This is a question I’ve seen pop up over the internet again and again and I thought I’d shed some light on the topic. While there’s a bypass button in some other DAWs that allow you to simply temporarily turn off
Chord Pitcher is a Max for Live audio effect that can re-pitch a sound to 4 different ratios in real time, to up to four octaves up or down. This can be great to use with any monophonic instrument, synth
If you master your own tracks in Ableton Live and have Max for Live, you’re gonna like this free Max for Live audio effect by Alex Philipp. Referencer helps you compare your mastered track to commercial tracks or pink noise.
Last week, a new cat has been added to the Max for Cats collection. BENGAL, a semi-modular FM synth, available on Ableton. As you may know, there are also great Max for Live devices to be had on Sonic Bloom.
This week I have another simple, yet effective free Max for Live effect to mention. TransPan is a transient driven panner. This means depending on the transients of the incoming signal, the audio is panned left or right. This can
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
Verbotron by Max for Cats, a great free Max for Live reverb, got overhauled. Version 1.1 now features Push mappings and a redesigned interface which features a handy visual representation of the reverb parameters. It uses the original Gigaverb algorithm
Updated: Random seed function now also MIDI and key mappable Electronic music needs some wild sounds thrown in sometimes. That’s why Max for Cats created the Ploid! device. And best of all, it’s free for all Max for Live users.
There are a lot of free Live Packs available from Ableton alone, but a lot of people don’t even realise it and thus, miss out on some quality presets and loops. Not all of these Live Packs listed below will
When you download and install Live 9 Suite, only the Core Library is included. What a lot of people don’t know is that you can download and install further individual Live Packs from Ableton for free. By now, there are
While the Simpler now offers pad slicing, you still can’t record into it, but need to drop samples in. This is where SlicR by Benjamin Van Esser comes in. It’s a simple slicing device, great for some quick and dirty
This free granular delay is very versatile. It’s great for simple or very complex delay effects as well as creating textures. This is because you can have up to 15 voices, each voice with individual filtering, re-pitching, envelope and panning.
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