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Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by madlab » Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:20 pm

I have to force quit both apps. This happens since I upgraded to version 9.7 and Max 7.3
Any similar cases ?
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by madlab » Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:17 pm

Also happens with Max 7.31. I can't edit and save a device anymore. This is a drama ! Anyone else ?
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by S4racen » Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:37 pm

Works fine for me, have you restarted your computer?

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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by madlab » Fri Oct 21, 2016 7:44 pm

Yes.
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by AAdel » Fri Oct 21, 2016 8:17 pm

It's OK on my systems, both Win 10 and OSX El Capitan.
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by madlab » Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:06 am

Thanks Shelluser, but Live 9.7 seems to work reliably as long as I don't want to edti some M4L device... Oh and btw, you had a fantastic ressource page about the LOM years ago. I wanted to point some of my students to it but can't find it anymore. Do you still have it ?
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by AAdel » Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:00 pm

You can try reinstalling M4L
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by madlab » Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:38 pm

The patch, apart from the mapping API part, works perfectly with 1% CPU usage in Max standalone, so this is on li've's part it seems.
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by Angstrom » Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:19 pm

I had the old "Trial not started" issue again this week.
I reinstalled Max, and it still persisted, I re-authorised my Live license, and it still persisted through a reboot, and some Live restarts.
Then it fixed itself.

this happens once every two months or so.

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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by Angstrom » Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:34 pm

OMFG, it's done it again.

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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by madlab » Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:37 pm

could it be that it's java related ? The last device I tried to save without success is a mapping bpatcher containing some java stuff. But the [plugsync~] device that failed once to save was not...
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by Angstrom » Tue Oct 25, 2016 3:50 pm

I don't use java.
I do almost everything in Javascript, but .. obviously, that's only related in name.

#edit 1---

In 9.7 one thing I've noticed when this M4L auth failure happens : When I reopen Live it shows the "Welcome to Live 9 - What's new & Lessons" pane. As if this is my first run. So that's odd too.

#edit 2---

I reauthorised Ableton Live via I choose Live 9 https://www.ableton.com/en/account/authorize/ it shows the correct path for my Live application. So, I authorise that (yet again) and the Live application reports "Opening A different version of Live, do you want to save this set". But ... there is no different version of Live. There is only one version, the version at that path, which I am re-authorising. So what is it trying to open? That application is already open.

Current Status for Today: M4L is saving files.
Status for tomorrow : undetermined. Probably broken again, like yesterday and today.

Opinion: This software pairing does not feel robust and tightly integrated. quite the opposite.

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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by stringtapper » Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:46 pm

Angstrom wrote:Opinion: This software pairing does not feel robust and tightly integrated. quite the opposite.
Probably the one thing you and I completely agree on when it comes to M4L. The whole pairing of two separate apps with a bit of code that lets them talk to each other has always seemed a bit clunky to me. Of course integrating a special version of Max within Live's codebase might be monumental task and could even require a ground-up rewrite of Live.

But that's exactly what I expected when M4L was first announced and I still think it could be an amazing step if they decided to re-engineer the entire M4L environment so that it is native to Live and not dependent on installing the standalone Max app.
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by madlab » Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:04 pm

It used to be stable and reliable for me at some point, apart for those occasional and rare crashes, often on the edit phase, once a device was solid and clearly designed, I felt confident to use it in Live in demanding real time situations. But now i can't save any device. I'm stuck.
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Re: Live and Max stuck when saving a device

Post by madlab » Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:11 pm

It seems we're not alone to have some strange problems. I'd rather see those solved instead of opening the software to new areas of potential link problems. https://cycling74.com/forums/topic/max- ... A-RU4XTrN8
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