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max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 9:26 pm
by paradiddle
I just got a brand new pc with win 10 and a core i7-9700 and Pallas doesn't seem to be working properly. All the osc seems downtuned super low where you can't really hear any pitch. Otherwise, the interface itself works no prob.

It works fine on my win 7 computer and my macbook pro.

I have also tried Bengal and oscillot and they seem to work properly.

Anybody got the same behavior? Wondering if it's the core i7 9700 giving this prob.


Pat

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:05 pm
by pottering
Pallas works fine here, on Windows 10 too. It is not a i7-9700, but I doubt that is the problem.

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:08 pm
by paradiddle
Ok well something isn't working. The pc is brand new 2 days (alienware aurora r9).

Thanks for the response.

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:23 am
by oishii19
Hi

I seem to have the same problem. Neither Pallas nor Oscillot is working correctly on Windows 10 PC (Ableton 10.1.6 and Max 8.1.0, i5-9600, relatively fresh install, next to no extra software installed, just drivers, Live, plugins).

My second / backup setup runs on a Mac. Just tested and Pallas and Oscillot seem to work with Live 10.1.6 and Max 8.1.0, so I assume it might be a Windows 10 / Max problem... maybe some Java Runtime related incompatibility? Just guessing, though...

I issued a support request to Max for Cats, will update if this gives new information. Has anybody issued a support request to Ableton?

Regards

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:18 pm
by paradiddle
Bengal was just updated and now I'm getting this prob with. Pallas also was updated but it's fine for some reason.

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:30 pm
by psionyx
Hit the same problem, bought the bundle yesterday.

Bengal and oscillot works fine but pallas just play a silent C0 at any MIDI note and the editor view do not show any waveform or spectrum.
I‘ve tried this with two different win 10 systems, but same behaviour. My live suite was installed with standard parameters. In general Max seems to work, because bengal and all other Max Instruments are working fine ... just pallas wont work... are there any workarounds? Or missing dependencies?

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:39 pm
by psionyx
Addon:

I wrote this to Max for Cats and Ableton via. Support form but no answer from both till now

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:55 pm
by S4racen
Right click on the device header, show Max window...

If there are error messages in there it may point to your problem.

Cheers
D

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 5:38 pm
by psionyx
Thanks for the hint!!!!!

so under windows pallas needs apple bonjour to work, because the mira remote control needs bonjour to connect to the remote control app ...

by installing the nearly 10 years old apple bonjour for windows pallas works ... but ... should i install such an old software? there should be an switch, to turn mira on and off ...

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 5:40 pm
by S4racen
You could go into the device and delete the mira objects if you don't want that functionality but there isn't an option to turn them on or off...

Installing Bonjour should be of no issue...

Cheers
D

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 2:01 am
by paradiddle
psionyx wrote:
Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:39 pm
Addon:

I wrote this to Max for Cats and Ableton via. Support form but no answer from both till now
Fixed my problem by using the bundled version of max cuz It was set to max 8 (i own a copy). However I've had this prob a bunch of times happen. I've also e-mailed max for cats and no response as always. So you get isotonik studios to help you out which is really nice.

Cheers

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 8:15 am
by S4racen
I've shared it with the Max beta testers group that we're part of, explaining that it's not immediately obvious what the issue is unless you know where to look...

Cheers
D

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 12:53 pm
by psionyx
First:

Trank you for your help to solve this problem!

May be a post at the Max for Cats Blog would help others...

Second:

To get an actual Version of Bonjour, i‘ve installed iTunes and After that i‘ve removed all except Bonjour and the Apple Software Updater ... a bit complicated but ist works...

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 11:41 pm
by paradiddle
Well there's obviously a prob with max for cats devices. Probably not every user experienced this but it has happened to me 3 times already and others too. It's just odd that it's isotonik studio helping us. very grateful about this and I'm definitely gonna be a customer. Been high balling modulat and a bunch of other products as well.

Btw Christian Klein (max for cats) is an employee of ABleton. I bought oscillot from him directly and he was very responsive before but not anymore. I'm guessing, he wants us to deal with Ableton directly. Personaly I don't really care if there's a prob and it doesn't get resolved right away. I'm all cool about this. What I'm not cool about is radio silence.

Anyways cheers!

Re: max for cats pallas problem

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:28 pm
by S4racen
Christian may be on holiday?

Cheers
D