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chapelier fou

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. 

double_UG

is there a way to get the position of a M4L device on the screen? window getsize > thispatcher seems not to work in M4L.

m4l-device-screen-position

M4L device screen position

Isaac Martin

I looked into this issue and didn't find a lot of answers that helped.

I'm an electronic music major. This semester in my electronics ensemble I'm trying to build a device that converts incoming audio data to midi, simply enough I want to build a device that when I blow into a microphone, creates midi triggers exponentially, sort of like unlocking the built in arpeggiator in ableton and using miliseconds. The issue I'm having currently is that when I open the edit window for a midi device and use an EZADC~ and a plugin~ device the device wont stay on. 

I'm not sure why this is happening. Is it because I don't currently have an active MaxMSP license?

I'm not new to MaxMSP by a long shot, I've been using this program for years, however I am brand spanking new to Max4Live, is this a common issue?

PS any pointers to building a patch like this would be helpful as well.

Hello, 

I looked into this issue and didn't find a lot of answers that helped.
I'm an electronic music major. This semester in my...

cant-open-audio-in-midi-device-in-m4l

can't open Audio in midi device in M4L?

Dje Sparr

I have been discovering M4L for a few days and my poor English absolutely does not help me advance in my search.

Until then, for a few years I worked my bass on Guitar Pro and Ableton which had the role of an instrument. Guitar Pro has a very useful asset for work, which is not found elsewhere, it is the management of the % tempo, per range of +/-5%.

To summarize: when reading the score, we select the tempo and the "-" & "+" keys on the keyboard allow you to increase or decrease the tempo in a range of 5%. There is also a drop-down menu with a certain number of % to choose from and there is also the solution to fill in the tempo we want this time in bpm.

The disadvantage is that all this is not controllable in MiDi...

The idea would therefore be to export the pieces, exercises etc... from GP to Ableton in MiDi and use M4L to build a work tool that would respond to this:

So I started writing a patch by inquiring here and there. I will propose it to you below in image format but also in writing, maybe the study, the correction this one can interest you!

At this stage, I am not getting the desired result, and for a total novice at the start of this project, it is not necessary to have already spent a few hours there! )

Variation of the Ableton tempo in % (MIDI)

gestion-du-tempo-au-percent

Julien Bayle

observing property playing_slot_index works fine (since 2011) but I noticed that it notifies also if you just add a note or edit the midi content of the clip, which is probably a kind of logic for some people but not for some others.

Actually, you play a clip. live.observer detects the one you play, fine.

You manipulate the content, it notifies again.

Live 12.2.1 / Max 9.0.7 (the one provided with Live)

Of course, working around it is possible as there are two different temporalities (in my process, at least): playing (and using the index for doing something, here triggering a markov chain :-)  & editing, so I can gate it and create kind of edit/play modes.

But wanted to report it as I didn't see it somewhere but maybe not looked for enough.

Observing playing_slot_index of a MIDI Clip notifies also if you edit clip content ?!

observing-playingslotindex-of-a-midi-clip-notifies-also-if-you-edit-midi-contet

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 ?

Uasmi Nasser

I'm trying to find the information on that topic but can't. Is there any way to check if the required package from package manager is installed on the Max for Live bundled version, and if not - install it? 

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to find the information on that topic but can't. Is there any way to check if the required package from package...

check-package-and-install-on-max-for-live-device-load

Check package and install on Max for Live Device load

Morgan

I'm trying an idea to use the clip envelopes as a way to store presets to clips. I think that the clip automation is the way that Ableton intends for clips to start with distinct parameters, but editing them can be cumbersome.

There seem to be no LOM calls for editing clip envelopes the way that there are for clip notes.

What's the reasoning behind that? Was it that recording is the intended method to automate things?

I'm trying an idea to use the clip envelopes as a way to store presets to clips. I think that the clip automation is the way that Ableton in

programatic-clip-envelope-editing

Programatic Clip Envelope Editing??

spin lud

I have just found that Ableton beats counting is a bit weird.

I have a test project with 2 bars in 4/4, 2 bars in 6/8 and then again 4/4.

To debug what's going on the Ableton internal counter, at each tick I have logged bars/beats/sub_division/ticks, song time (expressed in beats, not in ms as reported by documentation) and time signature.

As you can notice, when time signature switch from 4/4 to 6/8 Ableton BEATS=5 (does not reset to BEATS=1), because Ableton computes bars/beats/sub_division/ticks reasoning as the current time signature is the same for the entire song. So when it switched to 6/8 Ableton does the computation as the whole song is in 6/8.

This is even more evident in the transition back from  6/8 to 4/4. You will notice that the BARS count decrease (from BARS=5 to BARS=4):

BARS=5 BEATS=4 SUB=2 TICKS=53 | TIME=13.966938775510204 | SIGNATURE=6/8

BARS=4 BEATS=3 SUB=1 TICKS=2 | TIME=14.006938775510203 | SIGNATURE=4/4

This is because when switching back to 4/4, Ableton consider the entire song in 4/4 and update the time values accordingly.

The issue is that I find impossible to detect the real (musical) downbeat when a time signature changes like this occur. For musical downbeat I mean the real first beat of a bar (the one we hear with a different sound when we activate the metronome). To do that we should know every possible signature change in the project, but we can't assume to start the project always from the beginning and detect all the signature changes along the way.

Has anyone managed to find a solution to this problem? I tried but failed miserably.

The only way I have found is to add a listener to a button on the controller to manually compute a beat offset when a beat misalignment occur due to time signature change and apply that offset to the beat reported by Ableton. Better than nothing 🤷‍♂️

I have just found that Ableton beats counting is a bit weird.

I have a test project with 2 bars in 4/4, 2 bars in 6/8 and then again...

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