How can I re-name the tabs of live.tab
I found out how to do that with tabs, but isn't this possible with live tabs as well? Mira only supports live.tabs ...
Ditto - anyone know if this is possible?
They can't be dynamically renamed unfortunately...
thanks for the reply!
Thanks. Mira really seems to be in beta for now. I had high hopes for this, but it is so much behind lemur in terms of flexibility. I will turn it back to Apple for now ...
actually you can rename the tabs of [live.tab] with the help of a secret message called "_parameter_range" (without quotation marks).
Here is an example
{
"boxes" : [ {
"box" : {
"maxclass" : "message",
"text" : "_parameter_range skin the cat",
"patching_rect" : [ 328.0, 118.0, 146.0, 16.0 ],
"id" : "obj-7",
"fontname" : "Arial",
"numinlets" : 2,
"numoutlets" : 1,
"fontsize" : 10.0,
"outlettype" : [ "" ]
}
}
, {
"box" : {
"maxclass" : "message",
"text" : "_parameter_range a b c",
"patching_rect" : [ 125.0, 123.0, 117.0, 16.0 ],
"id" : "obj-8",
"fontname" : "Arial",
"numinlets" : 2,
"numoutlets" : 1,
"fontsize" : 10.0,
"outlettype" : [ "" ]
}
}
, {
"box" : {
"maxclass" : "live.tab",
"varname" : "live.tab[1]",
"patching_rect" : [ 206.0, 161.0, 100.0, 20.0 ],
"id" : "obj-9",
"parameter_enable" : 1,
"numinlets" : 1,
"numoutlets" : 3,
"outlettype" : [ "", "", "float" ],
"saved_attribute_attributes" : {
"valueof" : {
"parameter_longname" : "live.tab[1]",
"parameter_shortname" : "live.tab",
"parameter_type" : 2,
"parameter_enum" : [ "skin", "the", "cat" ],
"parameter_unitstyle" : 0
}
}
}
}
],
"lines" : [ {
"patchline" : {
"source" : [ "obj-8", 0 ],
"destination" : [ "obj-9", 0 ],
"hidden" : 0,
"disabled" : 0
}
}
, {
"patchline" : {
"source" : [ "obj-7", 0 ],
"destination" : [ "obj-9", 0 ],
"hidden" : 0,
"disabled" : 0
}
}
],
"appversion" : {
"major" : 6,
"minor" : 1,
"revision" : 3,
"architecture" : "x86"
}
}
sorry... I somehow failed to insert the max example of my previous post...
I try again...
Thanks, DJ! Works!
that's fantastic. really wish some of these secret messages weren't so secret - they are damn useful!
cheers
actually there are 3 relatively easy steps to get this kind of information:
Step 1)
Select the object and press Cmd-i to open the Inspector. Find the parameter you are interested in.
Step 2) Select the parameter / attribute and click on the little "gear wheel" in the lower left corner. Select "copy Attribute".
Step 3) Paste the copied text into some text window. It looks like this.
{
"attributes" : {
"_parameter_range" : [ "one", "two", "three" ]
}
}
From there it is easy to guess the attribute's name ;-)
DJ - you just rocked my world. next time you are in nyc - beers on me.
thanks!
you're welcome... and beer is always welcome too ;-)
Beers on me, too! Although, you would have to drink "eine Maß auf der Wiesn, wenn'st mogst" ;-)
And since you seem to be the genius of finding secret functions in MAX ... would you also happen to know a solution to this:
I want to create a large matrix of tabs, which can be labeled. With your help, I can label them now. However, they have to be multi-line buttons, as I need between 30 and 60 fields on that matrix. But when I do that, I get really small pads that are not easy to hit. Only, if I set text size quite large, I get good pad sizes. But then again, the text gets to big to fit into the pads ...
Is there a way to fix, how many rows and columns you get independently from text size? I actually found this worked perfectly on Lemur or touch OSC. But I cannot get it working with Mira. I only found a hack by using a tabbed mira.multitouch placing text fields in front of every tab. But this is really a pain in the ass to set up for a quite normal operation like some labeled pads ... there should be an easier way to get it done.
@dj. Wow! Great stuff. Why are these hidden in the first place I wonder? So can I change the type of a dial for instance? Need to experiment....
I guess that dynamic attribute changes of live.* objects will confuse the automation bindings in Max For Live which is probably the reason why these messages are hidden.