Category: Music Production
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Max4Live News for June 23th 2024
Devices Window 1.0 is a Max4Live audio effect device developed by OSTINSOLO for Ableton Live 12. It integrates the “Showdeviceslots” feature allowing easy selection and management of tracks and devices. It significantly improves the accessibility of larger projects by allowing users to control device parameters with minimal effort, such as a simple mouse click. It…
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Max4Live News for June 22th 2024
The PAULA 1.94, developed by shrineshine, is a Max for Live instrument that closely emulates the PAULA sound chip of the popular Amiga A1200 hardware. This digital audio processing tool recreates the distinctive audio characteristics of the Amiga device, including its unique resampling, downsampling, and filter circuit modes. The instrument also mimics the A1200’s switchable…
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Exploring Ed Sheeran’s ‘Afterglow’: A Deep Dive into Theme and Lyrics
Introduction to ‘Afterglow’ Ed Sheeran's single 'Afterglow' stands as a soothing yet profound track that beautifully encapsulates themes of love and reminiscence. Released as a surprise in December 2020, the song quickly resonated with fans around the world, showcasing a softer, more reflective side of Sheeran's songwriting. 'Afterglow' is not part of any album but…
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Exploring the Multi-Voice Chorus Nyquist Plugin for Audacity
Introduction to Nyquist Plugins Nyquist plugins are custom scripts written in Nyquist, a programming language specially designed for sound synthesis and analysis, which can be freely added to Audacity, an open source digital audio editor. These plugins extend the software's built in effects and provide the users with more versatile editing capabilities. Nyquist is based…
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Max4Live News for June 21th 2024
The Kick Bass 3.0 by Akihiko Matsumoto is a monophonic synthesizer Max4Live device for Ableton Live. Developed for kick and bass production, it offers three wave processing modes for expanded harmonic outputs and low-end sound moulding. It integrates a user-friendly interface, enabling easy navigation through its features. This device uses a unique synthesis method, producing…
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Eurorack News for June 21th 2024
The DE-7 Sleeper Awakes is a 12HP dual-channel lo-fi sampler eurorack module designed by Djupviks Elektronik. Built on the ISD1820 IC technology previously used in answering machines, the device produces a unique sound signature. It includes a mixer for combining dry inputs and sampler outputs and offers cross-modulation between its two channels, which can be…
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Max4Live News for June 20th 2024
Decalage 0.1 is a MIDI effect device created by lucijan. It functions within the Ableton Live DAW and requires Max4Live to operate, thus it is solely software-based. Its purpose is to subtly slow down MIDI events, creating a phasing effect. The slowdown range is fractional, from 0% to 1%, and the current beats per minute…
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Eurorack News for June 20th 2024
The Dual Channel Quantizer qTone by dnipro-modular is a Eurorack module designed to convert voltages into melodically robust notes. This 6 hp device can process outputs from various sources like sequencers, LFOs, or random sources with high precision. The device offers 16 user-defined scales which can be saved into memory, therefore facilitating effortless modification of…
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Max4Live News for June 19th 2024
The CamelPhat Wrapper 0.9, developed by Passoni, is a unique tool for Ableton Live users that revitalizes the highly esteemed CamelPhat plugin. This device offers a full graphical user interface similar to a native Ableton Live plugin and allows complete performance and functionality of the original CamelPhat plugin within Ableton Live. This wrapper supports multiple…
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Eurorack News for June 19th 2024
The Kaona Skippy Live is a Eurorack Expander Module designed to enhance the capabilities of the Skippy module through various additional features. The hardware includes CV gate or trig input capabilities which allow altering of gate or trigger signals for effects like step skipping and Retrig. For sequence management, it features a reset button and…
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Eurorack News for June 17th 2024
The ‘beers-vca-4qmx2’ is a Eurorack module designed for creative voltage control in electronic music production. It features a dual VCA and four-quadrant multiplier functionality, offering a myriad of sound modification capabilities. The module allows voltage-controlled panning, crossfading, ring modulation, and versatile stereo VCA setups. It employs toggle switches for precise manipulation, enabling it to act…
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Max4Live News for June 16th 2024
The OSC MIDI Mapping Tool 1.07 developed by UnaVisionAgradable is a Max4Live MIDI Effect designed primarily for Ableton Live users with Push 3 SA. This utility functions as a solution to solve MIDI and OSC mapping hurdles, offering ultra-fast mapping of CC or OSC values within hardware control. Users can store the mapped files within…
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Eurorack News for June 14th 2024
The Vostok Instruments Atlas is a Eurorack module equipped with a quad-core multimode filter. Occupying a compact 16HP frame, it taps into the sonic aesthetics of 80s Japanese classics. It has four channels, each with three filter modes: 4p-LP, 2p-HP, and 4p-BP, facilitating complex filtering techniques. The Atlas offers design improvements including a lower noise…
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Eurorack News for June 13th 2024
The AtoVproject DHO, a Eurorack module, is a complex harmonic oscillator with internal modulation. It offers a unique combination of digital and analog technologies featuring a dual analog oscillator that generates four octaves of triangle waves. Modulation is achieved through through-zero frequency modulation, wherein each oscillator modulates the other. The modulation setup passes through a…
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Eurorack News for June 12th 2024
The Ryk Modular Algo is a notable Eurorack module, serving as a quad complex oscillator bank. It is specifically designed for Eurorack enthusiasts seeking advanced frequency modulation (FM) capabilities. The Algo consists of four oscillators which can be set in series or parallel combinations, presenting a comprehensive synthesis approach targeting complex FM or additive textures.…
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Max4Live News for June 11th 2024
The “Transport Chaos – Time Position Random Jumper 1.0” is a Max4Live device, designed for Ableton Live, that facilitates unpredictable jumps through the timeline in a song’s structure. This software was developed by offthesky, a renowned figure in the Max4Live community. The device operates by manipulating the transport time position within an Ableton Live project,…
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Max4Live News for June 09th 2024
The TreeTool – MidiTool 1.0 is a Max4Live device, offering real-time MIDI generation capabilities for Ableton Live. The device features eight rows for note selection, with ascending number of note choices, from one to eight, to create recursive Euclidian patterns. Producers have the flexibility to manually select each note or opt for randomized selection. The…
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Max4Live News for June 08th 2024
Remote2Mod MIDI 1.1 is a Max4Live MIDI device that offers enhance MIDI mapping capabilities to Ableton Live users. The device operates within the Max 8.6.2 environment and is compatible with Ableton Live version 12.0.5. Developed by finleguin, the engine primarily functions to provide users with advanced control parameters for a more integrated workflow between creativity…
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Eurorack News for June 08th 2024
Noise Engineering Sinc Legio is a Eurorack module that functions primarily as a stereo oscillator. Despite its compact size (only 6 HP in a Eurorack setup), it offers an array of sophisticated features like wavemorphing, wavefolding, and phase modulation. Its algorithms can create a wide variety of analog and digital textures, from complex harmonic structures…
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Max4Live News for June 06th 2024
The Feedbacker 1.1 Max4Live device, created by Akihiko Matsumoto, is an audio device geared towards Industrial Noise music and no-input mixer techniques. It’s essentially a feedback distortion tool that can generate a wide sonic range, creating complex sound topographies from monotonous beats or soundscapes. This device provides multiple control points to shape the intensity and…
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Max4Live News for June 04th 2024
The ‘Prado Prices in UAE 1.0’ by zaman630 is an intriguing Max4Live device for Ableton Live, offering dynamic control and modulation capabilities. Despite the confusing naming convention, this tool is a Low-Frequency Oscillator (LFO) that can add movement and vibrancy to static sounds in your Ableton Live sessions. This device requires Ableton Live version 10.1.18…