You need to be able to quickly switch through the tracks in your Live Set, but your controller doesn’t have this feature? Have a look at Track Select, a free Max for Live effect that makes this very simple.
If your music theory knowledge could do with some dusting off and freshening up, you could try Music Theory Helper. This Max for Live effect allows you to get some helpful tips directly in Ableton Live.
This time it’s about three Max for Live audio effects, all of them free. One ping-pong grain delay hybrid, one to make your sound more electric and one binaural stereo effect.
Genstep16 is a very interesting kind of step sequencer. It has the ability to generate new arpeggio/melody patterns over time. Also adding variations in velocity and duration make the patterns seem very organic and human. Very inspiring!
Trick or treat? HauntedVerb by Max for Cats Bats creates ambiences from beyond. Either tweak it to your own claustrophic needs or use one of the presets. Perfect for Halloween, but also always handy when you could do with some
Dopplator is an LFO modulated time delay with feedback. It’s really great for rhythmic variations or glitchy delays on drums, pad sounds and more.
GateWay is a free audio gate by Max for Cats with variable gate curve, amount, direction and more. You can also let it gate your audio with a clocked sequencer or with transient detection.
This Max for Live effect is something for everyone who always wanted to use OSC directly in Live. To turn your smart phone or tablet into a versatile controller.
The first two Max for Live Packs of Max for Cats are very popular. Today two new Max for Live Packs are out – “Noland” and “CatStretch” – which were also developed specifically for Sonic Bloom by Christian Kleine with
If you ever wanted to humanise MIDI clips on the fly, check out Group Harmonizer by James Holden. It’s a pack of Max for Live MIDI effects that allows to affect the timing of multiple MIDI tracks at once.
K-Devices latest Max for Live effect is TED, a parameter rich LFO that can also be used as a function generator. With its signal, you can modulate any parameter in Ableton Live: other device parameters, any third party plug-in or
Polyrhythmus is a Max for Live rhythm sequencer, arpeggio builder as well as a MIDI CC and parameter automator. If you’re into polyrhythms or arpeggios, this one’s quite a treat. It looks great, too and despite all this is free.
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