Featured Devices
The following list of featured devices highlight some of the devices on maxforlive.com that are recommended by the Ableton Sound Design team.
| sbx 2049 1.0 by skinnerbox |  |
| the sbx 2049 fm based drum machine, officially released by ableton. download directly from ableton website watch the demo video here: http://www.ableton.com/movies?type=artists&movie=skinnerbox (more info) | |
| Modulator 1.0 by monolake |  |
| This little device allows to use a step sequencer interface to draw beat synced modulations of a paramater. Additional features include a smoothing algorithm and a nice UI. Note: Uploaded by Clint/synnack with Monolake's permission via email. (more info) | |
| Granulator 1.0 by monolake |  |
| Granulator is a Max4Live synthesizer based on the principle of quasi-synchronous granular synthesis. It creates a constant stream of short crossfading sections of the source sample, and the pitch, position and volume of each grain can be modulated in many ways to create a great variety of interesting sounds. Granulator also offers two multimode filters in series to further shape the resulting timbre. Granulator is the latest incarnation of a series of granular based synthesizers I wrote for my own usage since the invention of MaxMSP in 1997. Download. Use. Modify. And don't sell. A lot of work went into this instrument and its ancestors for several years, work which is visible on the surface but also inside the M4L patch. This instrument is not only not copy protected, I actually like to encourage you to open the patch and figure out what it does from the inside. Playing around with that MAX patch, modify it, explore it. Granulator is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 3.0 li... (more info) | |
| LFO Zero 1.0 by monolake |  |
| LFO Zero is my general purpose LFO. Features include sample and hold of waveforms, a smoothing algorithm, and - new sine may 2011 - a songtime synced reset function. LFO One is the modulation of the modulation machine: Up to three oscillators can modulate each other to create very complex waves, some kind of modular LFO synth. Note: Uploaded by Clint/synnack with Monolake's permission via email. (more info) | |
| Modulator 1.0 by Prebentious |  |
| Modulator creates new ways of controlling parameters in the Live Set. This enables things like LFOs, step sequencers, envelope followers, cc re-mappers, and more, all with custom, morph-able curves. The Live Pack includes both MIDI Effect and Audio Effect versions. Check out the included Midi and Audio Effect Racks as well as the demo song to see Modulator in action Control data is created by the Generator section, sent through the Re-Mapper, which reshapes the data, and ends up at the Assign section, where it is sent to the chosen parameter. The general workflow is: 1, Drag a copy of Modulator to the Live Set 2, Click the Learn button. 3, Click on any parameter in the Live Set. 4. Start the Ableton transport and notice that the parameter changes automatically. 5. Try changing the sequence, drawing new shapes, changing the LFO rate, etc. 6. There are also other Generator modes available. Choose different ones from the menu at the top-left corner of the device. For more info, ... (more info) | |
| MFL Collection by The Covert Operators 1.2 by Vayner |  |
| This is a collection of our best MFL Devices. The package contains the Sixteen Macros, Snapshot Morpher, Clip Mapper and MIDI Note Editor devices. Detailed info on how to operate the devices can be found inside the Help window of each device and by reading the Info Texts of the parameters on the devices. Some devices come in a MIDI and Audio Effect version so that they can be used inside MIDI and Audio Effect Racks. -------------- Changes from 1.1 to 1.2 -------------- - Snapshot Morpher updated to v2.0.22 - Fixed Automapping problems with Snapshot Morpher (more info) | |
| Kapture 2.0.1 by Liine |  |
| Kapture was designed as a "preset manager for the whole of Ableton Live," and allows you to take a snapshot of the state of your Set and save it as a Kapture preset. You can then select one of your presets from the drop-down list to instantly recall the state of an entire Live Set. Although Kapture was built for the stage, it can also be used in the studio to, for example, quickly compare multiple versions of a mix. Bug fixes in version 2.0.1: - Tracks with only numerical names will now get Kaptured. - Tracks with only one character in the name will now get Kaptured. - Kapture Snapshots disappearing after re-opening a Live Set in some cases. (more info) | |
| SCHWARZONATOR 2.0 by schwarzonator |  |
| with version 2 you can now create and share your own Chord Progressions. (more info) | |
| Beat Fader 3.3 by herrmutt |  |
| Play a full drum set moving only one midi cursor. You can set the number of control points distributed along the fader between 2 and 16. Everytime the fader's cursor passes over one of these control points, a corresponding note is trigged. For each control point the midi note number sent out is different when descending than ascending. Therefore in for four control points, eight different note numbers will be sent, triggering eigth 'events' that could be samples or whatever you want. the position of the control points is set using a 'margin'. If the margin is 10 the first control point will lie at value 10 and the last control point will lie at value (127- 10)=117. The non-extremum control points are regularly distributed in the (10-127) range. 2) the velocity of outputted midinotes can be either 'fixed to a value' or calculated in real-time following the cursors's moves. This control brings up a additional touch of expressivity. 3)note length can be set to a desired value. ve... (more info) | |
| ck.m4l pack 2 1.0 by kleine |  |
| 5 new devices - ck. analogdelay - ck.spectral - ck.tshift - ck.stranger - ck.freezetime (more info) | |
| Grain.Freeze 2.0 by monolake |  |
| A granular audio freezer effect. Creates lush textures out of everything! (more info) | |
| Circular Doppler 1.0 by monolake |  |
| Two virtual microphones rotate around a single sound source. Doppler delays, distance dependent amplitude modulation and filtering included. Movement of source and microphones synced to song position. This allows 100% reproducible effects. (more info) | |
| PX-18 1.0 by monolake |  |
| The PX-18 is a step sequencer, originally written by me and Gerhard Behles around 1995. I developed it further till around 2001. More or less all rhythmical Monolake tracks from 1996 - 2002 have been sequenced with the PX-18 and a lot of inspiration for the way how Ableton Live deals with 'Clips' and 'Scenes' came from our experience with the PX-18. This version here offers the functionality of a single track of the original PX18. (more info) | |
| TapeStop 1.0 by zalo |  |
| -selectable beats or time -click TapeStop!: starts the effect and then either immediately returns to normal or master stop depending on selection -click and hold TapeStop!: starts the effect and then returns to normal after releasing -master stop or continue (more info) | |
| JG.Delays 2.0.3 by pp |  |
| NEW version 2 device with old features bettered and new features added. John Gibson's "Spectral Delay" Max/MSP patch (copyright John Gibson 2007) ported to M4L. A fixed-16-bands spectral delay with changeable frequency-crossovers and per band: gains, delays, feedbacks, pans controls - all storable via presets, in turn modulatable via Live automations etc. See device image for clearer explanation. Documentation and links to Gibson's original included in .amxd download. UPDATE: HERE IS VERSION 2… - many things fixed and new features added, including individual mutes per band and a bands-levels monitoring section (pre and post processing). - most changes are under the hood for better (and better sounding) code, but all in keeping with the spirit / design of the original John Gibson patch. - however this device is still a cpu hog, use with care. Comments very welcome as ever. Think of this '2.0.x' version as a quasi beta, although I have been using it successfully for a while. Disclai... (more info) | |
| ML-185 Stage Controlled Sequencer 0.9 by 3st |  |
| This is a stage-driven sequencer. There are a total of 8 configurable stages and 3 layers for pitch, velocity and "aux" (= Pitch Bend or CC). Each stage provides 4 different play modes and can have a variable length from 1 - 8 clock pulses. Enjoy! (more info) | |
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