Florent Ghys

Is including an abstraction in the Max "File Preferences" the only way for a M4L device to find this abstraction? 

I am sharing with several performers a Live project with M4L devices that use several of my abstractions.

Right now the simplest set of instructions to the performers is:

3/ open Max and under Options/File Preferences, include myAbstraction folder in the File Preferences

5/ open Live and under Preferences/File Folder/ Max Application click on "browse" and select the application Max you just installed

I have tried to include the abstractions in the same folder as the .als file but Max still doesn't find the abstractions. 

It would be great if there was a sort of "Collect All and Save" for abstractions and externals, wouldn't it? 

Or if Max could look into the Live project by default. 

if you have suggestions, please share them! thanks

Hello, 
Is including an abstraction in the Max "File Preferences" the only way for a M4L device to find this abstraction? 

I am sharing with several performers a Live project with M4L devices that use several of my abstractions.
Right now the simplest set of instructions to the performers is:
1/ download myAbstractions folder
2/ download Max 
3/ open Max and under Options/File Preferences, include myAbstraction folder in the File Preferences
4/ download Ableton Live
5/ open Live and under Preferences/File Folder/ Max Application click on "browse" and select the application Max you just installed
6/ download my Ableton Live project

Isn't there a more simple way? 
I have tried to include the abstractions in the same folder as the .als file but Max still doesn't find the abstractions. 
It would be great if there was a sort of "Collect All and Save" for abstractions and externals, wouldn't it? 
Or if Max could look into the Live project by default. 
I hope I am missing something!

if you have suggestions, please share them! thanks
Florent



Hello, 
Is including an abstraction in the Max "File Preferences" the only way for a M4L device to find this abstraction? 

I am sharing wit

managing-abstractions-inside-m4l-devices-"newobj-myabstraction-no-such-object"

thanks so much! I totally forgot about the freeze function 

thanks so much! I totally forgot about the freeze function 
I knew there had to be an easier way!


Managing abstractions inside M4L devices - "newobj myAbstraction: no such object"