To install MIDI Tools, first double-click to decompress the ZIP archive it arrived in. !
In Live’s Browser, navigate to the User Library in Places
Then find the MIDI Tools folder located there. If you don’t see a folder called MIDI Tools in your User Library, simply create it yourself.
We’d advice adding two subfolders for Generators and Transformers for neatness.
Finally, drag our Generators to the Generators subfolder and our Transformers to the Transformers subfolder
Live should automatically detect them and within the next few minutes, they should appear in the dropdown chooser of Live’s Generators or Transformers in the corresponding tab of any MIDI Clip’s Note Editor.
PLEASE NOTE: Once installed MIDI Tools, since they are not Max MIDI Effects, cannot be dragged and dropped onto MIDI tracks: they can only be loaded by the Generator and Transformer tabs of the MIDI clip editor.
Florian Blauensteiner –
The strength of BLOCKS is its very simple and easy to understand user interface. It takes just a few steps to go from minimalistic and predictable results to complex polyrhythms and melodies.
I use it as a starting point for hypnotic percussion patterns or to generate interesting rhythms that can then be turned into a melody or chord progression. But the real fun starts when layering different results.
Highly recommended for everyone who wants to extend their rhythmic palette and get fresh ideas again and again.