Last week, two Max for Live MIDI effects by Max for Cats came out on Sonic Bloom. As if this wasn’t enough, there’s more from Christian Kleine’s outlet now on Ableton and here as well with the MIDI effect called
I personally prefer real analogue synths, but they’re often not exactly cheap. If you’re looking for a modular synth that integrates seamlessly in Live and you have Max for Live, Dope Matrix may just be the thing for you. It’s
Jangly keys are the basis of this Live Pack. “Keyed Up” contains 4 fully macro mapped Instrument Racks. Their sound ranging from bell-like keys to mean synths. Works with Live 9.
I came across the “Phase Distortion Synth” because Christian Kleine excitedly told me about it. The Max for Live Instrument is a polyphonic wavetable synthesiser which uses various techniques of phase distortion in a feedback loop.
Ho ho ho and a merry Christmas to all of you! While others might give you a Live Pack based on bells, I’ll give you the “Tuned Boing Drum” Live Pack (I’ve already done bells in May). It’s quite the
Spektro String, a lovely Max for Live string synth, is based on the Karplus-Strong string synthesis method. Depending on the settings it can sound like bowed, plucked or twanged strings.
This week’s free Live Pack is made out of recordings of me singing “aah” an octave apart. The three fully mapped Instrument Racks for Live 9 can achieve sounds from ethereal choir to synth-style.
Some years ago I got to play the Skinstrument II that uses our skin’s resistance to generate sound whenever the circuit is closed by touching the instrument and each other. Back then I also recorded it and now created a
Christian Kleine, Max for Live developer at Ableton, analogue synth lover and musician has just released his new album called “Shipbuilding”. It only makes sense that it comes bundled with a Max for Live synth called “Tide”. Both “Shipbuilding” and
Whitebox Synth Makers have made quite an impressive collection of free Max 4 Live Plug-ins. There’s a lot of synths, a sample player, an ambient and percussive instruments.
To celebrate the release of Live 9, I’ve created a Live Pack for you. Aptly named ‘On the Rocks’, it contains three instrument racks with field recordings, the sound of a glass harp (bass, synth) and the clink of ice
We continue with the building of a synth in Part 7 of the series “Programming in Max for Live” by Cycling ’74. In the first video they show us how we can program a monophonic synth based on a loaded
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