Having problems with my first patch

hi!
i'm very new to max so it is very likely that this is a really silly question. i tried to understand and remake a patch from Mark Fells thesis, but couldn't make it run. from my (very little) understanding this patch should send out midi-notes when i hit the button, but ableton doesn't receive anything from it. could you tell me why?

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