Examples
Overdrive's priority given to MIDI or timing messages can be overridden with defer
De-prioritize a message
| bang | Same as . | |
| int | integer to be deferred [int] |
Same as . |
| float | float to be deferred [float] |
Same as . |
| list | list to be deferred [list] |
Same as . |
| anything | message to be deferred [list] |
If the message received in the inlet was triggered by a MIDI object (such as notein) or a timing object (such as metro or seq), and the Overdrive option is on, Max normally gives the message priority over activities that are not so critical in their timing (such as printing in the Max window). The defer object removes that special priority from a message, allowing it to be superseded by messages for which precise timing is more critical. This is useful for de-prioritizing time-consuming messages which may interfere with musical rhythm, or for messages to objects that may not function well with Overdrive on. |