ZeroValue

I have 2 objects (number and live.dial) in a bpatcher that auto enable hide on lock when closing the patch. 

Other objects in the bpatcher is displaying correctly. 

I switch off several times the option but it comes back by itself.

Hi, 
I have 2 objects  (number and live.dial)  in a bpatcher that auto enable hide on lock when closing the patch. 
Other objects in the bpatcher is displaying correctly. 
I switch off  several times the option but it comes back by itself.

Hi, 
I have 2 objects  (number and live.dial)  in a bpatcher that auto enable hide on lock when closing the patch. 
Other objects in the bpa

unwanted-hide-on-lock-object

after restarting ableton + max seems to be ok ... 

Unwanted Hide on Lock Object

Cornelius Renken

Hi! I've successfully managed to recreate pitch movement in a delay by changing the write and read index position. In hindsight my issue with this is that after the delay time has reached it's target, all pitching goes back to normal, because now the difference between read and write index is constant again and there is no more doppler effect. The only way to combat this is having a really long smoothing time between tempo changes but it seems inelegant.

I'm looking to fully recreate the effect of a slowed down tape:

When I change the delay time, the whole 'tape' changes tempo and all previously recorded sounds are staying pitched forever, only newly recorded sounds are at the 'correct' pitch. As I understand it, for this model, the read and write heads (index position) stay constant, and the delay time is only effected by the speed of the tape.

My thought process was therefore to keep the index positions at a constant difference, and only change the rate of the phasor writing and reading the data buffer.

I've found an amazing forum post that tackles the exact questionI have. I tried to implement everything but I failed to do so correctly. Maybe somebody with more gen/max knowledge would know of a better way to convert this explanation into gen.

https://forum.mutable-instruments.net/t/simulating-tape-analogue-delay-in-dsp/7789/7

If somebody could give an insight into where im going wrong, i'd be extremely thankful! Especially with the linked forum post being exactly my question, I feel so close but yet so far.

Tape Delay in Gen~.maxpat

I'm looking to fully recreate the effect of a slowed down tape:
When I change the delay time, the whole 'tape' changes tempo and all previously recorded sounds are staying pitched forever, only newly recorded sounds are at the 'correct' pitch. As I understand it, for this model, the read and write heads (index position) stay constant, and the delay time is only effected by the speed of the tape.

My thought process was therefore to keep the index positions at a constant difference, and only change the rate of the phasor writing and reading the data buffer.

I've found an amazing forum post that tackles the exact questionI have. I tried to implement everything but I failed to do so correctly. Maybe somebody with more gen/max knowledge would know of a better way to convert this explanation into gen.
https://forum.mutable-instruments.net/t/simulating-tape-analogue-delay-in-dsp/7789/7 
(This is the post, by user TheSlowGrowth)

If somebody could give an insight into where im going wrong, i'd be extremely thankful! Especially with the linked forum post being exactly my question, I feel so close but yet so far.

Thanks!
Cornelius

Hi! I've successfully managed to recreate pitch movement in a delay by changing the write and read index position. In hindsight my issue wit

gen~-tape-delay-emulation-tape-speed

Gen~ Tape Delay Emulation (tape speed)

Simon O'Rorke

How can I replace an occurrence of a string embedded in a symbol, storing the result of the transformation in a string?

In Javascript, there's a simple way to replace a string embedded in another string, as documented at 

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace

. Here's a simple example, which works in Javascript for Max :

oldText = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";

newText = oldText.replace("fox", "deer");

// newText should now be "The quick brown deer jumps over the lazy dog."

But if the string to be replaced is embedded in a Max symbol instead of another string, this method does not work. Evidently Max's symbol data type does not support string functions such as Replace. For example:

newText = this.patcher.path.replace("/patchers", "/data");

// Javascript TypeError: this.patcher.path.replace is not a function

Any suggestions? If there's a way to convert a symbol to a string, I could modify the above example to make it work.

How can I replace an occurrence of a string embedded in a symbol, storing the result of the transformation in a string?

In Javascript, there's a simple way to replace a string embedded in another string, as documented at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace.  Here's a simple example, which works in  Javascript for Max :

oldText = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
newText = oldText.replace("fox", "deer");
// newText should now be "The quick brown deer jumps over the lazy dog."

But if the string to be replaced is embedded in a Max symbol instead of another string, this method does not work.  Evidently Max's symbol data type does not support string functions such as  Replace.  For example:

newText = this.patcher.path.replace("/patchers", "/data");
// Results in console error message:
// Javascript TypeError: this.patcher.path.replace is not a function

Any suggestions?  If there's a way to convert a symbol to a string, I could modify the above example to make it work. 

How can I replace an occurrence of a string embedded in a symbol, storing the result of the transformation in a string?

In Javascript, ther

replace-string-in-symbol

I've worked it out.  The problem is specific to "patcher.path" which turns out to be neither a valid property not a valid method of the Patcher object.  Here's my fixed code: 

patchersFolderPath = this.patcher.filepath.replace("/" +  this.patcher.name + ".maxpat", "");
datafolderPath = patchersFolderPath.replace("/patchers", "/data");

What I wrote above about strings versus symbols turns out to have been nonsense.

Replace string in symbol

johan englund

I've got a simple VCA patch in Gen and it works nicely but I'd like to find a way to slow down and ideally control the timing of the randomisation?

QuadVCA with mutes.maxpat

I've got a simple VCA patch in Gen and it works nicely but I'd like to find a way to slow down and ideally control the timing of the randomisation? 

Hiya
I've got a simple VCA patch in Gen and it works nicely but I'd like to find a way to slow down and ideally control the timing of the ra

slowing-down-random-noise

Slowing down random noise

klaus filip

i want to move parts of an image around with jit.pix but failed so far.

in the attach it is built with jit.scissors and jit.gl.videoplanes just to demonstrate.

scissors..post.maxpat

hi, 
i want to move parts of an image around with jit.pix but failed so far.
in the attach it is built with jit.scissors and jit.gl.videoplanes just to demonstrate.
thanks for any insights !!

hi, 
i want to move parts of an image around with jit.pix but failed so far.
in the attach it is built with jit.scissors and jit.gl.videopla

scissorsglue-with-jit-pix

here is an approach with dstdims to jit.matrix. but would be great to do all the patch in jit.gl.pix, espedially when changing the amount of tiles...

i am getting there.
does not look too elegant though... 


well just for the records, here is the more elegant solution with jit.gl.pix.
actually its a sliding puzzle...



jit.gl is for sure the best, as i am not yet friends with gl - and mostly require/know all my sizes in pixels - i also use scissors/glue/rot & co.

scissors&glue with jit.pix ?

schlam

Sorry if it was discussed before but I don't find the solution...

In a Live's rack, each chain has a zone and the Chain Selector actives the chains when it enters these zones.

In my opinion it doesn't seem possible directly..

..do someone has a workaround to achieve that ?

Observing the out signal meter of each chain should work but only if there is a signal...

..how to know which chains are activated by the chain selector ?

It's easy if each chains are "cascaded" with each zone being [0 0], [1 1] [2 2] etc..

how can we do with longer zones and/or several chains are activated in the same time ?

How to observe the zones of the chains ?
In my opinion it doesn't seem possible directly..
..do someone has a workaround to achieve that ?

Observing the out signal meter of each chain should work but  only if there is a signal...
..how to know which chains are activated by the chain selector ?

It's easy if each chains are "cascaded" with each zone being [0 0], [1 1] [2 2] etc..
how can we do with longer zones and/or several chains are activated in the same time ?


Hello.
Sorry if it was discussed before but I don't find the solution...
In a Live's rack, each chain has a zone and the Chain Selector acti

how-to-observe-the-"zone"-of-a-chain

how to observe the "zone" of a chain ?

Martin.Jirsak

Is there any way, how to emulate "sleep" (or "delay"/"pipe" object) in Max with JavaScript? I need to delay sending some data out of JS.

sleep-with-javascript

https://cycling74.com/forums/using-settimeout-or-setinterval-within-js


Not ideal but have a look at the js task object.
-N


A java like "sleep" does not exist in JavaScript. Also note that JavaScript in Max is single threaded and runs in the low priority queue - this means if would have a sleep thread (or emulate it with a long while loop e.g. - it would block your entire Max patch. To schedule a tasks with the  Task Object s the correct way to approach this.

@Jan I get the use of it, and use it for various functions, but for emulating "sleep" function to be honest, I thinks it is a bit of a fuss! I would prefer a "cleaner" way.


For those looking for an answer and found this post, I have created a "setTimeout" emulation function for max for live JS API.

setTimeout(function(){
	//Your code here
	post("done!");
}, 1000);

"sleep" with JavaScript

Parametex

I'm trying to create dynamic feedback to MIRA frame by changing colors of panels and slider objects but I cannot make it work.

Is there any way to visually make changes to colors that are displayed in the MIRA app ?

As per title:
I'm trying to create dynamic feedback to MIRA frame by changing colors of panels and slider objects but I cannot make it work.

is-it-not-possible-to-change-interface-object-colors-in-mira-1

Is it not possible to change interface object colors in MIRA 

Keller McDivitt

I'm building a Max for Live device and to control a hardware synth that uses NRPN's for parameter controls and I'm hitting a roadblock with the way Ableton natively (miss)interprets NRPN's.

Right now I'm using 2 separate midiin objects in my device, one bringing midi in from recorded clip data, and one purely to communicate with the synth. The midi in from the synth goes to nrpnin objects and are tied to knob and buttons, then get sent through nrpnout objects to the max for live device's midiout object. Communication with the synth itself is flawless until I record something. When parameters are changed on the synth, automation is written correctly through the max for live device, but midi CC's are ALSO recorded onto the clip itself under Live's midi control section, causing the midi control data live recorded to interfere with the max device's NRPN controls.

How do I filter out unwanted midi cc's so the garbage that Live records in doesn't conflict with the NRPN data?

Currently, I'm trying to take the max for live device's built-in midiin object and i have that sending to a midiparse object, when sends note/velocity, aftertouch, pitchbend, and program change data to separate note out, bendout, touchout, and pgmout objects, and i have the midiparse's CC outlet sending to a ctlin object set to CC64 for sustain sending to a sustain object, which goes to the noteout object.

What is the proper way to get this max device to ignore all MIDI CC's except for this CC64 for sustain? I'm new to max, so don't roast me too bad. ; )

I'm building a Max for Live device and to control a hardware synth that uses NRPN's for parameter controls and I'm hitting a roadblock with the way Ableton natively (miss)interprets NRPN's. 

Right now I'm using 2 separate midiin objects in my device, one bringing midi in from recorded clip data, and one purely to communicate with the synth. The midi in from the synth goes to nrpnin objects and are tied to knob and buttons, then get sent through nrpnout objects to the max for live device's midiout object. Communication with the synth itself is flawless until I record something.  When parameters are changed on the synth, automation is written correctly through the max for live device, but midi CC's are ALSO recorded onto the clip itself under Live's midi control section, causing the midi control data live recorded to interfere with the max device's NRPN controls.

How do I filter out unwanted midi cc's so the garbage that Live records in doesn't conflict with the NRPN data?

Currently, I'm trying to take the max for live device's built-in midiin object and i have that sending to a midiparse object, when sends note/velocity, aftertouch, pitchbend, and program change data to separate note out, bendout, touchout, and pgmout objects, and i have the midiparse's CC outlet sending to a ctlin object set to CC64 for sustain sending to a sustain object, which goes to the noteout object.

What is the proper way to get this max device to ignore all MIDI CC's except for this CC64 for sustain?  I'm new to max, so don't roast me too bad.  ; )


I'm building a Max for Live device and to control a hardware synth that uses NRPN's for parameter controls and I'm hitting a roadblock with 

filtering-out-unwanted-midi-cc's

What is the proper way to get this max device to ignore all MIDI CC's except for this CC64 for sustain?

I don't now about M4L devices, but in Max I use [routepass] to filter MIDI events with or without the channel. It routes events by their first number. See the attached examples.

routepass seems to properly filter out unwanted CC's. 

i'm still having issues with signal flow somewhere though. I can record in my automation from the max for live device just fine, but on playback, the midi information that's recorded directly into the Live clip will cancel out the automation from my created device. I'm pasting a simplified prototype of my controller device here.

sorry, i can't figure out how to paste in my patch like others do here.  i'm very new to these forums.

In Max activate all objects you want to copy, from the main menu select
Edit —> Copy Compressed
and paste directly into the forum editor. Your content gets automatically converted to that expandable attachment.

Regarding your automation question: I can't help. Never used Ableton Live nor M4L devices.

wonderful, thank you! here is the simplified patch pasted correctly.

I've been doing more tinkering, and when parameters are recorded into Ableton Live from turning a knob on the synth, it isn't recording 1 single NRPN value, but 4 CC's!

one single knob turn is recording:
CC6: alternating between 0 and 1 depending on where the knob's rotation is
CC38: labeled as LSB for CC6 (this one appears to have the most information recorded)
CC98: NRPN LSB (appears to be a static value of 15 which is the NRPN number of the knob i'm automating)
CC99: NRPN MSB (static value of 0)

So, it seems instead of using [nrpnin], i need to translate these values into something meaningful for my MaxMSP knob, which will then use an [nrpnout] to communicate with the synth.  I have been looking at using [xctlin] intead, but haven't wrapped my brain around how to format everything correctly yet.


That is what NRPN control is - several CC#s bundled into one NRPN control.
I think you problem has nothing to do with that, but with recording and automating
the data coming from synth, manual dial or knob automation, and sending all that back to synth.
If you want to use midi data for automation, disable all the dials for automation.
If you want to use dials etc for that, than don't record that NRPN values into Live.
Or is that not possible in Live ?
I don't use it, so I can't tell.


I'm starting to think what I'm trying to do isn't possible with Ableton Live.

I have local control turned off on the synth itself, so the physical knobs only send out midi data, they aren't controlling the synth parameters directly at all.  This doesn't help. 

There doesn't seem to be a way to tell Live to ignore the incoming midi data when recording either, so I'm always getting conflicting midi data transmissions that cancel out my automation.

The problem i'm trying to solve is how complicated editing these separate CC parameters is. If I could make a 1-to-1 interface of the synth as a max for live device, then theoretically, i could edit the max device's single automation lane instead of sifting through 4 different midi cc lanes to make simple changes.  These recorded CC's from Live just always seem to come through though, cancelling my automation. If I have my transport stopped, or even playing (just not recording) all changes i make with the synth's physical knobs are all reflected on the max device's knobs and my integers all check out; everything works perfectly.  

However, when I record, this recorded MIDI CC data  always conflicts with the recorded automation from the max device.  Again, I'm new to MaxMSP, and I'm learning (specifically to make THIS!)


Filtering out unwanted MIDI CC's

riotchild

The dictionary tab of the help file for playlist~ shows how to display the number of tracks in the playlist. When I right-click on the playlist and remove one of the clips, the clip count goes down from 3 to 2. However, when I remove another clip (leaving only 1) the clip count stays at 2.

Is this meant to happen? I'm looking for a way to display the number of clips in the playlist, so when there's 1 clip, it outputs a 1, when there's no clips the output is 0.

The dictionary tab of the help file for playlist~ shows how to display the number of tracks in the playlist.  When I right-click on the playlist and remove one of the clips, the clip count goes down from 3 to 2. However, when I remove another clip (leaving only 1) the clip count stays at 2.

Is this meant to happen? I'm looking for a way to display the number of clips in the playlist, so when there's 1 clip, it outputs a 1, when there's no clips the output is 0.


number-of-clips-in-playlist

this just helped me as well.  Brilliant indeed!

Saved me from another sleepless night trying to find a way to solve this! Thank you!

Number of clips in playlist~

Ben Bracken

. The Runner provides plug and play access to a 

 from the Max application, using using OSCQuery for communication with the running code.

This update features a new web-based interface with routing capabilities, expanded hardware support, along with many other improvements and bug fixes. Improvements include:

We've also rolled in direct support for the 

 add-on package, and have included a number of other improvements and bug fixes. Check out the release notes 

We are happy to announce the release of RNBO 1.3.0, available now for download via the Max Package Manager.

With this update, we are...

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RNBO 1.3.0 Released

We are excited to announce the availability of our 

 as a public beta. We’ve worked closely with 

. The Eventide H9000 is a rack-sized multi-effects unit with powerful DSP processing capabilities and numerous high quality built-in effects. We’re excited to enable RNBO export for this and open the door to unique custom studio effects and instruments without the strict limitations of other hardware platforms.

RNBO support is similar to the existing Gen support, but more streamlined, and uses the built-in 

, rather than a watcher patcher, to manage the export process. Eventually, all of these changes will be rolled into the standard release versions of RNBO and this package.

Get the preview version of the RNBO package (v1.2.7-eventide.0):

Get the preview version of the "Eventide H9000" package (v1.0.4-beta.3):

We’d love to hear any experiences and feedback from RNBO users with access to an H9000. To join the discussion, use the 

We are excited to announce the availability of our Eventide package for RNBO as a public beta. We’ve worked closely with Eventide to bring...

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We are happy to announce the release of RNBO 1.3.0, available now for download via the Max Package Manager. With this update, we are...

We are excited to announce the availability of our Eventide package for RNBO as a public beta. We’ve worked closely with Eventide to...

after restarting ableton + max seems to be ok ...

Hi! I've successfully managed to recreate pitch movement in a delay by changing the write and read index position. In hindsight my issue wit

I've worked it out. The problem is specific to "patcher.path" which turns out to be neither a valid property not a valid method of the...

Hiya I've got a simple VCA patch in Gen and it works nicely but I'd like to find a way to slow down and ideally control the timing of the ra

jit.gl is for sure the best, as i am not yet friends with gl - and mostly require/know all my sizes in pixels - i also use...

Hello. Sorry if it was discussed before but I don't find the solution... In a Live's rack, each chain has a zone and the Chain Selector acti

Thanks, Jorge. Just the job!

As per title: I'm trying to create dynamic feedback to MIRA frame by changing colors of panels and slider objects but I cannot make it work.

I'm starting to think what I'm trying to do isn't possible with Ableton Live. I have local control turned off on the synth itself, so the...

Saved me from another sleepless night trying to find a way to solve this! Thank you!