Multichannel signals can be received from any loaded patcher, without patch cords Use the mc.receive~ object to grab signals put out by mc.send~ or send~ objects and output them out its signal outlet. An mc.receive~ object can be instantiated simply by typing into an object box the short-form letter "mc.r~". Cycling '74 MSP set Changes Source TEXT_HERE set Changes Source TEXT_HERE Output TEXT_HERE Name of the mc.receive~ object Sets the name of the mc.receive~ object. Sets the number of channels to receive from mc.send~ Sets how many channels mc.receive~ should output from mc.send~. Otherwise, default is (logical channel) 1. When working with send~, this argument is optional and unnecessary as there is only one channel of audio. Find matching mc.send~ objects Double-clicking on an mc.receive~ object looks for and opens a loaded patcher window containing an mc.send~ object with the same name. Repeatedly double-clicking on the mc.receive~ object looks for and opens more such windows. Change the name of the mc.receive~ object The word set, followed by a symbol, changes the name of the receive~ so that it connects to different mc.send~ or send~ objects that have the symbol as a name. If no mc.send~ or send~ objects exist with the name, the output of receive~ is 0. Receive a signal from all mc.send~ or send~ objects sharing its name The mc.receive~ object receives signals from all mc.send~ or send~ objects that share its name. It adds together as many as are specified by channel-count (default channel 1 if unspecified) and sends the sum out its outlet. If no mc.send~ or send~ objects share the current name, the output of mc.receive~ is 0. The mc.send~ or send~ objects need not be in the same patch as the corresponding mc.receive~. Sets the number of channels to receive from mc.send~ Sets how many channels mc.receive~ should output from mc.send~. Setting this attribute overrides the channel-count argument. Note that like other mc objects, changes to the chans attribute will not take effect until the next audio restart. Name Name the mc.receive~ object. If there is no argument, mc.receive~ has one inlet, and a name must be provided by a set message before anything can be received. All mc.receive~ objects that share the same name will receive data from any mc.send~ objects that share their name.

If you want a named mc.send~/ mc.receive~ object in a Max for Live device to be unique to the device, use three dashes (---) to start the name of your mc.send~/ mc.receive~ destination (e.g. s ---filtercutoff).

When your patch is initialized, it will replace the three dashes with a unique-to-Live number (e.g. s 024filtercutoff); You can switch between all current mc.receive~ objects using the set message. To turn off the audio coming from a mc.receive~, use set with the name of a mc.send~ or send~ that doesn't currently exist. The combination of all signals coming into all mc.send~ or send~ objects with the same name as the mc.receive~.