Jeff Caylor

I'm a beginner and I've successfully cobbled together some existing code that speaks the name of a locator / cue point when the play head crosses it (using SHELL). However, I'd like to only execute this for specific cue points.

For instance, I'd like it to say "Jingle Bells" but not "Verse 1".

My thought it so use some kind of identifier like a symbol or string like:

I'm guessing this is basic comparison or matching logic but like I said, I'm really new at Max.

bang-when-input-contains-pre-determined-string

your guess is correct-- use the route object:

Thanks for the help here. I had tried the ROUTE object but it wasn't doing what I expected. I reverse engineered a couple other CUE POINT devices to determine what I was missing. I actually am using the fromsymbol object to parse the marker title before routing it. Now when the playhead passes a marker that starts with an "*" it speaks the text to a cue track that only the band hears. I can add other details like "In Bb" etc.

Here's the code that eventually got me where I wanted to be if anyone is interested:

Thanks for the help here. I had tried the ROUTE object but it wasn't doing what I expected.  I reverse engineered a couple other CUE POINT devices to determine what I was missing. I actually am using the fromsymbol object to parse the marker title before routing it. Now when the playhead passes a marker that starts with an "*" it speaks the text to a cue track that only the band hears. I can add other details like "In Bb" etc.

Here's the code that eventually got me where I wanted to be if anyone is interested: 

Bang when input contains pre-determined string