreciate them now)

I've used [delay 0] in the past before when stuff was acting weird and never knew why it worked. Threading, in general, still seems like voodoo stuff, but at least I have a clearer idea of what type of voodoo to try to go with when timing issues arise.


It's not voodoo when you imagine the scheduler thread as the Java's PriorityQueue where the tasks are ordered according their execution timeouts, and the main thread as simple Queue where tasks are ordered in a FIFO/LIFO manner. When you “send a message” you do actually put a task in the one of these queues, where they are beeing executing in parallel one by one starting from the bottom of the queue.


For those looking for the objects, the package can be downloaded at https://1cyjknyddcx62agyb002-max7.s3.amazonaws.com/threadcheck.zip .


Great video Timothy, quite enlightening! One question still remains, where is JS scripts run? any chance there will a video about that?
(P.s. the links seems to be broken)


Uh oh, Bitly couldn't find a link for the bitly URL you clicked.
Most Bitlinks are 4-6 characters, and only include letters and numbers (and are case sensitive)."


Link has been updated to one that is long and ugly, but works :-)  Sorry for the snafu.


The thread support for javascript has changed over the years.  There used to be a way to allow methods to be called at high-priority (scheduler thread) but in every version of Max over the last 8 or 9 years all messages are deferred to the main thread.


Are there any plans to do a follow up about audio threading?

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