
CHAPTER 23. MAX FOR LIVE 307
To load an empty Max device, drag a Max Instrument, Max MIDI Effect or Max Audio Effect
from the Device Browser into your Set.
What a Max device actually does depends on the objects that it contains, and the way in
which they're connected together. The area where you work with Max objects is called the
editor (or patcher), and can be accessed by pressing the Edit button in the Max device's
title bar.
The Edit Button for a
Max Device.
This launches the Max editor in a new window, with the current device loaded and ready for
editing.
A Default Max Audio
Effect in the Patcher.
After editing, you should save your Max device before you use it in Live. This is done via the
Save or Save As commands in Max's File menu. Saving an edited device will automatically
update all instances of that device that are used in your current Live Set. If you choose Save
As, you will be asked whether or not the new version should update only the device that
was originally opened for editing or all instances of the device in the Set.
The default location when saving a Max device is the folder in the Library that corresponds
to the type of device being saved. We recommend always saving Max devices to this default
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