crashing in 5 and 6, not 6.1

    Andy Turner
    Mar 17 2013 | 3:00 am
    i refuse to upgrade to ableton live 9 because there aren't enough new features to justify the price.
    i want to continue using max for live in live 8 and am doing so but hit a snag.
    max 5 or 6 kept crashing in ableton, so i tried it in standalone. i can consistently crash max 5 or 6 with this patch, but not max 6.1. (this is a problem because ableton charges an upgrade *fine* to use max 6.1 by forcing the upgrade), thus i am stuck at max 6 for m4l!
    regarding this patch not crashing in 6.1, but crashing in max 5 or 6...
    can anybody figure out why this is so? thanks for any help you can give.
    //musicRepeat.js inlets = 1; outlets = 9;
    function grok(a, b, c, d, e) { t = new Task(musicRepeat); function musicRepeat(){ outlet(0,a+7); outlet(1,b); outlet(2,c); outlet(3,a); outlet(4,b); outlet(5,c); outlet(6,a-5); outlet(7,b); outlet(8,c); } t.interval = e; t.repeat(d);
    }
    • Andy Turner
      Mar 17 2013 | 4:12 am
      i figured it out, the javascript engine is different on mac, and specifically in max 6.1, the engine is mozilla's, not v8. i will use nodeOSC to get data into max in the future, v8 is faster. i didn't initialize my variables, the updated code is here, now working with max 5, and presumable, 6. inlets = 1; outlets = 9; var pitch = 0; var vel = 0; var dur = 0; var rep = 0; var interval = 0;
      function grok(a,b,c,d,e) { pitch=a; vel = b; dur = c; rep = d; interval = e; t = new Task(musicRepeat); function musicRepeat(){ outlet(0,pitch+7); outlet(1,vel); outlet(2,dur); outlet(3,pitch); outlet(4,vel); outlet(5,dur); outlet(6,pitch-5); outlet(7,vel); outlet(8,dur); } t.interval = interval; t.repeat(rep);
      }