Oblique Strategies No. 38
Is it done?
Prompts or constraints to foster creativity.
For those of you interested in OSCiLLOT that weren’t quite sure if it is the right thing, I’ve got good news. Max for Cats have just released a free Lite version of it. As the name suggests, it doesn’t come
LOOPO is a MIDI effect to make recording and layering MIDI clips in Ableton Live’s Session View much simpler and more intuitive. This makes it especially useful for improvisation.
There are a lot of things you can do in Live to improve your workflow. And nothing’s more annoying than losing the flow when creativity hits you. This tutorial shows you a shortcut that allows for a finer resolution when
FlutterStereo is a Max for Live audio effect that emulates tape flutter, but can be more exaggerated to add drama. It’s a simple device that lets you adjust four parameters: Frequency, Random, Periodic as well as the Dry/Wet setting.
This time I have one tip for you in Ableton Live that can save you a lot of time in the long run. Whether you already know that there’s a handy shortcut to switch between the Clip View or the
bcResonCtrl is not only lots of fun to use, it’s also extremely useful to generate harmonics from melodies or even strange hybrid melodies out of beats and percussion. It achieves this by hooking into the Live API of a selected
In a previous tutorial I’ve shown you how you can map clip parameters in Ableton Live’s Session View that will be active for any selected clip. In this new video I explain two ways how to preserve these parameter changes
For all users of CatStretch we have great news. Version 2 with lots of new features is out now and it’s free for everyone who had purchased version 1. And if you bought the Stochastic Delay and happen to own
Live 9.2 is fully compatible with Max 7, which means that we can now make use of the new real-time intonation, pitch and time correction technology it offers. While there aren’t any new Max for Live presets (yet), my former
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