MAX-FOR-LIVE: Installing Ms Pinky's Patches and Externals
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:40 am
For all you Max-4-Livers who've never used Max/MSP, there are some basic facts you need to know about Max/MSP/Max-4-Live which pertain to Ms Pinky as well.
A) Max/MSP (and Max-4-Live) is a highly extensible software system. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of developers creating compiled code extensions for Max/MSP (and Max-4-Live). So when you download and install the basic Max/MSP (max-4-Live) kernel, you don't get everything you're going to need to do <<everything>>. You need to get the extensions you want from each specific developer who is creating those extensions. Ms Pinky has special <<extensions>> which pertain only to Ms Pinky. You must get those from her.
B) You need to download and install some "extensions" components from Ms Pinky. These are subdivided into folders. The installation procedure is easy. Start by looking inside the "Max/MSP Externals & Patches" folder that you download from Ms Pinky. In there you'll find several subfolders that you need to copy into the folder where Max/MSP lives on your hard drive. Start with the folder called "max-externals". For versions of Max prior to 7, copy everything in that folder into a folder also called "max-externals" which lives inside the application folder with your Max/MSP/Max-4-Live application. HINT: If you can't find the "max-externals" folder in your Max/MSP/Max-4-Live folder, look inside a folder called "Cycling-'74". Likewise, also copy the contents of Ms Pinky's "msp-externals" into a folder with the same name that lives inside the Max/MSP/Max-4-Live application folder on your hard disk. Get the idea now? Likewise also copy the entire Ms Pinky's "patches" folder into the "patches" folder in your Max/MSP/Max-4-Live application folder. Any javascript files (.js) can also go into the "patches" folder.
Finally, in the "Max4Live" folder that you downloaded, there is a file called "MsPinky_M4L_AudioFX.amxd" that you should copy to "YourUserName/Library/Application Support/Ableton/Live8Library/Presets/Audio Effects/Max Audio Effect", or wherever Max4Live stores your Max4Live audio effect patches.
For Max 7 on OS X: Copy the externals as described above, but the destination is now inside the Max 7 application package folder. To get there go to the Applications folder, control-click on the "Max.app" application icon and select "show package contents". Then browse to Contents/Resources/C74/Externals/ where you will find sub-folders for the both max and msp externals as described previously. For all the patches and javascript files, put those in your Projects folder which should be in "YourUserName/Documents/Max 7".
C) Before you try to do anything with Ms Pinky + Max-4-Live, I highly recommend working through all the Max-4-Live tutorials. You will really get a lot out of those, and the whole experience will be so much more enjoyable--- for all of us. Maybe I'll even work through ALL the tutorials myself...
A) Max/MSP (and Max-4-Live) is a highly extensible software system. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of developers creating compiled code extensions for Max/MSP (and Max-4-Live). So when you download and install the basic Max/MSP (max-4-Live) kernel, you don't get everything you're going to need to do <<everything>>. You need to get the extensions you want from each specific developer who is creating those extensions. Ms Pinky has special <<extensions>> which pertain only to Ms Pinky. You must get those from her.
B) You need to download and install some "extensions" components from Ms Pinky. These are subdivided into folders. The installation procedure is easy. Start by looking inside the "Max/MSP Externals & Patches" folder that you download from Ms Pinky. In there you'll find several subfolders that you need to copy into the folder where Max/MSP lives on your hard drive. Start with the folder called "max-externals". For versions of Max prior to 7, copy everything in that folder into a folder also called "max-externals" which lives inside the application folder with your Max/MSP/Max-4-Live application. HINT: If you can't find the "max-externals" folder in your Max/MSP/Max-4-Live folder, look inside a folder called "Cycling-'74". Likewise, also copy the contents of Ms Pinky's "msp-externals" into a folder with the same name that lives inside the Max/MSP/Max-4-Live application folder on your hard disk. Get the idea now? Likewise also copy the entire Ms Pinky's "patches" folder into the "patches" folder in your Max/MSP/Max-4-Live application folder. Any javascript files (.js) can also go into the "patches" folder.
Finally, in the "Max4Live" folder that you downloaded, there is a file called "MsPinky_M4L_AudioFX.amxd" that you should copy to "YourUserName/Library/Application Support/Ableton/Live8Library/Presets/Audio Effects/Max Audio Effect", or wherever Max4Live stores your Max4Live audio effect patches.
For Max 7 on OS X: Copy the externals as described above, but the destination is now inside the Max 7 application package folder. To get there go to the Applications folder, control-click on the "Max.app" application icon and select "show package contents". Then browse to Contents/Resources/C74/Externals/ where you will find sub-folders for the both max and msp externals as described previously. For all the patches and javascript files, put those in your Projects folder which should be in "YourUserName/Documents/Max 7".
C) Before you try to do anything with Ms Pinky + Max-4-Live, I highly recommend working through all the Max-4-Live tutorials. You will really get a lot out of those, and the whole experience will be so much more enjoyable--- for all of us. Maybe I'll even work through ALL the tutorials myself...