Lumen Video Synthesizer For Mac Gets MIDI Control
Paracosm has announced that Lumen – an analog-style semi-modular video synthesizer for the Mac – has been updated to add MIDI support.… Read More Lumen Video Synthesizer For Mac Gets MIDI Control
Cycling \’74 and Ableton announced Max for Live at the 2009 Winter NAMM Show.
Max for LIve is the integration of Cycling \’74\’s Max/MSP environment into Ableton Live.
Available as an add-on product to Ableton\’s newly announced Live 8, Max for Live permits users to create devices that extend and customize Live by creating instruments, controllers, audio effects, and MIDI processors. Devices developed with Max for Live can have the same features as those created by Ableton engineers.
Paracosm has announced that Lumen – an analog-style semi-modular video synthesizer for the Mac – has been updated to add MIDI support.… Read More Lumen Video Synthesizer For Mac Gets MIDI Control
Animatek has introduced Ultimate Ztep Zequencer UZZ 3.0, a Max For Live device.… Read More Animatek Intros UZZ 3.0 Max For Live Step Sequencer
Surreal Machines has released Transient Machines, a new set of Max for Live devices, aimed at bringing studio-quality transient shaping to Ableton.… Read More Surreal Machines Releases Transient Machines (Max for Live)
AZ-LABS has released Drum Rack Control – a Max For Live device that is designed to give you detailed control over each individual Simpler sound in your Drum Rack, using any MIDI-controller (or your mouse).… Read More New Max For Live Device Brings Push-Like Control To Your Drum Rack
Cycling ’74 has announced an update for Max that adds support for the ROLI Seaboard RISE MIDI controller and Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression – a de facto standard for sending new dimensions of expression over MIDI.… Read More Cycling ’74 Announces Max Support For The ROLI Seaboard RISE, MPE
Ableton Link support has developed into a ‘must-have’ feature for iOS music applications that sequence in the short time since it was introduced. By tempo syncing apps over a local network connection, the technology lets musicians forget the hassle of syncing up gear and focus on playing. Originally supported in Ableton Live and a number of iOS apps,… Read More Ableton Announces Link For Desktop Apps
Ableton and the electronic duo Skinnerbox recently released a major update for Time & Timbre, the rhythm engine and drum synthesis instrument for Live. The revamped Max for Live toolkit allows the user to use the engine’s “unique rhythm and swing capabilities” throughout their music-making process. Time & Timbre has been a popular tool for… Read More Ableton and Skinnerbox Update Time & Timbre Polymetric Groove Engine
Today, Sonic Faction announced Tricky Traps, a suite of interactive gadgets for Ableton and Max for Live. Tricky Traps is a bundle of 16 “creative contraptions” for Ableton and Max for Live and includes step sequencers, MIDI effects, audio effects and instruments which the user can mix and match in any order. Developers explain, “Tricky… Read More Tricky Traps – Interactive Gadgets For Ableton, Max For Live
Developer Arthur Gibert has released Technocity – a free Max For Live device that he says is ‘heavily inspired’ by the Intelijel Metropolis and RYK M-185 sequencers.
Desert Sound Studios has introduced two new free Max For Live plugins. The first is Drum Mapper, right, which lets users quickly remap incoming MIDI notes and save the new mappings as presets in Ableton. With this, in just a minute or two you can completely re-organize the layout of drum kit sounds on a keyboard… Read More Free Max For Live MIDI Plugins