How can I easily control the next device on a track

[bencodec]

Hey guys, how can I easily have my M4L device control the parameters of the next device after it on a track. I know i can get the parent, can I then get the id of my device and then add 1? Is there an easy way for a device to get it's own id?
I'd like all this to be relative so that I can quickly swap out the device after my patch and have the controls remap.
thanks

[S4racen]

Hi mate, you might want to carve this out of my isotonik patch, if you download it from max4live.com and hit me up i'll point you to the part you want....

What i've done is give the ability to take control of the 3 devices after the max device and swap in between them by hitting some buttons, i have problems with bleeding values when doing it live though so maybe you can help me with it once you've pulled the parts you want out....

Cheers
D

[hyaahyaa]

ID numbers are not ordered in a sensible way - they're actually assigned in the order the API needs them (as far as I can tell).

What you want to do is send "path this_device" to a live.path, input that ID number into a live.object, then send "getpath" to that live.object. This will give you the canonical path of your device (path live_set tracks X devices Y). You can then add/subtract from Y to get neighboring devices, and send that path to another live.path to get the id.

<pre><code>
----------begin_max5_patcher----------
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40++2ABbZierspq1tIa+M69E1PzWgMWVaT5TipReXmRNpSqT44Rn88VoTkut
p4EWcPftu2mcNyTy21fHmioni5zEmIgKLE6elntvD0uLwbgIleYh6BSb+xTj
KLE4Ol3tliK7GSTWXR3+5Nw4Xh6UlbY4I+Rj8agN+SNpWYh6xBlTutfoSHQ9
.Vp4jWB+GniMkvF
-----------end_max5_patcher-----------
</code></pre>

[bencodec]

you both are AMAZING! thanks!