Oblique Strategies No. 53
Keep the mistake. Highlight it.
Prompts or constraints to foster creativity.
August 24, 2016
Keep the mistake. Highlight it.
Prompts or constraints to foster creativity.
Max for Cats have been responsible for OSCiLLOT, a modular Max for Live synth and Ableton’s best selling Live Pack. And of course various fantastic Max for Live devices available on Sonic Bloom. Now they’re back with BENGAL, a semi-modular
Another simple yet effective free Max for Live device: TransPan, a transient-driven panner for quick, dynamic stereo movement when your mix feels flat.
If you have a boutique MIDI controller that doesn’t come with a MIDI remote script for Ableton Live or if you want to add your own quick access controls instead of using the available control surface, this meant mapping parameters
Karplus-Stronger, a new free Max for Live synth by Team Banzai, is, as the name already suggests, based on the Karplus-Strong algorithm. It allows a method of physical modelling synthesis that loops a short waveform through a filtered delay line
The latest beta of Ableton Live has just been released to all testers, version 9.7. And I can tell you, Push users are really getting spoiled lately. Live 9.6 just came out with plenty of great new features for Push
While most touch screen controllers for Ableton Live offer access via an independent device as a remote control, Yeco goes a different way. It’s about having the multi-touch control interface running on the same computer as Live with full ten
After a fairly long break due to ongoing health issues I’m back with regular posts about cool new Max for Live devices. A lot of them free. Autosputter by ldmdevices is one of them. It’s got a design more in
It’s been quite a while since I made these video tutorial about all the extra features you can unlock with the help of the Options.txt in Ableton Live. Back then they made a huge splash. You may already know them,
The latest update for Ableton Live was quietly released and it brings a host of improvements for Ableton Push. Things like Scales Layout settings being stored within a Live Set, but lots of small, but incredible workflow changes. It is now possible
The Fairlight CMI is legendary. So it wasn’t very surprising that the Ableton Live Simpler presets I made with all the sounds of the model CMI IIx made quite a splash. Back then I released them as 10 individual Live
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Features 28 powerful mid/side audio effect racks for Ableton Live 12.2, each with 10 variations. From precise control in mixing to instantly giving more interest to basic sounds.
