
Sustain Pedal Kick Drum – Free Max for Live Effect
If you’re a drummer who wants to play electronic beats or just feel like a bass drum needs to be played with the foot, check out “Sustain Pedal Kick Drum”. This simple Max for Live MIDI effect allows you to

Ableton Live Insider Tips – Multiband Dynamics Tricks (Video Tutorial)
This video of the “Ableton Live Insider Tips” series shows you some very useful shortcuts that allow you to adjust the parameters of the Multiband Dynamics much faster.

Reflecting Perspectives Workshops – Ableton Live & PR (Berlin)
On March 8, International Women’s Day, there will be two workshops happening as part of the Reflecting Perspectives event at ://about blank in Berlin. One is an introductory workshop for Ableton Live, the other focuses on PR for artists.

Chord Machine – Free Max for Live Chord Sequencer
“Chord Machine” comes in a variety of two Max for Live devices. The original one is a chord sequencer with 4 different parameters made for the Monome 256. “Chord Machine Midi” is a MIDI effect version for everyone who doesn’t

Metronope: Free Max for Live Effect to Automatically Turn off the Metronome
Here’s a handy little Max for Live effect by Tom Cosm. ‘Metronope’ lets you set the numbers of bars after which the metronome will turn itself off.

Ableton Live Tutorial: The Computer Keyboard as a MIDI Controller (Video Tutorial)
The written version of this tutorial is the first and most visited post on Sonic Bloom. For all of you who prefer to watch tutorials, I’ve made a video tutorial about it.
Free Ableton Live Pack “Rub-A-Dub/SnowStep” (No. 26)
It’s winter here in Berlin and quite dark, grey and grim. The perfect time to create a winter themed Live Pack. “Rub-A-Dub/SnowStep” contains two fully macro mapped Drum Racks, one made with sounds of hands rubbed together to keep them

J74 HarmoTools – Free Max for Live Devices for MIDI Harmonising
Fabrizio Poce is well known under his moniker J74 in the Max for Live scene and I’ve written about some of his devices before. While most do cost a little, they’re really fantastic (check them out) and must have taken
Ableton Live Insider Tips – Quickly Set the Q in EQ Eight (Video Tutorial)
Here’s another brand new “Ableton Live Insider Tips” episode. This one shows you a neat little shortcut to quickly adjust the Q value of the EQ Eight.
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