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spin lud

 in Max. It works but the particles direction is inverted (down-up instead of up-down) and I don't understand why. 

Any idea why the shader output is flipped?

Hi, I am porting this shader https://www.shadertoy.com/view/wdGSzw in Max. It works but the particles direction is inverted (down-up...

shader-output-inverted

Shader output inverted

jpenrose

I'm building a standalone application.  I need to be able to read and write to a text file for saving information between sessions.

I've tried adding these text files with the "include in build" command, with no luck.  I've also tried manually copying/pasting these text files into the Contents folders as well as the Contents > Resources folder.  In both cases, the Standalone App is not able to locate these files.

In my code, I'm simply asking the Text object to read and write to these files as if they are local, i.e. I'm not including a filepath (i.e. "write config.txt").  Is the solution that I need  a more specific filepath argument for the read/write commands?  If so, how should I format this for the Text object inside a Standalone?

Any insights and pointers or links to existing documentation would be most appreciated...!

Hello,

I'm building a standalone application.  I need to be able to read and write to a text file for saving information between...

how-to-readwrite-to-a-text-file-in-a-standalone-application

How to read/write to a text file in a Standalone Application

Daniel Isaac Miller

I'd like to preface this post with the statement that I have no idea the accuracy of Max or Live's CPU meters and the testing I've done is far from scientific.

With the advent of Max 9, I considered using ABL objects to help speed up some development, but wanted to test their efficiency before getting my hopes up. I created a patcher, dropped in an abl.device.roar~ object, hooked it to an ezdac~, turned it on, and the sidebar CPU meter immediately jumped to a consistent 4%. So a Roar object producing no sound costs 4% CPU on a M2 Max MacBook Pro with the fastest CPU and 96GB of RAM; not great, not terrible.

In Live, I created an audio track, dropped in a Live instance of Roar, and it was wavering between 0% and 1% in Live's CPU meter. I then made a Max For Live effect and ran the plugin~ and plugout~ to & from a single instance of abl.device.roar~, the results were identical to what I saw in Max; 4%-5%.

I've done a few tests now between the commensurate Max ABL objects and their Live counterparts and in all of them Live has been demonstratively more efficient. Is this to be expected? Is there more optimization scheduled in the roadmap?

These objects weren't created in gen~, so I'd imagine they're ported using pure C++ which I would believe would provide a 1:1 or be somewhat close in performance, but I might be wrong about that due to the environments in which I've hosted them. I realize Max is never going to be as performant as Live due to them being "hardwired", but I'm still surprised at how inefficient some of these objects are for what they provide.

I'm sure I'm missing something, so I'm posting this in hopes someone can explain this for me to help either figure out how to optimize or burn my dream down so I can get back to programming in gen~.

I'd like to preface this post with the statement that I have no idea the accuracy of Max or Live's CPU meters and the testing I've done is...

are-abl-objects-unoptimized-compared-to-their-ableton-live-counterparts

Are ABL objects unoptimized compared to their Ableton Live counterparts?

Getting "Error 126 loading external jit.geom.shape" on a fresh install of Max 9.0.2 on Windows 11. Package is present , C:\Program Files\Cycling '74\Max 9\resources\packages\Jitter Geometry\externals\jit.geometry.mxe64 which is correct I assume.

Getting "Error 126 loading external jit.geom.shape" on a fresh install of Max 9.0.2 on Windows 11. Package is present , C:\Program...

error-126-loading-external-jitgeomshape-windows-11-max-902

Error 126 loading external jit.geom.shape - Windows 11 -  Max 9.0.2

DaBigBoy01

I have a group of controls inside of a bpatcher. Is it possible to duplicate several of these and create a switcher?

For instance, I'd like a GUI with 4 envelopes but a button that can select "ADSR 1, ADSR 2," etc.

I have a group of controls inside of a bpatcher. Is it possible to duplicate several of these and create a switcher?

For instance, I'd...

patcher-switcher

Patcher Switcher

Paul Källman

Im relatively new to max and building my first proper device. My device includes a lfo and i want to be able to set and change the phase. The idea is to have a master phasor~(only notevalues as freq) that drives some other phasors~and cycle~objects, but it seems changing the phase doesnt work when the lock attribute is activated. Also tried with rate~ and some other object but can´t get it to work. 

Hi! 

Im relatively new to max and building my first proper device. My device includes a lfo and i want to be able to set and change the...

help-with-phase-lfo-build

Help with phase LFO build

lucas

i'm trying to obtain all possible binary sequences of lenght n. for exemple, for a lenght of 3 i would get 

does anybody have an idea for coding it in max ? 

i'm trying to obtain all possible binary sequences of lenght n. for exemple, for a lenght of 3 i would get 

0 0 0

0 0 1 

0 1 0

1 0 0

1...

compute-all-binary-sequences-of-lenght-n

compute all binary sequences of lenght n

Jake Birch

I am trying to create a number of Patchers that do things like modules on a synth to be able to use poly~ to create a virtual modular setup of sorts. The problem is that I have followed tutorials and I cannot seem to get the output of my first patcher to show up when I instantiate it in another patcher. I'd wager there's something very simple here I'm missing, but I'm missing it. I get all my inputs to populate, but no output. Attached is a screenshot of the patcher for reference.

I am trying to create a number of Patchers that do things like modules on a synth to be able to use poly~ to create a virtual modular setup...

poly-output

poly~ Output

Rob Hawksbyll

I want to record a clip in session view, then press a button on a max device that loads or buffers that audio clip into a simpler device, Is this possible with the live API or some other way? 

I want to record a clip in session view, then press a button on a max device that loads or buffers that audio clip into a simpler device,...

is-it-possible-to-load-an-audio-clip-into-a-simpler-device-with-max-for-live

Is it possible to load an audio clip into a simpler device with Max for live?

should be able to use jit.gl.text3d @matrixoutput 1 - 

how to get jit.gl.text3d to connect to jit.geom.togeom?

fiddling around with jit.geom 

remove the jit.model (poor duck)

can use jit.gl.gridshape @matrixoutput 1

should be able to use...

jitgeom-question

jit.geom question

Ben Bracken

. This update fixes the new Jitter 'gi' pass effect, improves jit.ui.* object layout on Windows OS, as well as a few other bug fixes for new Max 9 features.

The full list of improvements are below, and on the Max 9.0.2 release page:

See a descriptive overview of many of the new features in Max 9:

We've just released Max 9.0.2. This update fixes the new Jitter 'gi' pass effect, improves jit.ui.* object layout on Windows OS, as well as...

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