Max4live syncing with transport and metro and time signatures
i started looking at the max4live tutorials, and found the transport object to get the bpm and time signature from live and i can use metro to tap into the global transport(which max will get from live) to bang on the beat.. in the example it used:
"metro 4n @quantize 4n @autostart 1 @autostarttime 0" will produce a bang on every quarter note.. But what if If live’s time signature isn’t in quarternote time, but say in 8th notes (4/8), how do i tell metro to bang on the 8th note?
thanks
bryan
Metro attributes can be set by messages like [interval 8n] and [quantize 8n].
which tutorial were you looking at? I’m trying to learn how to do exactly that.
Hey,
inside of Max, i clicked help -> max4live, then checked out the Timing and synchronization area on the right.. I also pasted the section of my patch the does this and takes the bottom part of the time signature into account..
Hmmm… that’s not working. What I’m trying to do is get Live transport information into a max patch that isn’t a M4L patch within Live. Nothing I’ve tried is working out! Sometimes the transport doesn’t even recognize "live" as an option when I "getclocksources"
This is my first time trying to get timecode information across software, and it’s giving me nightmares. I have a feeling I’m missing something super-obvious to more experienced patchers. :-(
Any ideas?
Thanks so much in advance.