James Greenaway

I am thinking about getting maxforlive but I am wondering if it can work in a specific way. At the moment I am using Max7 to take the midi signal from my midi keyboard and remove any note-off signals when the sustain pedal is depressed, then I am sending it to ableton via the "from Max 1" input in the preference tab. This allows me to map my midi keyboard in the correct way and is perfect for what I need. So can anybody confirm for me whether or not I will be able to replicate this with a MFL midi effect. I have attached a screenshot of the mega simple patch just in case.

I am thinking about getting maxforlive but I am wondering if it can work in a specific way. At the moment I am using Max7 to take the midi signal from my midi keyboard and remove any note-off signals when the sustain pedal is depressed, then I am sending it to ableton via the "from Max 1" input in the preference tab.  This allows me to map my midi keyboard in the correct way and is perfect for what I need.  So can anybody confirm for me whether or not I will be able to replicate this with a MFL midi effect. I have attached  a screenshot of the mega simple patch just in case.


sustain-patch

there's a sustain max object for this purpose I believe.

I am already using the sustain patch with Max 7. Perhaps I should re-phrase: can I use the same patch within M4L i.e can a max for live patch send messages to the "from Max 1" port. Will I be able to send midi via this patch and re-route it back in to ableton via this port?

Why don't you just do the processing within the M4L device? No need to send it out to Max and then back in.

I need it to come up as a port in the preferences as I am using it to trigger midi clips.

Use the IAC bus if you are on Mac, or LoopBe (or something else) if on Windows for a MIDI loopback solution.

Or use the API in the M4L device to trigger clips. If it's simply MIDI mapping notes to clips, using the API would be an easy solution.

If you don't want to use those solutions for some reason, then just stick with Max -> Live.

Use the IAC bus if you are on Mac, or LoopBe (or something else) if on Windows for a MIDI loopback solution.
Or use the API in the M4L device to trigger clips. If it's simply MIDI mapping notes to clips, using the API would be an easy solution.
If you don't want to use those solutions for some reason, then just stick with Max -> Live.


Sustain Patch