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Auto load from one track in M4L
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:57 pm
by jakku
Hi there! First post, pleasure to be here!
Been using pinky in the most basic way, and just got auto load working today so having fun with that. I just have a question about using auto load...
'Auto load highlighted clips' auto loads any clip I highlight. Can it be changed to autoload only from one track? Is this functionality built in already, or is it something I'll have to code myself?
Thanks for the help!!
J
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:08 pm
by jakku
Anyone got any tips or info??
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:03 pm
by jakku
So, I'm gonna try and code this! If anyone is interested in helping, please let me know. I think it'd be a really useful feature, especially when using two turntables in one set, right??
Also, if anyone knows a really simple way to do this (it seems like it shouldn't be too complicated), please let me know!!
J
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:46 pm
by tsutek
Sorry I cannot help much as my M4L chops are quite modest I'm afraid. But I think that there is a way to do what you want by utilizing the observers in the LiveAPI - It should be a matter of slightly modifying the existing "load highlighted clip" section of the M4L patch. Something like "what track am I on? ok, load selected clip only if its on the same track as me"..
I'm sure someone at the ableton & c74 forums could sort you out!
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:26 am
by JuanSOLO
Did you get things working?
The idea would be to set up a gate system that receives the name of the highlighted clip. Then make yourself a "load" button to load that highlighted clip into the Pinky device.
You could make a gating system that only passed a specific tracks highlighted clips.
let me know how it goes.
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:04 pm
by sec-def
my modified patch only loads clips from a specific track (set to it's track I think I even removed the option to change it) and I'm pretty sure I didn't code it that way I think it's a mr. sakitumi modification.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:48 pm
by tsutek
Yeah, I actually got around reading some documentation for a change
You can accomplish this by setting your live.path to "this_device canonical_parent", which sets your 'track scope' to the same track your maxpatch is on... then proceed from there.
I actually managed to make a "hotswapping TC input function" into my Pinky patch using this tip with the LOM. Now I've got a deck that starts responding to TC when I arm the recording on that specific track, and when I disarm the rec, the deck reverts to autistic mode (but still grabs the last pitch fader value before going autistic). Good times!
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 4:21 am
by greganato
does anybody have a picture or the .amxd file that only loads stuff from one track? its pretty complicated I'm trying to figure it out but no luck so far
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:30 pm
by greganato
So I've modified the patch to only load from one track all by myself. no one wanted to help me i guess... i am having one big problem though.. the gate system works great for highlighting clips with your mouse. but as soon as you plugin a controller like the launchpad or ableton push and it actually launches the clip, the gate system doesn't work. does anyone know a way around this? like how to make push or the launchpad only highlight clips, not launch them from like 2 - 4 tracks and then actually perform normally for the other tracks?
maybe if someone explained to me how to implement setting your live.path to "this_device canonical_parent" because its not working for me.
here is my modified patch
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/917 ... ecter.amxd
and here is a pic
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:23 am
by greganato
so im a bit retarded on this whole live api stuff. i finally found out how to do this. i didn't realize or get the message that you could just combine mastahlee's patch and the new one for a "hybrid" patch. i was just about to start to try and re write the whole live api part of this patch. haha that would have been a lot of work going down that route.
anyways auto loading tracks like this shouldn't be slower than the regular way of autoloading right?
here is my new patch edit
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/917 ... ecter.amxd
or if you just want the cool wave form and cue/loop knobs
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/917 ... dited.amxd
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:15 am
by greganato