[MrScruff]

I'm familiar with node based development environments in other domains (VFX) and when done well (eg. Houdini) they can be much more efficient than solving creative problems with Python or C++. So I expected to like Max, but in practice found it pretty unintuitive. Complex devices I've written end up doing as much as possible in JS, but the bridges to Ableton are pretty rickety and while you usually can find a solution eventually, it's not a fun process. I prefer Reaktor, but that has it's own set of issues and isn't really evolving at any pace.

In the end I shifted to doing as much as possible in Eurorack which feels a much more creatively enabling and stable platform, relegating Ableton/Max to covering what's left.