Shannon Nauss

Hi everyone. New here and to Max. I'm very determined to learn this software, among others.

So I'm a composition student and I'm looking to expand my music this semester using Max and Ableton. For my final project this semester I'm planning to use Max to help further reach my ideas.

So at the moment, I want to make a patch that, as the title suggests, randomly selects clips. This seems like it should be possible? My professor is encouraging me in this endeavor, but it's up to me to take the steps to learn what I need to know in Max to make it possible. I'm using this particular project as a vessel for learning Max, and to help give me ideas in which to learn. I've been trying to grapple with audio programming for a long time, but the only way I really learn is through having a project and a coherent idea in which to spring board off of. I'm planning to use this piece as part of a portfolio for transferring to a four year in a computer music/composition program.

Anyways, I have to have some work to show for my class by next week, so I need to get studying. I don't need to have it finished of course, I just need to show that I've been working and studying. So I'm just curious if anyone can shed some light on which direction to start looking, so that I can study this particular type of patch? I downloaded "The Live Object Model," and have been looking it over. Maybe there are some specific devices in Live that I can look over to give me some insight? I want to build this from the ground up so that I can start understanding this language better, so I don't want to use somebody elses work. It would defeat the purpose! Anyways, any help is appreciated. Just looking to be pointed in the right direction. :D

Hi everyone. New here and to Max. I'm very determined to learn this software, among others. 

So I'm a composition student and I'm looking to expand my music this semester using Max and Ableton. For my final project this semester I'm planning to use Max to help further reach my ideas. 

So at the moment, I want to make a patch that, as the title suggests, randomly selects clips. This seems like it should be possible? My professor is encouraging me in this endeavor, but it's up to me to take the steps to learn what I need to know in Max to make it possible. I'm using this particular project as a vessel for learning Max, and to help give me ideas in which to learn. I've been trying to grapple with audio programming for a long time, but the only way I really learn is through having a project and a coherent idea in which to spring board off of. I'm planning to use this piece as part of a portfolio for transferring to a four year in a computer music/composition program. 

Anyways, I have to have some work to show for my class by next week, so I need to get studying. I don't need to have it finished of course, I just need to show that I've been working and studying. So I'm just curious if anyone can shed some light on which direction to start looking, so that I can study this particular type of patch? I downloaded "The Live Object Model," and have been looking it over. Maybe there are some specific devices in Live that I can look over to give me some insight? I want to build this from the ground up so that I can start understanding this language better, so I don't want to use somebody elses work. It would defeat the purpose! Anyways, any help is appreciated. Just looking to be pointed in the right direction. :D


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Hi, welcome! I can you point you at a turorial series I did on this exact subject. I respect that you don't want to take someone else's work, good for you! Maybe watch a couple of the vids and then see how far you get on your own...

Alternatively, If you don't want to be walked through how to solve something like this, stay away! ;)

Here's something to get you started. Copy the patch below, paste it into a M4L device and have a look. I outline some different timing mechanisms and show you the basic way to access clips from the API.

EDIT: Lee's too quick! I'm sure his tutorial is much more informative than my little patch I threw together, but you might be able to learn some good stuff from both. 

Here's something to get you started. Copy the patch below, paste it into a M4L device and have a look. I outline some different timing mechanisms and show you the basic way to access clips from the API. 

EDIT: Lee's too quick! I'm sure his tutorial is much more informative than my little patch I threw together, but you might be able to learn some good stuff from both. 


Hey you guys! Thanks for the replies! I'm going to take a look at those tutorials for sure! Hopefully I'll be able to infer or deduce what it is I need to do before finishing! If not, either way I'll learn a lot.

I'll download and look at that patch! :D


New and saying hello. Patch to randomly trigger clips? What patches to study?