Timeline editor - mc.function - scrubbing, triggering and convenience
I am wondering if there is any simpler and more convenient solution to this inside Max 8 ?
(I am aware of possibility to use Ableton Live with M4L udpsend.)
mc.function can be used to simultaneously output several envelopes as messages.
These can be triggered or scrubbed.
The patch implements a simple approach for scrubbing by overlaying a slider and using opacity, but it is of limited convenience, because the slider is behind the mc.function UI and can only be grabbed at the top where it is not covered by it. On the other hand one can not bring the slider in front of mc.function without loosing the ability to change the different envelope curves.
I am investigating how to implement some UI controls for sequencing of envelopes.
This is one example.
Unfortunately rslider 's horizontal margin increases with its height.
This causes the increasing gap between the horizontal bars below mc.function.
You can define the regions for triggering at these bars.
Would be nice if Max would have some kind of such control already built in.
Hello, I have two questions.
a) How to set opacity of a rectangle with javascript mgraphics?
b) Is there a message to control the order of layer of an object in Max (Send to Back, Bring to Front)?
Finally I prototyped a kind of timeline sequencing tool using jsui, mc.function and a single slider.
It's only a prototype - a more sophisticated built in Max object for future releases would be really nice. I am wondering if some Ableton Live technology could be used for that. This would bring Max' convenience for 3D content creation closer to software like Unity. (Question related to this: What is the future of Max and Live? I always preferred to work mainly in Max, because the workflow of patch editing in Max for Live and going back to Live is a little unwieldy - lots of open/save clicks and corresponding delays, limited amount of space for patcher UI etc., best solution so far Max and Live communicating via udpsend-udpreceive)
