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Venetian

I have created an external, working fine in Max for Live on Mac and on the older Windows computer I compiled it on, but on other windows machines I have:

From the forum, it seems there's may eb a problem with dll laoding libraries?

It was also created in max 6.1 sdk and the loaded into max 7.05.

any help on this would be really appreciated!

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error 126 loading external

I put together a starter template for building Max externals with CMake.

https://github.com/leeMeredith/max-cmake-template

It's a plain object box that adds two numbers. The object itself doesn't matter; it's there so the package is complete and buildable rather than a fragment. What you get is a CMake build that produces a universal binary and ad-hoc signs it, max-sdk-base wired up as a submodule so a --recursive clone builds immediately, the full package layout including a help patch and a reference page, and comments through the source explaining the non-obvious SDK calls.

The logic sits in a separate file that contains no Max code, with the object file handling only the Max side. Replacing that one file is most of what making your own object involves.

BUILD.md is probably the more useful part. It documents seven SDK behaviors that produce misleading symptoms rather than errors — three of them surface as no such object from completely unrelated causes, and one produces an Intel-only binary while still reporting a successful build. Each entry gives the symptom alongside the cause, since the symptom is what you'll have in front of you.

Verified on macOS, Apple Silicon. Windows is untested — nothing in it is deliberately mac-only, but I haven't built it there. :-)

I put together a starter template for building Max externals with CMake.

https://github.com/leeMeredith/max-cmake-template

It's a plain...

max-external-template-with-cmake

Max external template with CMake

AlexHarker

I'm creating a t_atomarray to output a Max array. Within this there are nested dictionaries or arrays (depending on what I'm doing) - there can be further nested arrays within them. All of the nested objects are created in my code but currently not freed explicitly.

Documentation seems a little unclear, so I'm trying to figure out if calling object_free() on the atom array frees the objects in the array, and also whether that freeing will be recursive. I see a note on atomarray_clear() saying "This function does not perform a 'deep' free, meaning that any #A_

OBJ atoms will not have their object's freed.

". To me this implies that when the array is freed that it might free nested objects, but it would be good to have this confirmed if any c74 devs can do so.

I'm creating a t_atomarray to output a Max array. Within this there are nested dictionaries or arrays (depending on what I'm doing) - there...

memory-management-with-tatomarray-and-nested-objects

Memory management with t_atomarray and nested objects

Duffield

I'm in a time crunch (as always) and my Max just hasn't been performing properly the past couple months and I have an increase in seemingly corrupt patches and objects (or simple objects aren't behaving the way they should be).

A month ago I had an issue where for a client an object simply stopped working. After 3 hours I assumed that perhaps the patch was somehow corrupt and I had to surgically delete entire blocks of code until I found the issue. 

Last night, my patch is working fine. Nothing changes, load it up today and the line object isn't going to its destination. In fact, no line objects work properly. Attached is my current patch with this issue. Is it the same on anyone else's computer? ,I'm trying to determine whether it's the patch, Max, or my computer. Additionally, patch cables are simply freezing and not "connecting" to objects but to random parts in the background.

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Hey All,
I'm in a time crunch (as always) and my Max just hasn't been performing properly the past couple months and I have an increase in s

multiple-corrupt-patches-and-gui-freezes

Multiple Corrupt Patches and GUI freezes

karl krach

i am currently trying to update a patch of mine to 64 bit since i need more memory. and i am very badly missing the jit.freenect.grab external which only runs in 32 bit.

i asked the programmer, jean marc pelletier, directly and this was his reply:

"Hi, sorry, I don’t have any time to dedicate to this project anymore… It’s open source, so if some enterprising soul (wink, wink) wants to have a stab at re-compiling, that would be great."

now... since i never compiled anything myself i am wondering: might there be any 'enterprising soul' out there who is working on this?

jit-freenect-grab-on-64-bit

jit.freenect.grab on 64 bit?

11OLSEN

We have [dropfile] to be a drag n' drop target but we have no source for such operation in Max. Can anyone provide some code snippet or examples in C that deal with drag n drop of files (being the source) or has already done some investigation into that direction? Win or Mac doesn't matter, looking for a solution on both.

Hi!
We have [dropfile] to be a drag n' drop target but we have no source for such operation in Max. Can anyone provide some code snippet or 

drag-files-from-max

drag files FROM Max, solved

Jonas Holmer

Long time max-user, first time poster. For anyone also using Pure Data there's now project that runs pd in the browser (including support for cyclone & ELSE, with the exclusion of a few objects).

The repo (including install-instructions) is here:

On that page it's also possible to drag-and-drop your own patches, or edit them in runtime. Compared to other similar projects this one does not build your patch into something that can be run in the browser, but compiles the actual pd C-sources into WASM and then wraps it in a WebAudio worklet. This allows you to load and run patches in "real-time" but also opens up for generating patches in runtime.

I've sued this in conjunction with stuff I develop for the web with RNBO & Faust and they play nice together, so it's possible to mix'n'match.

Anyway, if you have any questions or encounter issues, ping me :)

Hi!

Long time max-user, first time poster. For anyone also using Pure Data there's now project that runs pd in the browser (including...

running-pd-pure-data-in-the-browser

running pd (Pure Data) in the browser

Etienne

I'm working on an old music piece that needs some externals from Eric Lyon's potpourri.

But all I could find online is 32bits only : I know the sources are available at https://github.com/ericlyon/LyonPotpourri3.0-MaxMSP but I don't know how to compile objects

Does anyone know where to find a 64 bits version of these externals ? Especially el.bashfest el.samm and el.mask

Or we could pay someone to compile it : please tell me if you're interested in this ...

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