Koli

I am very new to MAX and I have several plugins to effect an audio signal which work fine.

However I have to turn all plugins off one at a time using the standard on/off button.

Is it possible to use a master toggle or button to turn ALL plugins off at once?

i have tried what I can but i think i need to use commands which are beyond my knowledge.

is-it-possible-to-turn-onoff-an-audio-unit-plug-in-with-a-toggle

However, I am using preset effects (such as AU Delay etc) and there seems to be no input in which i can put the "disable $1" message.

I'm not sure how to "tell" the preset that I want to turn it off. Is there a way to link "r masterdisable" directly to a presets ON/OFF?

How do you mean preset effects? Do you have the AU delay loaded into a [vst~]? could you post a small example patch?

Is this a Max 7 thing? I use 6. Here is a version of what i sent you with a preset attached. If this preset has a left inlet try clicking on that and seeing a list of messages that you can send this object. I suspect if there is an on/off button that this can be sent as a message too. Then you will need to attach a [prepend name_of_message] to the left inlet of the effect preset box. then attach the [r master_what_ever_you_want_to_call_it] to the [prepend]. look at the [send] and [receive] help files. But I would take a look at this patch to see how [vst~] works. If it is a max 7 thing, its the very reason I wont buy it, its like all the patching is getting taken away.

https://docs.cycling74.com/max7/tutorials/16_pluginchapter01

have a look at this also https://docs.cycling74.com/max7/tutorials/16_pluginchapter01


sorry i dont know what happened there i saved over the patches with different ones but they didn't save :/ ha ha

I have simply patched the preset effects unit in-between the "gate~" and the volume output slider.

I know there must be an easier way of doing this, especially with the mess of cables going to the effects units.

i dont see any audiounits here, but only amxd files.

however, you should be able to turn them off by sending them the message "active 0"

if these are the only amxd in your setup and you are too lazy to add send/receive or other patchings to it, yoyu might want to look into the [universal] object.

Is it possible to turn on/off an audio Unit Plug-in with a toggle