Anybody building devices on Max4live?

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I just started my journey into Max4live and would like to start building simple devices that transmit CC to my hardware. Is anybody doing this sort of thing and was the learning curve steep?

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The curve is as steep as you patch it…

But seriously, I’ve made loads of M4L devices, and it only really gets confusing once you start having to interact with the Live API objects. If you’re just doing straightforward MIDI tools it’s pretty easy as all you need to know is basic Max lore (right-to-left, use trigger to force precedence, floats and ints are separate things, etc).

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thanks for the insight. Do you now of a tutorial or video I could start w/ to learn how to program devices that transmit CC? If I could control and edit all my MIDI hardware from M4L that would be the GOAT.

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Not specifically. You could try the tutorials built in to Max & Live to get a handle on the basics.

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In that github folder you will find Blippocon.amxd. It’s a M4L device that control and hardware called Wingie2. You cam study and adapt it in order to control “any” hardware device you have.

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And don’t forget to study the Max tutorial for midi.

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Ableton put up some M4L videos on their youtube recently. I have not watched them yet but they look like a quick overview of everything. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoh4MB-kbBmI1pXYI4M1jX2_5xpMNS-g-

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Building Max Devices is a pack that has lessons, it takes you through the process of building a patch with various topics, looks like this:

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Max for Live Building Tools is a pack that contains lots of m4l devices for api, midi, synths, fx and so on with built in info inside the patches.

between these two you can you can take your time to dive into m4l devices by topic and get loads of interactive info. I’ve tried some of the lessons and it’s great, I didn’t have the time yet to deep dive and complete all the stuff but it’s on my list as soon as I’ll have some free time.

btw you can take a look into the Midi Monitor m4l device which comes with live, it handles CC in but you can take a look how it works

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This is very easy to learn

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