coll > how to record data .txt on MacintoshHD
Hello,
Can someone explain to me, how I could record data from coll to MacintoshHD (desktop or anywhere). I tried all kind of ways like message write, writetrack, the only way it works is write alone and do it the old way. I'd like to automate it... I tried with AI... my mac doesnt want to follow a way even through options > file Prefernces ...
MacOs Monterey V 12.7.6 / Max9
write followed by the path of where you want to save (for example Desktop is /Users/<yourusername>/Desktop
doesn't work. nothing appears on the desk. I created a testfile AAA.txt but not even its image appears. :-(
I opened your patcher, now I see ! I didnt put coll at the end, but only AAA.txt
Thank you so much you saved a lot of bad humour on my work. I somehow felt that it was only a tiny thing.
have a nice evening
Padrut
in/out filepaths if not specified is usually a thing of the operating system.
so if if you just export "aaa.txt" from [coll], max will write the file in the place which has been used last time to write a file to disk from max, when you were using the output dialog / navigator of the OS to write a file.
in other words, i bet it is there, just search for aaa.txt.
using the full path instead of only the file name is the solution. on the long run you would use relative paths (i.e. relative to the max app or relative to the patcher file) in most situations, which makes it a bit easier to format the path.
Thank you Roman,
I got it, and as it happens often, there is a small syntax-error that made me search everywhere else. My machine (20 steppermotors-string puppet) works now and I’m happy with .txt recordings.
Have a nice evening,
Padrut