M4L issue with Live 11 (automation and device not passing midi or audio)
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 4:13 pm
Hi there
I started to rehearse for future gigs, and I used for this my good old Live set that was working perfectly for me in Live 10.
I updated to Live 11 when it was released, and so far I didn't have issues with it (I did mainly mixing these last months), but when I started recently to use the Live set I was using on stage with Live 10, I started to have strange some issues, that I think are related to automation (my Live set for the stage is an automation nightmare : there are plenty of groups, racks, chains, scenes, and everything is turned on and off, automated, etc. etc.).
One of the issues I had has to see with the use of M4L devices : after recalling the session, a M4L arp and a Drum Synth Kick (each contained into the official "Max for Live Essentials Pack") were not passing midi or audio.
I needed to replace them with the exact same device, and set it the same way, to make them work again.
After saving, closing the session, and recalling it, the Drum Synth Kicks were working but the Arp was not working and is still not working. Each time, I need to replace it with the same device, so of course it's not possible during a live gig.
It happens that there is an on/off automation on the Arp device during the song ("Device on" automation), and each device (Arp and kick) are racked into a subgroup that is turned off and on depending on the song.
So it may be related to this "device on" automation.
Anyone here experienced problems with M4L in Live 11, and specifically with automation ?
I started to rehearse for future gigs, and I used for this my good old Live set that was working perfectly for me in Live 10.
I updated to Live 11 when it was released, and so far I didn't have issues with it (I did mainly mixing these last months), but when I started recently to use the Live set I was using on stage with Live 10, I started to have strange some issues, that I think are related to automation (my Live set for the stage is an automation nightmare : there are plenty of groups, racks, chains, scenes, and everything is turned on and off, automated, etc. etc.).
One of the issues I had has to see with the use of M4L devices : after recalling the session, a M4L arp and a Drum Synth Kick (each contained into the official "Max for Live Essentials Pack") were not passing midi or audio.
I needed to replace them with the exact same device, and set it the same way, to make them work again.
After saving, closing the session, and recalling it, the Drum Synth Kicks were working but the Arp was not working and is still not working. Each time, I need to replace it with the same device, so of course it's not possible during a live gig.
It happens that there is an on/off automation on the Arp device during the song ("Device on" automation), and each device (Arp and kick) are racked into a subgroup that is turned off and on depending on the song.
So it may be related to this "device on" automation.
Anyone here experienced problems with M4L in Live 11, and specifically with automation ?