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I'm working on a patch that needs a table+linked itable that resizes dynamically, taking it's size from the length of a list.

At some point. I need the table to be of size 1, but whenever I put that value it changes to 2.

Seems 2 is the minimum size, which is really a problem for the architecture of my patch and a weird limitation really.

Hi there,

I'm working on a patch that needs a table+linked itable that resizes dynamically, taking it's size from the length of a...

table-minimum-size

table minimum size ?

Jakob Riis

I have a few patches, that I have used for a decade, where Thomas Grills ancient xsample is a key object. The routine of getting the xsample-objectmappings.txt in the right place is a routine I have gone through at every update since Max 4.5 but now with Max 8 it doesn't work anymore. Any ideas more than welcome, be it alternative objects or workaround to get xsample in working condition

I have a few patches, that I have used for a decade, where Thomas Grills ancient xsample is a key object. The routine of getting the xsample

xsample-in-max-8

xsample in Max 8

agustin issidoro

I am building a Max4Live devices that querries regularly clips' start_time and name with the "get" method via live.object.

I've realized that setting the ID in the live.object introduces a "change" in Ableton Live's Undo History. This scalates quite quickly and if using many devices, the undo history is unusuable.

Is there a reason for this? It is the first time I've seen this, though I've used live.object already a few times before.

So in the patch excerpt, I am first getting all arrangament clips, and then iterating through them to get start_time and name. The first live.object is ok and is not causing any changes. The second one, as soon as I set the ID, will produce a change. It happens the same with live.observer (and I can't call the start_time method like this).

I'm really lost here and the issue is quite heavy, since it really renders the undo history unusable. 

Hello all,

I am building a Max4Live devices that querries regularly clips' start_time and name with the "get" method via...

liveobject-produces-changes-in-ableton-live-undo-history

live.object produces "changes" in Ableton Live Undo History

max murgio

I'm having trouble with my PBR heightmap. I've seen on YouTube that it's possible to use PBR to create textures on curved surfaces that have a transparent silhouette. but it's not working for me. My spheres look more like crystal balls. Does anyone know how to get that effect? I'd rather not use gl.material because I want to spare my computer and use GPU because I want multiple of these shapes. 

Hello!

I'm having trouble with my PBR heightmap. I've seen on YouTube that it's possible to use PBR to create textures on curved surfaces...

pbr-heightmap-curved-surfaces

PBR Heightmap Curved Surfaces

I am working in a video compositing and mapping patch in Jitter.  Basically, I need to compose and map 4 video sources of 568x769 each in a 3840x2160 canvas/texture.

I am struggling to load and display those video sources in their original size in pixels.

I am loading each video source in a separate jit.gl.videoplane (transform_reset 0, but I've also tried with different options), all of them drawing to the world. Each jit.gl.video plane is being fed with the right texture dimensions (568x769), but then in the world everything gets bigger/different. Also, the dimension of the window would alter the size of the videos.

How can I keep consistent/fixed sizes as the original? 

Hello all,

I am working in a video compositing and mapping patch in Jitter.  Basically, I need to compose and map 4 video sources of...

precise-size-in-pixels-for-video-mappingcompositing

Precise size in pixels for video mapping/compositing

Owen Puijpe

Hey all! First of all, thanks for having me on this forum. Recently I thought of a super cool idea, but for this I need Max for Live. Before I start yapping about my idea, I want to give some context.

My name is Owen and I study jazz drums at the Rotterdam conservatory. This year I have to start my own project. I like a lot of music and I want to incorporate all these styles into my own songs and playing. I really like metal music (especially messhuggah), and I want to write rhyhtmically complex compositions/forms. However I am a jazz musician, and I dont want to get stuck to much in the same groove. 

So I started to think, how can I make a band sound as a whole playing behind a soloist or melody? without too many rhyhmtic things happening at the same time (to a point where clarity is lost)(drums,piano and bass all playing different complex rhyhtms). Especially in subdivision 5 or bigger. 

I came up with a solution. I bought some kickdrum triggers. Now a keyboard player will play harmony on a MIDI keyboard (operator-synth). And when I play on my kickdrum, the sound of the harmony comes through. So I put a gate on my MIDI keyboard an sidechained it with the kickdrum trigger. 

When I hit on my kickdrum, and the gate opens, there is only one note value length. If I kick super fast notes, the synth note becomes one long note and the rhyhtm is lost. If I kick one note with a lot of space in between, the note will die out too soon to my taste. I am trying to find a solution for this problem. I did some searching, but it seems like it only will be possible if I write my own Max for Live patch. However I didnt use it before and I am a super noob. My question is if someone is willing to help me out? or has some ideas? 

It would mean a lot to me if someone is willing to help me out. I think this idea is pretty innovative. But max super hard for (instrumental)musicians to learn. 

Hey all! First of all, thanks for having me on this forum. Recently I thought of a super cool idea, but for this I need Max for Live....

super-noob-needs-some-help-but-a-cool-idea-danger-long-text-ahead

Super Noob needs some help, but a cool Idea. (Danger! long text ahead!!)

Nodanoma

thank you for this inspirational upgrade.

I was very much looking forward to the announced upgrade to jit.gl.pbr's parralax-mode as mentioned two years ago in this video here (Matteo Marsen, 12:30 ff): 

which would enable us to displace geometry as is possible with jit.gl.material using heightmap-textures. 

Perhaps I am not clever enough to find the correct method on how to use textures to displace geometry using jit.gl.pbr, however, the helppatch for jit.gl.pbr still states that only matrices are supported while textures are in fact supported and the parallax-mode can only be flagged without further options — hence the displacement does not take place. Is there something I am overlooking? Or will it be part of a future upgrade/update?

If I where super experienced in shader coding, perhaps I could implement heightmap displacement myself, but since it (apparently) didn't make it into this upgrade of Max, it is likely to be a bit more challenging than an afternoon's coffee-session ^^

jit.gl.pbr Heightmap (parallax) upgrades in Max 9 ?

jitglpbr-heightmap-parallax-upgrades-in-max-9

Jon Williams

IDK if this information is already documented somewhere, or if the same behavior can be implemented more simply and easily.  This is just how I figured out I could implement certain behavior I wanted for a project.  Since I struggled so mightily acquiring the details, I thought I would share my solution.  I'd also like to know about any better (safer, more flexible maybe) way(s) anyone else has for implementing this kind of behavior. Please reply and share.

DL and save this txt file to a local folder, change the extension from .txt to .js.

patchers.txt

Save (your "new from clipboard" copy of) the below compressed patch to the same folder as the patchers.js file (saveAs "patcherA.maxpat" maybe)

Save (your "new from clipboard" copy of) the below compressed patch to the same folder as the "patcherA" Patch and the patchers.js files (saveAs "patcherB.maxpat" maybe)

Close both "new" Patchers, then reopen one then the other locally from Max File menu. (so they can find the patchers.js file when they load)

PatcherA: (PatcherB is functionally identical to A except B loadbangs"initB")

The two top level patchers each contain a Max js object and each js object is an instance of the code found in the patchers.js file and the two "siloed" instances can still call a method "in" the other instance (after both patches are open).

The "reportOut" messages you pass into "patcherA's" js object appear at "patcherB's" js outlet, and vice versa.

This demo verbosely posts to the max console, but it's for demonstration purposes. Comment out the informational console posts for actual use of the code.

TLDR: Use "introspection" on the Max environment to locate the "Maxobj" (js) objects of concern by "scripting name", then call javascript functions on the "scripting name" objects using the js introspection syntax.

var fnA = "fromA";
if (maxObjB && maxObjB.valid) {
    maxObjB.js[fnA](msg);
    post("reportOut: *msg sent!"); post();

IDK if this information is already documented somewhere, or if the same behavior can be implemented more simply and easily.  This is just...

how-to-get-two-instances-of-the-same-javascript-object-in-separate-top-level-patchers-communicating

How to get two instances of "the same" javascript object in separate top level patchers communicating

giorgioesse

Hi, I'm conducting a global survey to find out which campuses and academies have curriculums for new media arts that use Max9 (and possibly Arduino, Touch Designer, and others).

Obviously, the use of Max9 is the most important thing.

I need to know which schools have such programs anywhere in the world, with a focus on:

I'm more interested in seeing how many curriculums use Max9 for the new media arts.

I am very grateful for every response, especially from students and teachers around the world.

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