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    Audio Routes: Using Audio Routes Tooling for your MFL Devices

    by Darwin Grosse on
    Nov 28, 2019 2:00 PM


    I imagine that there are some of you out there who made your way through the Audio Routes set of multichannel audio devices, example Live Sets and detailed documentation and found yourself thinking about creating some multichannel audio devices of your own.

    An Interview with Adam Rokhsar

    by Ashley Bellouin on
    Nov 28, 2019 2:00 PM


    Adam Rohksar (who currently teaches at NYU Steinhardt in the Music Technology program) has a long history of teaching media arts, including Max, to a wide range of people, from elementary school students to graduate students. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to teach Max to 10-year-olds? It’s not often that we find someone who has worked with this age group, so please read on for some fascinating insights into that process.

    Package Arrival: The HISSTools Impulse Response Toolbox

    by Gregory Taylor on
    Nov 12, 2019 7:00 PM


    The HISS Impulse Response Toolbox is now available as a Max package! While this amazing collection of MSP tools for working with convolution, deconvolution, and other impulse response-related tasks first appeared and whetted the appetites of MSP users back in 2012, the package manager version (2.0) now includes a complete new set of reference documentation, updated helpfiles, some new objects, and a number of new Max abstractions, including a new Convolution Reverb ...

    Audio Routes: A new system for multi-channel routing in Ableton Live

    by Darwin Grosse on
    Nov 12, 2019 6:00 PM


    With the release of Live 10, an important (and previously unavailable) feature was added to the Live API: the opportunity for a programmer to access audio anywhere within a Live session through a M4L device.

    A Look Back at Expo '74 2019, Part 1

    by Tom Hall on
    Nov 7, 2019 10:42 PM


    We're excited to now present the first release of content from this year's Expo '74 — two exceptional talks from Nina C.

    Max for Live Devices: The Tools At Your Fingertips

    by dan derks on
    Oct 29, 2019 7:00 AM


    When you first download Ableton Live Suite, it can be easy to get distracted by all the shiny new things. We've asked a number of Ableton users to talk a little about their favorite Max for Live devices - what they are, and how they use them.

    An Interview with Chris Dobrian, Creator of the Max Cookbook

    by Gregory Taylor on
    Oct 29, 2019 7:00 AM


    Chris Dobrian has created an amazing new resource for Max users that draws on his vast experience patching and teaching and thinking about how to do things in Max: The Max ...

    Max 8.1: Mac OS 10.15 Catalina Support and Notarization

    by Ben Bracken on
    Sep 30, 2019 10:14 PM


    Mac OS 10.15 (Catalina) support in Max 8.1 and notarizing Mac standalone applications.

    On The Road: KnobCon 2019

    by Gregory Taylor on
    Sep 29, 2019 5:40 PM


    Based on my last visit, KnobCon was a great place to check out the Eurorack and synth worlds in one location. This year was no exception.

    The Max for Live Resource Kit

    by dan derks on
    Sep 27, 2019 6:18 PM


    Just getting started with Max for Live programming? Need some advice about getting started? Follow Dan and Darwin through some of the resources available to the beginning Max for Live ...