FAQ

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.)

• FAQ Index
• List of Documentation Categories

General

• FTM, MnM, Gbr - What the hell does all this mean?
• How do I get help?
• How can I help other users?
• Why do I get the message: Message distribution : Authorization denied when posting to the FTM mailing list?

Installation

• Why no sound from some tutorialpatches?

Expressions

• What is the syntax in an FTM message box?
• How can I dynamically generate names for FTM objects?

Interaction with Max/MSP

• How can I dynamically generate names for FTM objects?
• Why can't I route a singular FTM object?
• Using gbr.ola~ in poly~ (don't!)

• other Pitfalls for Maxers

Building Max Standalone with FTM inside

• How do I create Max standalones (collectives/applications) using FTM?

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 ftm.mess object?
• How can I dynamically generate names for FTM objects?

The FTM Object and Name Definition Box ftm.object

• I have a global fmat in an abstraction and the main patch, but get the error "cannot globalize 'xxx' (name stays local)"?

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?
• How to fill a vector from 0 to an incoming number?
• How does the find method work?

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

• How do I access values stored on a dictionary?

The expr Class: An expression as a data object

• How do I pass arguments to an expression in an expr object?
• How to fill a vector from 0 to an incoming number?

[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?