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You might want to check el Effo in this package....

http://puremagnetik.com/maxfuel/

It has a variable randomize function based on the original waveform, and el Effo and the 2 other control devices (Side Chainer and Multiplexd) all use a framework with an amount setting that is easily control by ...

On another note, I heard a while back about a book that was coming out soon that was a course designed to teach Max. Problem is I've forgotten it! Does anyone else know of this, and when it might be coming out?
Maybe this is what you are thinking of....

http://cycling74.com/forums/topic.php?id ...

One other suggestion. The Max tutorials were rewritten for Max 5, but if you are going after the basics, many of the older tutorials are still very good (and a bit more narrative in form). They can be downloaded from Cycling's site here....

http://cycling74.com/download/maxmsp46doc.zip

The ...

Hi, Korhan.

Yeah, that would probably be the next thing to try. Also make sure your Max and Live installs are up to date (both current release versions are at 5.1.4). Earlier versions had more issues.

Let us know what you find.

Dave Linnenbank

Hi again, Korhan.

First, I can relate to API and parameter modulation stuff crashing in the editing environment a fair amount. Also, it sometimes helps when you save and close your MFL device to reopen your Live set. That seems to reinitialize things more thoroughly.

I've pasted below the code for ...

Hi, Korhan.

One Max For Live device can have multiple live.remote~ objects. Those objects, however, cannot target the same ID/parameter. Doing that causes the Max Window to report this....

live.remote~: parameter already controlled by another live.remote

... and the live.remote~ object in ...

Dear PID, broc, Andrew, et alia:

Yes, things that used to work fine don't anymore. What doesn't work at this point is pattr recalling its value when in a subpatcher.

Pattr (in parameter mode) does not initialize properly within subpatchers. On the top level of the patch, everything is fine. In a ...

yes, i'm on mac and do have a full max license. when working in max launched from live, i have noticed some occasional strangeness with the scheduler (sometimes unresponsiveness in GUI objects, sometimes with the print object [message seems more reliable]) from time to time, but nothing consistent ...

this actually works fine for me on Max 5.1.3. maybe worth trying again or updating.

--dave linnenbank