I realized today that I cannot use the --- for my buffer object I am using for gen.

Does anybody know a solution to create an unique name space in max for live within a gen~ ?

hi together,
I realized today that I cannot use the --- for my buffer object I am using for gen.
Does anybody know a solution to create an unique name space in max for live within a gen~ ?

hi together,
I realized today that I cannot use the --- for my buffer object I am using for gen.
Does anybody know a solution to create an ... 

buffer-name-for-gen

I believe you are mistaken. As long as you type the buffer name as an argument to the max [gen] object (as opposed to only inside the gen code) this should work.

thanks for the suggestion, but it is not working for me. also I would need the buffer length ...

but it seems already the @bufname is invalid.

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}
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                "source" : [ "obj-9", 0 ],
                "destination" : [ "obj-10", 0 ]
            }
}
,         {
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                "source" : [ "obj-14", 0 ],
                "destination" : [ "obj-16", 0 ]
            }
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thanks for the suggestion, but it is not working for me. also I would need the buffer length ...
but it seems already the @bufname is invalid.

Don't use "---bumi" in the gen~ patcher, use "bufname".

E.g. within gen~, use [buffer bufname], [dim bufname], etc.

The attribute "@bufname ---bumi" on the gen~ object tells the gen~ that where gen~ uses "bufname", it will map to whatever ---bumi is in Max.

E.g. within gen~, use [buffer bufname],  [dim bufname], etc.   

The attribute "@bufname ---bumi" on the gen~ object tells the gen~ that where gen~ uses "bufname", it will map to whatever ---bumi is in Max. 

Super! Now I understood and it works just fine.

Is this somewhere described or maybe this falls more into the category of things which are just basic knowledge which I might not have :)

Super! Now I understood and it works just fine.
Thanks to both of you.

Is this somewhere described or maybe this falls more into the category of things which are just basic knowledge which I might not have :)


---buffer name for gen