videoplayer for Ableton Live

Videoplayer is a Max for Live device that allows you to play videos in an external window in an Ableton Live liveset, simply by triggering MIDI clips. It also integrates visual effects: a blur effect, a video delay and a module for controlling brightness, contrast and color saturation.

It’s designed to be very easy to use, allowing you to add a visual dimension to your live performances without leaving Ableton Live and taking advantage of all its control and modulation tools.

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By inserting this device in a MIDI Track, you will be able to launch videos simply by triggering clips you previously named with the video filename (video01.mov).

You want to loop the video ? Simply add the string "_LOOP" after the video name (video01.mov_LOOP), for example) and that's it.

This device also provides a small triple FX engine (Blur > Temporal Slide FX > Brightness/Contrast/Saturation).

Since you are inside Ableton Live, you can use its powerful tools to control and modulate the videoplayer parameters :

  • by assigning them to a MIDI controller.

  • by drawing envelopes in MIDI clips.

  • by assigning them to modulators such as a LFO or an Envelope Follower.

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Videoplayer was designed and programmed by Structure Void and Julien Bayle (Ableton Certified Trainer + Max Certified Trainer)

It is released under CC-BY-NC-SA licenses.