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This FAQ aims to be an interactively built-up documentation of how to use FTM. It depends on your (the user's) input, be it only with questions. (Just insert a new page with your question, and mark it in the title as unanswered.)
General
Installation
Basic Concept
Expressions
Interaction with Max/MSP
- other Pitfalls for Maxers
Building Max Standalone with FTM inside
FTM External Objects
The FTM Message Box ftm.mess
- What is the syntax in an FTM message box?
- How do I get multiple inlets for an FTM message box?
- How to insert several init expressions in ftm.mess's inspector?
- How to pass an argument in a method involving an expression object?
- How can I work with lists passed to an fmt.mess object?
The FTM Object and Name Definition Box ftm.object
FTM Data Classes
The fmat Class: Matrix Operations
- How to set and get values or vectors in an fmat?
- How do I import sound data into FTM?
- How does matrix import-export work in general?
- How to crop or access parts of an fmat?
The track Class: Sequence of Values
- How do I import markers into a track?
- How to retrieve the time index in a track?
- How to access markers, bars, metrics and tempo in a track of type scoob
The dict Class: Dictionary/Lookup Table/Associative Array
The expr Class: An expression as a data object
[Other Data Classes...]
Exchanging Data
- How can I convert FTM data to Max data?
- How can I convert FTM data to and from Jitter?
SDIF Integration
- How do I import and export SDIF data into FTM?
- How do I import markers into a track?
- How to record multiple data streams into a single SDIF-file using ftm.sdif.write?