Transferring patch from Max/MSP to Max For Live
Hi guys,
I assumed it would be easy for me to find the answer to this question on the forums but nothing has turned up.
My friend has Max For Live and i want to send him one of my patches that was created on Max/MSP.
I sent the patch file to him hoping he could open it up or import but he says it's not working.
What do we have to do to get this patch to work in Max For Live?
Thanks a lot,
Jack
Open patch in Max. Highlight all. Copy. Open a blank Max 4 Live device. Paste.
it may be more complicated than that if you're using abstractions, JS stuff, or have other dependencies, but it's pretty straightforward.
Of course you'll have to change your ADC's an DACs to plugins/outs, but that is very dependent on your patch and what exactly it does.
Thanks for the reply!
How do i create a Max 4 Live device?
i don't own M4L, does this make any difference?
I'm afraid you need M4L for that, and indeed Ableton Live in which to work with M4L..
you can still send him the maxpat tho and then he can go through the above process....
Lee is correct. Hopefully the following helps to clarify what he and Evan meant:
You can share the patch "forum style" similarly to how it was described above.
Edit >> Select all, then Edit >> Copy Compressed
Paste into a text file
Send over the .txt over to your buddy
Your buddy then creates a MaxForLive device
He copy/pastes the text out of the .txt into the patcher
Viola! Your patch is now in his patcher.