Can I reach a device inside a drumrack from withing the same

[flowdesigner]

Can I reach a device inside a drumrack from withing the same drumrack - live.path id etc ?

[amounra93]

nopers.

[maxforlive]

Anyone knows if this is being worked on by the developers?

[rabouille]

that is really frustrating, I hope they will make a step forward on the next revision.

[hyaahyaa]

Actually it depends on if the device you are trying to reach is a max device or an ableton device.

Max devices can get their own id by sending "path this_device" to a live.path and then broadcast this over send/receive, which can then be used by other devices.

What's so aggravating about the existence of this workaround is that it reveals that the problem is most likely one of addressing, rather than a specific technical reason - in other words you can't reach devices inside racks only because live.path doesn't have a way to describe where they are.

The good news is Andrew from Cycling 74 acknowledged the problem and says they're working on it in this thread:

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=138281

Yeah, you're right, we need to deal with racks better in the API. I'll amend the tickets with this detail.

Thanks

-A