I'll upload my good conome128.js as well as my conome64.js later today and maybe Charlie can update the one on his site! =)

actually my good conome128.js is still on my site here: http://www.sk8dork.com/files/control/conome128.js
yay!

Oh and I can confirm that switching over to the MonomeEmulation interface works, too. Right now only my conome192 and conome64 interfaces are working. Looks like the one on Charlie's site is my conome128 interface, which doesn't work. I'll compare it to my conome192 interface and see what's different.

That's all from memory and I haven't played with this for a while so I'll come back to post more later!

2. You can just use the monome interface that comes with Control, right? Does that work any better?

3. I haven't tried out Max 6 yet, maybe someone else can chime in.

In case it's not clear, you don't have to use Bonjour to use mlr with Control. You can also manually enter the IP addresses. I think. I'm a little unsure what the Max runtime allows you to edit...

· How do you 'install' oscbonjour? Do you just drop it into Max runtime folder? How can one know if it is installed?
· Is anyone sure that the interface file in "http://www.charlie-roberts.com/Control/interfaces/conome.js" is fine? When opened with control it shows a black screen with buttons for menu / refresh, but nothing else. No monome there. I loaded it directly from the link. Is there something wrong with this?
· Also, I am using max 6 runtime. Is this alright?

Thank you for your time

if you want to use your phone to control the grid ala monome emulation, (i haven't tried this yet since my ipad is a much better choice =) then you need to actually edit the mlrv patch.
right click the file _mlrV.maxpat and open it with a text editor
search the file for "udpsend localhost 8080" and replace localhost with your device IP. save the file.
in Control, preferences section should already have the OSC receive port set to 8080
in destinations, if you don't already have one correctly added, tap the + and enter your mac's ip with port 8000
tap to select the destination
this assumes your monome emulator interface has the prefix set to /mlrv. if it isn't then you need to edit the interface accordingly or use the file i posted in this thread called prefixControl.maxpat. the file allows you to set the prefix in the Control monome emulator interface dynamically to whatever you want so you can control basically any monome app.
here's the prefixControl.maxpat http://www.mediafire.com/?xw29mvsjxrr351w
note you have to edit the prefixControl.maxpat to use your device IP just like you did with mlrv.

Settings App > Wi-Fi > Click the blue arrow next to the network you belong to.

Basically, I'm experimenting with my phone what I'd eventually like to do with an iPad, which is use custom and dynamic layouts etc in Ableton to perform. I found mlrv to be a great tool for improvisation and if like to incorporate that into a live show context, between launching clips that contain whole songs. I'm just getting my feet wet in this grid world. Generally I'm not so nooby but this max stuff is a whole new world to me.

As far as my phone's ip, where do I get that? I thought I knew but it didn't connect when I tried it out.

tell us exactly what you want to do and we can go from there. also get the following information: your mac's ip, your device's ip. make sure they're on the same network, and if you don't want latency issues put them on an ad hoc network.

http://www.max4live.info/content/osc-tutorial-part-1-our-osc-tutorial-series

and

http://www.max4live.info/content/tutorial-open-sound-control-part-2

Hope that helps... it's not an easy learning curve to get started with all this stuff. - Charlie

anyone got a link to a max/osc primer so i don't jump off a bridge? thanks.

Sorry about this... can you try loading this interface and seeing if it works after that? The interface basically replaces some screwed up javascript I accidentally put in 1.3:

http://charlie-roberts.com/Control/interfaces/oscDelegateFix.js

Let me know if that fixes everything. I'm hoping to submit an update with some bug fixes in the next couple of days. - Charlie

But Ronji obviously has (he made the video) and has posted a max patch along with instructions in this thread. Does that patch not work for you?

Using the bonjour version once is a pain. Using it many times and never having to enter an IP... bliss :)

I haven't checked out mlrv2 since the first week when it came out. It was too buggy then for me to deal with... I'm sure it's much improved by this point.

gotta say, i do prefer my method of editing whatever patch i want with my device's IP =) i'm not cool enough to hack oscbonjour into patches like mlrv2.

also, thanks charlie for mentioning me and linking my video in your post =) i saw it through CDM!

Ive got the conome layout connected to the included mlr patch. Everything in the connection guide works perfectly. When I hit DAC the tempo light flashes. However, I cannot start the sequencer whatever I try. I am familiar with the use of MLR from the launchpad. The two loop pattern keys (Row 1, buttons 5 and 6 on conome) set the pattern recorders working on the screen as they should so I know Im getting proper communication with the patch. But I cannot get a loop running using the loop start keys on the left hand column.

Im using ASIO4ALL on a laptop. Using the nonome mlr patch and onscreen monome, i can get sound and sequencer running perfectly so Im sure its not the hardware.

Any ideas? Being so close is driving me a bit batty!

The basic problem is we need to let Max know where Control is, and we need to let Control know where Max is. Here are the steps:

1. Download the oscbonjour Max object mentioned above and install it.
2. Download the Bonjour enabled mlr patch
3. Start Control (if it's already started force quit and start it again for best results)
3. In the preferences of Control, make sure the OSC receive port is set to 8080.
4. Open the file _mlr_charlie.maxpat found in the mlr download linked in step #2.
5. Hit the button labelled "register cntrl 8000" towards the bottom of the Max patch. This sets up Bonjour on your computer so that Control can see the ip address.
6. In the Destinations tab of Control, choose the IP address of your computer that should now appear thanks to the oscbonjour object in the Max patch.
7. In the Max patch, hit the "browse" button to look for available OSC services.
8. In the pulldown menu next to the browse button select "Control". DO NOT SELECT "cntrl".
9. Start the conome interface in Control. If you haven't already downloaded it into Control you can find it at: http://www.charlie-roberts.com/Control/interfaces/conome.js. This interface performs much better than the monome emulator that comes with Control currently.
10. In the Max patch, hit the /sys/prefix/mlr button. You should see the text in the upper left corner of the conome interface change to read /mlr (instead of /mlrV.
11. Play away!

Note that you can also manually enter IP addresses in both the Max patch and in Control if you don't want to use Bonjour. Like if you're a masochist or something :) I know the above is a lot of steps, but note that once everything is downloaded and installed you really only need steps 5 - 10. It shouldn't take more than 30 seconds to setup once you've done it a few times.

I can try and post instructions for mlr (v1) tonight and will take a look at mlrV 2 sometime soon. If ronji is still lurking around this thread, he's really the one to bug about this...