Per Frances

First, I would like to say that I'm a new Max user, and while I love working with the program there is plenty that I don't understand.

I downloaded a set of audio patches created by a Max user, and when I went to open them in Max I found that the UI for each of the patches seemed to be missing their inlets/outlets. I have been trying to find a way to connect these patches to other devices, like synths and effects, so I can use them (even to output to gain/ezdac) but I have not figured it out. (The creator has a series of youtube videos demonstrating the patches where they seem to connect to other patches with no problem)

Confusingly, a little while I tried again to open one of the patches with bpatcher and suddenly, the inlets and outlets were there. I went to open the other patches and only found an empty box in the patcher window, with no programming outside of the 'presentation' view. This now happens whenever I try to open any of the patches with bpatcher, just an empty space. I've tried to create the situation that let me open the patch with its inlets/outlets that one time, but I can't figure that one out either. (I can 'open' the patches into their own patcher window and control the UI but, again, there seems to be no way to connect it to anything)

Any advice on how to troubleshoot this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading!

Hi everybody,
First, I would like to say that I'm a new Max user, and while I love working with the program there is plenty that I don't ... 

trouble-with-inletsoutlets-on-downloaded-audio-patches

they must be missing structure patch-subatch-bpatcher,

maybe some youtube "instructors" need some education themself,

in order to pack example materials into usable form...

one can not understand from what you describe what exactly is missing,

wherever you got that max patches from,
they must be missing structure  patch-subatch-bpatcher,
embeded or not and so on and so on.
maybe some youtube "instructors" need some education themself,
in order to pack example materials into usable form...

one can not understand from what you describe what exactly is missing,
better would be to post some examples.


if inlets are missing it could simply be that they are not found.

do you have the files moved into the max search path before calling their names?

doubleclick the object boxes to open them in order to check if that is the case.


if inlets are missing it could simply be that they are not found.

do you have the files moved into the max search path before calling their names?

doubleclick the object boxes to open them in order to check if that is the case.

Trouble with inlets/outlets on downloaded audio patches