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as stated in the subject, i'm trying to create a little Max device which can turn off all the devices on the track where it's sitting, for optimization purposes.

In fact i noticed that muting a track doesn't stop Live from calculating the content of the track.

As i'm working on a project with many tracks, and they will not be all playing at the same time, i need something to completely turn off a track when it is not being used.

Is there already a command in Live for this purpose? Freeze track doesn't seem to be what i need, plus it's not accessible from the Live API... (right?)

I am already able to retrieve the relative path of the track where the max device is, using this_device canonical_parent, and i can turn off a specific device.

What i don't know is how to turn off all devices together.

I can count the devices on the track, but it seems like the live.path is not able to output a list of several id (only one at a time), and same goes for the live.object, it can only operate on one id at a time.

Does anybody know a way to do what i need, or at least know if it's something possible?

In fact i noticed that muting a track doesn't stop Live from calculating the content of the track.
As i'm working on a project with many tracks, and they will not be all playing at the same time, i need something to completely turn off a track when it is not being used.

What i don't know is how to turn off all devices together.
I can count the devices on the track, but it seems like the live.path is not able to output a list of several id (only one at a time), and same goes for the live.object, it can only operate on one id at a time.

turn-off-all-devices-in-a-track-via-live-api-how-to

update: seems like Live does that automatically, so there is no need to create a max device.

If a device is not computing anything, it is automatically excluded from Live calculation.

In fact if i create a track with something like 15 devices, if nothing is playing the cpu usage is the same, no matter if the devices are on or off..

update: seems like Live does that automatically, so there is no need to create a max device.
If a device is not computing anything, it is automatically excluded from Live calculation.
In fact if i create a track with something like 15 devices, if nothing is playing the cpu usage is the same, no matter if the devices are on or off..


some devices (especially max for live fx) seems to work everytime.

I didn't watch that here.
some devices (especially max for live fx) seems to work everytime.


turn off all devices in a track via Live API, how to?