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melt

I am attempting to create a live audio looper device for my personal use. Ideally this looper has provisions for:

I have explored the following objects/externals with mixed results:

Live looping seems to be a rather ubiquitous performance technique these days. I am a novice with MaxMSP, so I feel like I'm probably missing some obvious solution to my problem (as is often the case with Max!) 

Can anyone suggest some reading material and/or example patchers and/or objects to explore?

 I have read mention of the xsample~ externals, so I plan on having a look at those. 

Live Looping in 2026 - Object suggestions for a novice

live-looping-in-2025-object-suggestions-for-a-novice

Unit27

I'm designing a sequencer for a hardware MIDI device, and I'm looking for a way to set the MIDI CC 16 Automation line to a selected value in the range of a selected note. Is it possible to write Automation values from M4L, either as a MIDI Effect or MIDI Tool, without having to record Automation output in real time?

edition-cc-automation-from-m4l

Editing CC Automation from M4L?

Calhoun Zabel

As the title states, the 4th outlet does not work. It's supposed to send the integer number of the preset that just got stored, but nothing comes out. 

This is even true in the help file - I can set a break watchpoint, store a new preset (or overwrite an old) and nothing shows up on that outlet. The outlet that sends out an int when a preset is recalled works fine, but this one doesn't.

Am I doing something wrong, or is it broken?

pattern-4th-outlet-doesnt-work

Preset 4th Outlet Doesn't Work

staticseven

I can't get coll to store or recall anything in my normal patch or even in the .maxhelp for coll. I'm working on 9.07 on mac ARM. It seems like I can't actually have the coll open, if I do nothing happens.

Are there any bugs or similar I should know about or am I just doomed?

coll-broken-even-in-help-files

Coll broken even in help files

Aera

I have this patch with phasor~ @lock 1 into delta~ into <~ 0. into edge~ to create a bang to trigger a counter, which works exactly as I want it - except for the very first time I load the device, since I guess the delta~ needs to see at least one change in order to function. It needs to primed so to speak. Now usually I could loadmess a 1 into the right inlet of my phasor~ but this only works when it's free running, not locked. Any other way I can get this to work on the very first play?

I have this patch with phasor~ @lock 1 into delta~ into <~ 0. into edge~ to create a bang to trigger a counter, which works exactly as I...

phasor-lock-1-first-bang-issue

phasor~ @lock 1 first bang issue

Emiliano

I ran into something weird with poly~ and I can't fully explain it.

I wrapped a heavy subpatcher (groove~, FluCoMa objects, AUReverb2) inside [poly~ compex_sampler.maxpat 1]. When I enable it, DSP Status shows ~13% CPU. When I disable it with enable 0, it jumps to ~33%.

I'm on a Mac Studio. My guess is that poly~ spreads the load across multiple cores, so the DSP monitor (which maybe only reads the main audio thread?) shows less. Disabling it collapses everything back onto one thread.

Is that the right explanation? Is DSP Status only showing one thread?

Hi everyone,

I ran into something weird with poly~ and I can't fully explain it.

I wrapped a heavy subpatcher (groove~, FluCoMa objects,...

poly-enable-0-increases-cpu-instead-of-decreasing-multithreading-explanation

poly~ enable 0 increases CPU instead of decreasing — multithreading explanation?

Kuroko

I worked hard to get every volume right, but as soon as I close and open my file, everything keeps on resetting back to zero.

I worked hard to get every volume right, but as soon as I close and open my file, everything keeps on resetting back to zero.

What do I do.

max-wont-save-gain-slider-values

MAX won't save gain~ slider values

Dario Palermo

Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help with this message after testing dicy2 - on an M4. I‘m testing an example within Performance Strategies called Ex1_Defining_Behaviors.

Hello, I was wondering if anyone can help with this message after testing dicy2 - on an M4. I‘m testing an example within Performance...

mubuconcat-could-not-load-due-to-incorrect-architecture

mubu.concat~ could not load due to incorrect architecture

Steve Phillpott

Does anyone have a M4L device to do this.  I want to be able to map my keyboard (SL73) joystick to the Omnisphere Orb effect which expects Radius and Angle.

I've just had a really frustrating afternoon with Claude AI trying to build this, but cannot seem to get to the point where I can output both Rad and Angle.  

My joystick outputs on CC744 and 71, and I can get that to translate to outputs of CC21 or 20, but only one at a time.

I have not yet debugged the js script doing the translation because of the above issue.  This is what Claude suggested for orb.js

But I suspect the underlying object structure is wrong (if I disconnect ctlout 21, I get CC 20 output, otherwise I only get 21):

        var angle_rad = Math.atan2(y, x);

        angle_deg = (angle_rad * (180 / Math.PI) + 360) % 360;

    outlet(1, Math.round((angle_deg / 360) * 127));

Does anyone have a M4L device to do this.  I want to be able to map my keyboard (SL73) joystick to the Omnisphere Orb effect which expects...

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