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chapelier fou

I never worked with clocks and Max/MSP before so pardon my newbiness inthe domain... 

but whenever I start the metro, notes are blocked. Maybe because of the "per channel" nature of Live's tracks ? i guess that MIDI clock doesn't have a channel... 

But is there a way ? I've seen this device 

https://maxforlive.com/library/device/6651/clock

I never worked with clocks and Max/MSP before so pardon my newbiness inthe domain... 
I thought this rough patch would work : 
 
but wheneve

m4l-how-to-send-midi-clock-to-a-synth-from-a-track

M4L : How to send MIDI clock to a synth from a Track ?

I'd like to get the currently playing clip name. I have no problem getting the name of a session clip, but I want to keep track of the currently playing clip, either in session or in arrangement.

The only way I see for now to get the clip currently playing in arrangement would be to get all arrangement clip ids, get the current transport time, and check for all of them if the current time fits into the starting and end points. That can't be that twisted, can it ? 

I'd like to get the currently playing clip name. I have no problem getting the name of a session clip, but I want to keep track of the curre

get-playing-clip-name-also-in-arrangement

Get playing clip name. Also in arrangement. 

Diemo Schwarz

I'm looking for tips and experiences how best to go about controlling specific M4L devices from TouchOSC. This is based on stuff working in Max that I want to port to Live.  I'm not so familiar yet with the LOM and so on, and am happy about all general pointers, too.

My starting point is (left part of the diagram below):

What I'd like to achieve (might look like the right part of the diagram, but maybe there are better ways):

I'm looking for tips and experiences how best to go about controlling specific M4L devices from TouchOSC. This is based on stuff working in...

touchosc-switchable-mapping-to-m4l-device

TouchOSC switchable mapping to M4L Device

double_UG

I want to the set the time selection start, end from a M4L Generator. Sending a dict to live.miditool.out always get my the a error in Live.  

I want to the set the time selection start, end from a M4L Generator. Sending a dict to live.miditool.out always get my the a error in...

m4l-generator-setting-selection-livemiditoolout

M4L Generator setting selection (live.miditool.out)

Zeno Bosschaert

Me and my friend have a big liveset with a combined track count of around 800 ableton tracks. All the songs are organized in group tracks, each song is a different group. Because we have around 30 songs with a lot plugins i wanne make a device that turns on/off  these plugins per song.

The device that chooses wich song to play is already made, but i now need a max for live device that i can drop on the grouptrack of the song and searches for all the tracks that are in this grouptrack.  If i now wich tracks are in this group it will be easy to turn all the plugins of because all the plugins per track are in an intrument rack, so it can be turn of be finding the path "live_set tracks (X) devices 0 parameters 0"

The only problem i encountered is that i can seem to find a way to find the path of all the tracks that are in the selelected group track. I could only see the group track ID of the track, i want this reverse. Is this even possible or should i make a  whole scanning device for this. 

I also could just manualy map all the on/off  switches of the instruments rack but this doesn't seem a clean solution for such a big project.

Me and my friend have a big liveset with a combined track count of around 800 ableton tracks. All the songs are organized in group tracks,...

lom-tracks-that-are-in-group-finder

LOM tracks that are in group finder

rubén

Hi! does anyone knows if the clipinfo can be accessed from max? can you extract it from a clip in ableton? i can't see this possibility in the LOM, and was wondering if there is another way...

Hi! does anyone knows if the clipinfo can be accessed from max? can you extract it from a clip in ableton? i can't see this possibility in t

get-clip-info-in-ableton-live

Get clip info in ableton live

John montroy

Hi! I'm writing a M4L device in which I'm hoping to programmatically freeze (and, optionally, flatten) some subset of tracks. I've perused the 

 docs and the object model doesn't seem to have any functions that would help me - just some 

Is there some sneaky way to freeze + flatten tracks via the Live API's exposed Object Model? Or is this a feature I can request? Or is this not a good idea, or otherwise impossible due to some structural constraint in Max For Live, etc. etc.

Hi! I'm writing a M4L device in which I'm hoping to programmatically freeze (and, optionally, flatten) some subset of tracks. I've perused...

way-to-freeze-flatten-tracks-via-live-api

Way to freeze + flatten tracks via Live API?

Blue Wall Loop

I'm currently making a M4L device which uses .json files to save a MIDI mapping which is used in the device. These mappings work as "presets" which the user can then choose using a umenu object.

My main question is, is I'm to put thing patch up onto the M4L website how and which path should I use as the defult for loading these presets?

In the patch below you will see how I have a path that auto populates the umenu (The path has been simplified to not give any personal data away). Would I want to have a folder at the same level as the M4L device and then just point to it that way? Or is that a better more standard way of give presets out with M4L devices?

I'm currently making a M4L device which uses .json files to save a MIDI mapping which is used in the device. These mappings work as...

m4l-preset-path-folders

M4L Preset Path Folders

Kaskobi

I've spent the last 7 years developing Max devices solely focused on amplifying what you can do using MIDI inside Ableton to create Light-shows and stage visuals, and I've hit a roadblock...

I am attempting to make a max for live device that can listen to the audio flowing from the master track in Ableton, react to it, and generate MIDI visuals that are then sent out to hardware devices, as well as jitter devices that react and simulate these MIDI visuals, but have an ability to record the jitter feed where the visual have synced audio to the visuals that i am recording.

Currently i am achieving this by using the plugsend~ object on a secondary device to send the audio from the Master track (for example) into my MIDI device so i can sync the audio with the recorded MIDI visuals.

I am seeking a new approach, where the entire device is contained within itself, no secondary device needed, the MIDI device is able to listen to audio elsewhere in my Ableton set, and sync the recorded visuals to the recorded audio.

I've been tinkering with the ability to listen to the audio from other tracks, and have discovered that this is possible if the device type is set to audio. However, this is not an option, as all of my visuals respond to MIDI flowing through the MIDI device. I could absolutely create a second device to transmit the MIDI but then we're in the same boat, two devices...

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