Relative Tap Tempo: You Set the Pace, Not Ableton Live (Free Max for Live Effect)

Using Live’s Tap Tempo can be quite clunky and it’s also not what most singer/songwriters have in mind. What if you want Live to follow your tempo, not vice versa? This is where “Relative Tap Tempo” comes in.

Relative Tap Tempo

Created specifically with singer/songwriters in mind by Tim Canfer, you can tap out the tempo on a foot pedal while recording an instrument. Provided that transport is running, it will speed up if you tap earlier than the beat and slow down if you tap later than the beat. It also provides colour feedback showing you if you’re slowing down (red for late), staying on the beat (yellow) or speeding up (green for early).

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This way for heaps more Max for Live devices & tips.

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Madeleine Bloom

Madeleine Bloom is an Ableton Certified Trainer, musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist and singer from Berlin. She studied Electroacoustic Music at the Franz Liszt Conservatory. For a few years she worked as a technical support for Ableton gaining in-depth knowledge of Ableton Live that even most CTs don't ever get. In 2012 she started Sonic Bloom and has since helped countless people on all continents with their music productions and live performances.