One of the most exciting developments for Live 12 was the addition of a new classification of MaxforLive Device, the MIDI Tools!
Previously any MaxforLive device would sit on a MIDI track and be placed in the signal chain after the Piano Roll, any changes that it made would then need to be picked up by a secondary MIDI Track to capture the output. Some devices had the ability to write to a specific clip slot of course but that functionality took one massive step to perfection with Live 12.
Now Live 12’s MIDI Tools can be placed before the Piano Roll and directly impact the MIDI clip in either the Generator or Transformer format.
We’re gathering together as always a dream team of developers in this specific area, you can benefit from their bundles of Tools in the MIDI Tools Bundle section, or choose to build your own bundle here with a discount of 20% for five or more tools, rising to 30% if you grab 10 or more in one purchase.
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Develop reduces or increases the complexity of your MIDI clip over time. Say you have a pattern that you want to “build up” to by just playing fragments of the pattern, then, finally, at the end, the whole thing. Or the opposite – you want to remove an element from the mix, but not by bringing the fader down. Instead, just selectively remove notes each time the pattern loops. That’s what Develop does.
A transformer that can make a pattern gradually appear or fade away.£7.00
Condition Transform is a multi-function MIDI clip manipulator that helps you create variations on existing MIDI Clips. Like Pattern Transform, it allows you to selectively transform some notes in your MIDI clip while leaving others untouched. Notes are selected based on the note’s pitch, velocity, duration, or chance value. I built this tool to allow me to do ratcheting and subdivision precisely with complex MIDI clips.
A multi function transformer that modifies certain notes according to a rule.£7.00
Polyrhythm is a multitrack algorithmic sequencer for generating a quick beat or melody. I really like using it with a drum rack to get a beat started. The length of each pattern can be set independently, which makes the rhythms it generates feel a lot less boring and loop-y.
A multi track generator for creating polymetric and polyrhythmic patterns.£7.00
Turing Machine is a MIDI Tools version of the Music Thing Modular Turing Machine sequencer. Its ingenious design uses a randomness and a 16-bit shift register to generate pitches and rhythmic patterns.
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Phase Pattern is a rhythm and melody generator for Ableton Live. Basically, you bend time and that creates a rhythm. Got it? It’s great for “bouncing ball” rhythms like on Monolake’s Toku.
A generator that creates rhythm by bending time.
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Blocks is a rhythm generator for Ableton Live that uses proportions to create uneven divisions of the MIDI Clip. You can think of it as an “additive rhythm” or a “proportional rhythm”.
Inspired by Sam Tarekajian and Alex Van Gils’ Nestup, a scripting language for creating nested tuples and other complex rhythmsA generator proportionately divides a clip to make rhythms.£7.00
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