T.U.

Vela is a granular sampler based on the Pulsar Synthesis program developed and used by Curtis Roads in many of his works. Taking inspiration from Roads’ work, its key features are the masking capabilities and the envelope modulation that allows the user to create movement and direction in the grain streams without having to draw automation or to manually turn dials. Masking is a typical feature of pulsar synthesis and it refers to the ability of muting certain grains inside the streams, either stochastically or with precise ratios and sequences. The modulation section of Vela is built with the intent of providing the user with a direct control on how the modulations inside the device evolve over time. It has an easy to use interface that allows to modulate different parameters through two different envelopes simultaneously and guiding their movement into one singular stream of events. 

Vela is a granular sampler based on the Pulsar Synthesis program developed and used by Curtis Roads in many of his works. Taking inspiration

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Vela

Julien Bayle

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ju.scenesName 1.1

to_the_sun

This is a Max for Live device. It was created entirely using Max.
 
Transpose the pitch of MIDI notes passing through the device. Any number of pitches can be set for transposition. Each pitch is associated with a sequence of new pitches of any length. The first time a note with a specified pitch enters the device it will be transposed to the first pitch in the sequence. The second time it will be transposed to the second pitch in the sequence and so on. When the sequence reaches its end it will start again at the beginning.

This is a Max for Live device. It was created entirely using Max.
 
Transpose the pitch of MIDI notes passing through the device. Any number

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Sequential Transposer

Max and Max For Live were used to build the device.

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M4L Morph Filter

Andrew Benson

After more than a decade of obsession over granular synthesis, Robert Henke aka Monolake releases his signature Granulator for Max for Live. Get the instrument for free here: http://www.ableton.com/granulator

Note: The Monolake Granulator requires Ableton Live 8 and Max for Live.

Max for Live: The Monolake Granulator

Enroll in Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live at: http://berkonl.in/1NBOTTu 

In this music production series, Berklee Online instructor Loudon Stearns demonstrates the programming behind the "Quantize Mapper" Max for Live device which can be downloaded here: http://t.opsp.in/b0A4j 

In this lesson, Stearns covers the basics of working with Max for Live, outlining the design specifications for the device and showing how to open and interact with some basic M4L functions including opening M4L patches, freezing patches, locking patches, and the patching and presentation views.

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About Loudon Stearns
Loudon Stearns is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music, a course author and instructor at Berklee Online, and an active media-artist. Within the Contemporary Writing and Production department at Berklee College of Music he prepares students to work as independent composers and producers in a technology-laden music industry. Online, he focuses on the latest electronic music styles and music-technology innovations, showing students how to analyze contemporary styles and use the latest music technology in their own works. An innovator in both education and art, Loudon authored a Massive Open Online Class, "Introduction to Music Production," that has provided high-quality free eduction to hundreds of thousands of students, received an award from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association for "Excellence in Teaching" and received the "Excellence in Media Art" award from the Emerson College Visual and Media Art department.

Holding a Bachelors of Music in Contemporary Writing and Production and Bass Performance from Berklee College of Music, and a Master of Fine Arts in Media Art from Emerson College, Loudon pulls from a broad range of skills in the creation of his own multi-media performances that include live music, projection-mapping, dance, visual art and interactivity. Of particular interest is using the entire world as a performance space by using internet streaming to coordinate numerous performers and audiences on vastly different parts of the globe. The technical and aesthetic challenges of this type of performance are new and exciting and require the sort of broad skill-set that Loudon has developed through his extensive institutional and self education in music, sound, performance, motion graphics, photography, programming, and construction.

Max for Live API Basics - Quantize Mapper Design (Part 1 of 9)

Com Truise - Dreambender (played within Ableton live and recorded) 
 
Demonstrating using some beta Max For Live modules to quickly put together an OpenGL scene with 2 spheres, 2 lights, 2 cameras - controlled with LFO and audio. 
 
Each module inherits the rendering context, material, LFO, etc, based on the placement of the device and the devices around it. This also works currently within racks as well and observes device status and controller focus. Inspired by several projects including the Cycling74 VIZZIE modules and the Reactable software (various incarnations). 
 
During the recording I use several of the modules created for the system and spheres as examples, but 3D models and other shapes/meshes are also supported. Toward the end of the video I apply a video texture to the objects - this has also been enhanced to use shader modules and the ability to capture scenes. Outputs such as Syphon and cornerpin-style projection mapping layers with mixing and blend modes have also been introduced. 
 
Development is currently on hold and being migrated to standalone (non Max For Live) modules to make them more widely available to others, with companion M4L devices for things like synchronization and API observation. 
 
The recording is kinda slow and blurry from the crap screen recording method but it runs at 60fps without recording running.

WIP - Context Modular Visual System - Max For Live Version

Digging into Max for Live for the first time and need a little nudge?  Has the edit button been calling your name? To help you get started, we've gathered a few links to helpful tutorials and Max for Live projects that you might not have seen.

First of all, if you want to find some ready-to-use Max for Live devices, it's hard to beat the high-quality ones found in the Packs section of Ableton.com, which includes Robert Henke's Granulator and Alexkid's Instant Haus devices. 

The unofficial Max for Live community site MaxforLive.com has collected over 900 user-created devices that are freely downloadable.


Max for Live users often share their projects here, too.

K-Devices sells a collection of Max for Live Instrument and Effects devices, some of which come with TouchOSC and Lemur templates. They also offer the free EXT modulation sequencer device.


Finally, who doesn't need a dub siren?  Check out this one from AudioLemon.

If you want to read some basics tutorials an check out some highly editable free Max for Live devices, have look at Sebastian Tomczak's little-scale blog and youtube channel. 

Loudon Stearns at Berklee has created some Max for Live API tutorial videos that are worth watching if you'd like to use Max for Live to control and respond to other things in your Live set.

 Want to add live visuals to your Live set?  Mike Todd demonstrates his WIP-Context Modular Visual System in Max for Live.

Did I miss something? If you have your own Max for Live links to share or have something else you'd like to learn about, leave a note in the comments.


Helpful tutorials and Max for Live projects to get you started.

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Pushing the Edit Button

ernestoceccodortona

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Wob FX

Liquid drums is a series of ready-to-use drum components for Ableton  Live. The ensemble is composed of a Kickdrum, Snaredrum, Clap and HiHat.  The objective with these devices is to provide the user with go to drum  synths that pare an easy and intuitive interface with a wide array of  synthesis tools. A quick and easy way to always find the right drum  sound for every type of project. Each drum is equipped with fully  controllable envelopes (both volume and pitch), different kinds of FM  modulation and an LFO section including some exclusive wavetables  designed specifically for these devices.
 
Demos
demo_01 https://vimeo.com/513915520
demo_02 https://vimeo.com/514716615
demo_03 https://vimeo.com/515174661
demo_04 https://vimeo.com/515177476
 

Liquid drums is a series of ready-to-use drum components for Ableton  Live. The ensemble is composed of a Kickdrum, Snaredrum, Clap and HiH

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Liquid Drums

Darwin Grosse

I happen to love tools that pull me into a different mental space. I especially like it if the result isn’t necessarily something I would come up with if I were planning - but rather brings a surprise to the game. Therefore, when I’m zipping around on maxforlive.com, I tend to drop into the Experimental section of the site. This month, I tripped over one of the most simple - but maybe most fun - devices I’ve played with in a while. Say hello to AntiTheory.

The author claims it’s buggy and just a beginning. I think it is perfect - bugs and all. The device is pretty straight-forward: you select an Amount (it’s a ‘scrambling amount’), hit the Go button, then pipe MIDI through it. At that point, it does a remap of the incoming MIDI, pushes out some randomly set MIDI output, and there you go.

If you are an experienced Max user, you might say “I coulda done that in about 10 minutes!” But I would respond “So why didn’t you?” In fact, the simplicity of the device, combined with the weird way that it does the value mapping, means that you can pick two or three notes and end up with a really fun - and really improbable - musical phrase.

Simple device, loads of fun, and easy to patch into your system; AntiTheory is the sort of MFL device that brings the excitement into even the most basic Max programming.

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Max for Live Devices in Max: AntiTheory

ilededanse

darkmixer

DarkMixer 1.1b

Maurizio Giri

The device is entirely made with Max: it is Max5/Live8 compatible (but you can use it on Max6/Live9 also, of course).

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