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.

Amazing things can happen when two people from different mediums come together to form a novel and highly expressive dialog. Video artist Nisa Karnsomport and sound experimentalist Ellen Phan have used their collaborative dialog to create a detailed yet highly commanding sensory performance.

I’ve been keeping an eye on the Italian digital arts studio fuse* since I first ran across an article about one of their installations that used sentiment analysis as the basis for the experience. They’re back with a new piece that fuses real-time biometric and movement sensor data with social network data to create unique performance experiences, so I thought it’d be a good time to sit down for a chat with them about their work.

London-based artist Phil Maguire works his composed and improvised alchemy with simple materials - various pieces of obsolete/damaged hardware, sine tones, everyday found sounds, and amplified noise - with Max being one of his main ...

For more than 10 years Skinnerbox have been making tremendous contributions to the wide field of electronic-music-making.

Ben, could you tell everyone what you do at Cycling '74? As most employees do at C74, I wear a number of hats.

Formally trained and practicing as an architect, artist Filipa Valente forges beyond the expected precincts of surface, space, and form, ...

Duane Pitre is a musician and programmer with a focus on electro-acoustic, and light electronics.

Brian Crabtree creates objects, music, and objects that make music.

In this interview, Jasper explains his use of Max in prototyping large projects and creating tools.