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ZeroValue

is it possible to create a floating windows only with a v8ui object.

The idea is to see the v8ui in the m4l device and be able to zoom it in a floating window.

Ideally I don't want to duplicate the object in patcher for cpu consumption.

For now I'm embedding the v8ui object in a bpatcher using [pcontrol] to open a floating windows with the v8ui inside.

As [thispatcher] is not working with bpatcher (which is a big limitation) pcontrol is ok but not ideal.

Hi,
is it possible to create a floating windows only with a v8ui object.
The idea is to see the v8ui in the m4l device and be able to zoom...

v8ui-floating-windows

v8ui floating windows

Mauro Trotta

Hi! I would like to overlay text on top of a video that is placed in one audio track in ableton live. I already have a device that can do that, but can only be placed in a midi track, so I did a new one using the template of Max audio effect and pasted my device there. Then I made the "draw to" attribute  of the only 2 jit objects I have in the patch to the same name that appears in the top of the window of the video in ableton, because my guess is that that is the name of the gl context. But it´s not working, so my question is if this is the right way to approach this issue.

Hi! I would like to overlay text on top of a video that is placed in one audio track in ableton live. I already have a device that can do...

overlay-text-on-top-of-a-video-that-is-placed-in-an-audio-track-in-ableton-live

Overlay text on top of a video that is placed in an audio track in ableton live

Hi! I need help to figure out how they make the active knob visible and hide the no active one in the attached patch. I understand the patch logic to hide it but I don´t see how they did in the presentation mode to replace it with the active one. I have been using setdevice messages to do a similar UI effect, but I don´t see how they make it here and it looks more simple than my solution.

I actually would like to have live.numbox instead of knobs, but the UI should be like the patch attached. I would like to have the option of live.numbox with different ranges.

Hide knob and replacing it with the active knob

hide-knob-and-replacing-it-with-the-active-knob

Ivan Bautista

Super newbie here. I have gone through a good amount of the content for learning max for live. Youtube videos. Ableton Lessons through the Ableton Live Application where you can open sets and poke around. The included tutorials that come within max for live. I am not 100% done with it. But I would like to start working towards one of my first ideas. 

Any advice at all is greatly appreciated. How to stay organized. How to plan. Where to find answers. General best practices. Also if you could point me in the direction of any existing max for live devices I can break down and reverse engineer. And objects of note that may help with the building of this device. 

I want to create a device. That basically acts as a random button press. The main idea started from me wanting something to randomly press the capture  button on Granulator III. I want it to randomly press it so that records audio in to Granulator in random spurts. I want to be able to control the rate at which the button is pressed. I want that rate to be independent of the transport and project tempo. In other words not quantized. I want it to based on time in seconds/milliseconds. 

I would like to be able to control the chance of the button press going through or happening. Again I am completely new. So any advice at all is super appreciated. 

my-first-max-for-live-device

My first max for live device

Hi! I am trying that a max for live device remember the last font pick by the user from an umenu. I have a fontlist object that populates the umenu with the system fonts and I understand that the pattr object initiate before every object is restored, so I guess I am not getting the last picked font because fontlist is replacing the font stored by the pattr. I tried adding a delay after live.device to trigger pattr but it is not working. Pattr parameter mode is enabled and visibility is set to stored only.

Hi! I am trying that a max for live device remember the last font pick by the user from an umenu. I have a fontlist object that populates...

pattr-to-store-font-selected-from-umenu-not-working

pattr to store font selected from umenu not working

axers fall

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Glitch pattern variation using a cooldown mechanism

Hi! I am creating a series of M4L devices that use the same open gl context name. The context name is made out of the track id where the devices are sitting.  I have a device that I call "source" which is the one with the jit.world, and when I place this device alone in a track in Ableton, the jit.world window have the name of the context correct, and when I add the other devices to the same track, they all project into the same jit.world window. The problem comes when I close ableton project and open it again, then the jit.world window have a u<random number> type of name. I delete the other devices and the problem is solved. I can´t figure out why that is happening. I attached the source device and the other 2 devices patch.

Issue with Open GL context name and initiation of device in Ableton Live

issue-with-open-gl-context-name-and-initiation-of-device-in-ableton-live

double_UG

How to send the mpeevent´s to midiout? I want a device that simply delays the the note on/off a few ms to make shure the CC´s first set the parameter per live mapping, before the note on arrives. I have problems to output the mpeevents to the midiout.

How to send the mpeevent´s to midiout? I want a device that simply delays the the note on/off a few ms to make shure the CC´s first set the...

mpeevent-to-midiout

mpeevent to midiout

SGSG

Searching for someone who can help me with live streaming data from various API's into m4L. If all goes well, this would expand to also finding ways to port in sounds from web radios to either m4L or Ableton. This step will enable me to develop sound triggers and automations in Ableton for a live sound performance. 

This should be relatively straightforward for those with experience doing so, and would be a matter of dealing with the  particularities of the different API's I identify, and how to expose the relevant data in each.

Please let me know if you're interested and open to speaking more, or if you wish to share a proposal. 

Hello!

Searching for someone who can help me with live streaming data from various API's into m4L. If all goes well, this would expand to...

streaming-live-data-from-various-apis-into-max-for-live

Streaming Live Data from various API's into Max for Live

For a device I am developing I need to route the rotatexyz data so the user can have the option of moving a text display with jit.gl.text clicking and dragging with the mouse, or by typing the desired coordinates in a live.numbox. I manage to do it with the position of the jit.glhandle, but can't figure out with the rotatexyz attribute. I can send messages to the handle with a $1 and change each coordinate independently but when typing in x and then in y, x becomes 0 again.

Hi all,

For a device I am developing I need to route the rotatexyz data so the user can have the option of moving a text display with...

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