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Gator is a cool and useful idea for an Ableton modulator, especially when used in conjunction with parallel effect/instrument chains. There’s a lot of features about it that make it really interesting and unique, but unfortunately It’s usefulness is somewhat undercut by the inability to automate or modulate the sequencer presets.
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The Gator MaxforLive device was inspired by the Alligator plugin for Reason, which splits audio into 3 chains using a different filter and fx in each chain. Then the gate for each chain can be opened and closed with any kind of rhythmical pattern. The Gator device takes the same concept but opens up the possibilities of a completely custom set of effect chains within Ableton’s Audio Effect Rack. It also expands the concept with dedicated sequencers for each gate which include individual number of steps per sequencer and probability per step.
Each sequencer can save up to 16 different sequences with variable number of steps and probability per step. Each of the 3 sequencers can also be mapped to 2 different parameters in Live, making 2 groups of 3 mappings, and each group has its own ADR envelope for the steps. Using the ADR envelope, you can set how fast the gate opens and closes with each opening of the gate. So we can connect mapping 1 to the volume of an effect chain, and have another mapping set as a filter envelope, or any other effect within that chain, with different settings for Attack, Decay and Release. The parameter mappings can be scaled with minimum and maximum values and also be inverted.
We can also turn off the sequencers and instead trigger the gates manually using the buttons on the device, which can be mapped to a midi controller or automated in Live.
Using a chord pad, we can introduce varied and mangled effected versions of the sound punctuated rhythmically completely changing the sound!
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.alp Files – These are Ableton Live Packs and will install directly into the Packs Section of the browser of Ableton Live. When you double click on them you will see a pop up window asking you to confirm that installation is ok as the files are described as “Legacy”. This is fine and you are ok to proceed, the packs are created using the format for an earlier version of Live and so remain compatible with the current version.
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Heike Scherlie –
Gator is a cool and useful idea for an Ableton modulator, especially when used in conjunction with parallel effect/instrument chains. There’s a lot of features about it that make it really interesting and unique, but unfortunately It’s usefulness is somewhat undercut by the inability to automate or modulate the sequencer presets.