I'm building a Roland MC-303 controller for live so I can use it in Live seamlessly. I have the banks, prg ch, patch names etc in external

txt files. However I can't load them into a coll on the fly, getting the error: refer "full_coll_name.coll" is not a coll.

These should all be read rather than refer, as the colls aren't in the patch. But using read doesn't work either... the file path is in the file prefs....

I wanted to use the colls and umenus for patch selection.

I'm building a Roland MC-303 controller for live so I can use it in Live seamlessly. I have the banks, prg ch, patch names etc in external
txt files. However I can't load them into a coll on the fly, getting the error: refer "full_coll_name.coll" is not a coll.

colls-in-external-files

Or I'll have to do them all using the umenu to store the data as I did with the drums (CH10):

Gonna go this way, but would still like to know how to read external coll files... or store them correctly.

Gonna go this way, but would still like to  know how to read external coll files... or store them correctly.

from what I understand, when you use "refer", the reference is made to another coll object that must exist in the patcher. If you want to use external text files, you should use the "read" message instead.

Hello,
from what I understand, when you use "refer", the reference is made to another coll object that must exist in the patcher. If you want to use external text files, you should use the "read" message instead.
Hope it's useful,

Thanks for that. I have succeeded I think. I need to try it with the 303, but I now have colls and umnenus working together nicely.

Attached is the results... now moving onto lfo, tuning, filter, envelope, portamento etc.

Building in Max, then I'll adapt for M4L (setting channel automatically) and using a simple standalone to accept hidden sysex from M4L.

Colls in External Files [Now Sorted]