sending MIDI messages from Max to an Ableton Live effect rack
Hello,
Does anybody know if is possible and how to send MIDI messages from Max to an Ableton Live effect rack?
Max most be outside Ableton (Is a regular patch , not ax for Live). Max and Ableton can be on the same computer,
or in different computers. (Mac operative system)
I'd appreciate any clue, or help.
Thanks.
Not possible if it's an _audio_ effect rack.
I was working on this last night while trying to tame my LC1. I went with udpsend/receive pairs, it's fine so far.
Thanks, I appreciate your coments. Mellon, then did you put udp objects on a MaxforLive patch which is placed right before the audio effect rack? both things on the same audio track? If yes, the thing is , how to transfer the data from the udp-receive to the audio effect rack in order to control "chains"? I aded a picture to explain better my self , the pc. shows (on the bottom) the audio effect rack where I need to receive MIDI from an external Max patch
There are a lot of M4L devices that implement parameter control from the Live Object Model. I'm not an expert there, but i think you can control things via the API from a M4L device placed anywhere in your set. I've modified the Parameter Mapper example with a udpreceive and midi parser, maybe a good starting point for LOM control in general. Have fun!
just in case you want more in - depth info, https://docs.cycling74.com/max5/vignettes/core/live_api.html
I think you can pretty much run all of Ableton from one device if you're clever about it.
@Sabina
What exactly is your purpose of sending MIDI messages to Live?
Note that for parameter control you can simply use MIDI mapping (see Live manual).