patchers within patchers, question about instances/reference

[solconnection]

Hi there, i am having a simple problem that an experienced max user will probably laugh at

i have a patcher i have made,

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[p doMidiProcessing]

inside that patcher are more patchers

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[p doMidiProcessing]
      [p doVelocity]
      [p doPitch]
      [p doLength]
      [p doLatency]

now i made lots of copies of [p doMidiProcessing] in my main patch, and it proceeded to copy all the patchers within it.

My Main Patch Window Looks Like this:

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[p doMidiProcessing]
[p doMidiProcessing]
[p doMidiProcessing]
[p doMidiProcessing]
etc...

but now when i go and click on the first instance of [p doMidiProcessing] and then go in and edit for example [p doVelocity], it only updates the copy of doVelocity inside *this particular instance of [p doMidiProcessing]* doVelocity remains unchanged if i go in to say the second instance of doMidiProcessing in the main window.

What should i be doing to make reusable pieces of patcher code?

thanks in advance

[steff3]

You should use abstractions - means, save those patchers as files and load them (if you save them within the search path of Max you just have to enter the name under which you saved them).

I am not sure if it updates automatically. before Max 5 that was no problem, in early versions of Max5 it was (at least the few times I used early Max5). Did not try it with a current version.

Hope that helps

best

[solconnection]

You should use abstractions - means, save those patchers as files and load them (if you save them within the search path of Max you just have to enter the name under which you saved them).

I am not sure if it updates automatically. before Max 5 that was no problem, in early versions of Max5 it was (at least the few times I used early Max5). Did not try it with a current version.

Hope that helps

best

helps a lot, thanks.

what does this mean for the sharing of patchers, do i need to include all the abstractions/dependancies etc? or will ableton bundle everything up?

[pukunui]

You can freeze the device with the little snowflake icon in the lower left hand tool bar of your main device window and it will bundle everything up for you so you can share it.

Cheers


Andrew

[solconnection]

You can freeze the device with the little snowflake icon in the lower left hand tool bar of your main device window and it will bundle everything up for you so you can share it.

Cheers


Andrew

awesome, thanks