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by chapelier fou » Wed Jan 22, 2025 10:03 am
Today there are 3 ways to control a parameter from M4L, each with its advantages and drawbacks :
1. using live.object :
It's more or less like using the mouse or keyboard, meaning it's not audio rate, it's recordable, it doesn't "grab" the control, and it creates undo history.
2. using live.remote~ :
it grabs the control (so you can't do anything manually with it), you can't record it, it doesn't create undo and can be modulated at audio rates.
3. using live.modulate~ :
it modulates relatively from the current set value of the parameter, and you can still automate the "origin" of the parameter. It doesn't create undo and can be run at audio rate.
I did not check the device you're pointing, but I highly suspect that what it does is that it uses another "dummy" knob to transform a live.remote~ modulation to a live.object control. It should do the job (although I would rather use a modified version of the modulator device that would use live.object instead of live.remote~).
Hope this helps.
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