#135

thanks Brian. Yes, I picked up off a guy here on this forum but it looked like it was barely used, mint condition in original box. Immaculate. Somehow I doubt it’s the Arc and indeed since it’s working well with Ansible, as far as I can tell, it does indeed seem odd!

I’ll experiment with my iMac in the studio today if time permits and see what emerges then too. Sorry to be writing such very dull updates here but it’s so silly. I like to feel that I understand things quite intuitively and quickly so this has been a little defeating so far!

Thanks again!!

#136

Yes, sometimes I can. Sometimes I can’t. This morning I restarted the laptop and lights came on Arc immediately, opened up Live and every instance of trying to connect Arc crashed Ableton. Unplugged Arc, plugged it back in again, restarted Live and it worked immediately. So yes I can map to an LFO for example sometimes, at other times no response at all.

#137

Does the arc ever flash full of random lights on startup?

#138

Do you mean start up as when connected to the computer when it starts up or when I connect it when the computer is already switched on?

For example I just plugged it after I wrote that sentence, with no software open for it, and it the lights closest to the plug end flashed briefly, but nowhere else. And then I left it plugged into Live and opened up a patch and it immediately worked. Oh, it only it were dependable like this :slight_smile:

#139

As other suggested what’s the behavior outside Live, can you test just with Max ?

#140

Yes, as I wrote to Brian I used that patch suggested to open in Max and it recognises the Arc. But, not always. Sometimes it will recognise every time, sometimes every 3 times. Strange indeed!

#141

very curious to hear if your other computer is consistent, just to rule out hardware. I apologize for the convoluted process!

#142

No apologies need. I like a challenge (I always like a reward of course). As it’s the evening here I won’t be returning to the studio until the morning but will try it out then and let you know. Thanks for your support here too, it’s very much appreciated, as are the suggestions of everyone else!

Have a lovely day!

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#143

I finally got my monome up and running playing around with Fourths from:

Anybody have similar issues. Ableton Live Suite 9 with Max path configured to Max 7.3.6. If I play a note there is no LED feedback and occasionally it doesnt play a consistent note or sustains a note too long. How can I determine if it is a hardware or software issue? Maybe my monome is the problem?

#144

I’m using μgrainstorm and grid position saves are inconsistent. Live 10 Max 8. Anyone noticed something similar? Thanks

#145

Ok, admittedly I have a very nooby question to throw out there regarding Arclab. More of an Ableton question than a monome question (my computer recognizes the Arc just fine). Let’s say I want to use Rhythm Generator. What do I have to do in Ableton and the m4l rhythm generator device to actually trigger, say, drums (I’m not the most Ableton-literate)? I’m able to play around with the rate, density, etc. on my arc, I’m just not quite sure how to make it all work with instruments. In these instances, I wish there was some kind of tutorial…

#146

Put the rhythm generator on a track. Put i.e. a drumrack on the same track. Press play in Ableton (you will hear nothing if you don’t press play). Enjoy.

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#147

Aha, thanks so much! I’ll try this when I get home. Does the same logic apply for other arclab devices, such as quad lfo?

#148

yeah, put the device in the same track that you want the LFO to affect. The quad LFO, for instance, will want you to click the “map” button and then twiddle the control that you would like the LFO to affect.

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#149

When opening Arclab ArcControl, the js script was missing for me. I plugged in your code, but looks like line six has an illegal character? Thanks in advance for the help.

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#150

Looks like normal quotes " were replaced by smart quotes “ and ”

But I’m baffled how you’re getting the stretta gridlab devices installed without the included js

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#151

@jasonw22 Thanks for reply. Just downloaded again from Github. Same deal. No js script. How do I go about changing quote type?

#152

if there’s anything I’ve learned from trying to distribute .amxd’s with dependencies it’s that it’s extremely unpredictable - as far as I can tell some people are just downloading my patches and they always end up with something missing

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#153

Use your keyboard to type " instead of “ and ”

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#154

Got it, thanks for the help!

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