Just a thought - is it possible or reasonable to record the output of a Beam patch digitally? using software instead of one of those hardware in-lin dmx recorders ideally.
Figure with max4live being the weakest link in the chain IMO, if I were to use beam m4l plugs to program and sequence a show, then record it , that would eliminate some failure points with plugins on stage no?.
Better yet if it was encoded as an audio file so that Ableton could playback the recording and have it internally routed to Beam to send to DMX interface to lights etc etc , that might be useful right?
would be wild if it could get rendered offline too… maybe some infrastructure similar to Melodyne or Revoice Pro?
I think Capture has some support for recording and playback of DMX: https://www.capture.se, you could give that a try. I don’t have experience with that myself though.
As far as recording in Beam itself goes - it is something we’ve thought of but not something I expect us to look into in the near future. Recording Beam’s output externally - through software or hardware - seems like the best approach for now.
All that said, we’re using Beam on stage regularly and would love to know if you’re running into any issues with Beam or Max for Live, since it’s absolutely our goal and expectation that our software can run on stage without issues.