James Styron

I'm a relatively novice Max user (only been using it for about 3 and a half months now). I'm currently working on an interactive audio installation. I'm using Synapse and a Microsoft Kinect to capture input data. I'm working on creating a patcher that will play a specific piece of music when a user stands in a designated spot within the installation. There will be 7 such "hotspots" in the exhibit. I am currently able to assign a set of coordinates to each subpatch and trigger them accordingly. However, I need to figure a way to trigger the playlist~ object when each respective subpatch is opened and turn playback off once that subatch is closed. I've been trying to use loadmess and loadbang objects to trigger the playlists, but the mess/bangs are only sent when I open the primary patcher, not the subpatches. Does anyone have suggestions for a useful object to trigger the playlists in this way? Or perhaps an all together different strategy that I could use to go about this. My Max and general coding knowledge at this point is still fairly limited, so any advice would be greatly appreciated!

triggering-events-in-subpatches

with pccotrol you can open and close the patcher and trigger to playlist

I am able to open and close the subpatches. I essentially need a loadbang type effect for each subpatch. to be specific, I have a playlist~ object that I need to play as soon as the subpatch is opened and stop playing as soon as that subpatch is closed. Would either of you maybe be able to go into more detail on how I might go about this?

Triggering events in subpatches