Nirvana by Dillon Bastan
SIMULATE CIRCUITS, SCULPT SPACES, AND FEEDBACK YOUR WAY TO SONIC ENLIGHTENMENT.
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Step into Nirvana – a Max for Live sandbox that transforms feedback into a playground for sonic exploration.
Whether you’re sculpting ethereal ambiences or tearing holes in the audio fabric with circuit-bent chaos, Nirvana is a feedback fantasy machine for the musically adventurous.
Built around three rich modes – Space, Material, and Circuit – this device lets you design intricate interactions between mics, speakers, materials, and more, creating beautifully broken or blissfully harmonic results.
- Three hybrid feedback modes: Space, Material & Circuit
- Polyphonic support with dual Systems per voice
- Spatial 2D editor for object placement, rotation, tilt & automation
- Built-in convolution reverb with drag-and-drop IR support
- Circuit emulation with modular audio/math blocks
- Modulators including LFOs, envelope & per-voice randomness
- Perfect for ambient, noise, experimental, and genre-bending sound design
Unleash beautiful noise or harness feedback as a compositional tool. Nirvana makes it all intuitive, immersive, and inspiring.
USER GUIDE: Nirvana User Manual
Nirvana by Dillon Bastan
SIMULATE CIRCUITS, SCULPT SPACES, AND FEEDBACK YOUR WAY TO SONIC ENLIGHTENMENT.
TRIPLE PACK SAVINGS: Add any three or more Dillon Bastan products to your cart and save 15% automatically at checkout!
Step into Nirvana – a Max for Live sandbox that transforms feedback into a playground for sonic exploration.
Whether you’re sculpting ethereal ambiences or tearing holes in the audio fabric with circuit-bent chaos, Nirvana is a feedback fantasy machine for the musically adventurous.
Built around three rich modes – Space, Material, and Circuit – this device lets you design intricate interactions between mics, speakers, materials, and more, creating beautifully broken or blissfully harmonic results.
- Three hybrid feedback modes: Space, Material & Circuit
- Polyphonic support with dual Systems per voice
- Spatial 2D editor for object placement, rotation, tilt & automation
- Built-in convolution reverb with drag-and-drop IR support
- Circuit emulation with modular audio/math blocks
- Modulators including LFOs, envelope & per-voice randomness
- Perfect for ambient, noise, experimental, and genre-bending sound design
Unleash beautiful noise or harness feedback as a compositional tool. Nirvana makes it all intuitive, immersive, and inspiring.
USER GUIDE: Nirvana User Manual
Additional information
| MaxforLive | Instruments |
|---|---|
| Ableton Live Compatibility | Ableton Live 10 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 10 Suite, Ableton Live 11 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 11 Suite, Ableton Live 12 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 12 Suite |
| Min. Requirements | Ableton Live 10 Standard with MaxforLive Installed or Ableton Live 10 Suite |
| OS | Mac, Windows |
PRICE: £23.00
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December 3, 2025
This reviewer bought this product from our store.
Dillon Bastan is in my opinion one of the most creative M4L-designers.
This is once again a truly unique tool.
I recommend this product
July 5, 2025
This reviewer bought this product from our store.
I first discovered Dillon Bastan's work on Ableton with his Nature stuff like Tree, and I thought it was so awesome. When I found out he's got stuff on this site and saw this Nirvana I immediately got it and I am wowed by it. It's fantastic this is exactly what Ive been wanting to play with on Ableton.
June 29, 2025
This reviewer bought this product from our store.
If it says "Dillon Bastan" on it, it's going to be good and it's going to be unlike anything else you've heard. This is no different! There are things that happen when using Nirvana that you could never do on purpose. It's a happy accident and glitch-mania machine. Really fun and endlessly surprising. I recommend hitting record and capture all of your noodling!
Nirvana by Dillon Bastan
OVERVIEW AND INSPIRATION
Nirvana isn’t just a Max for Live device – it’s an audio playground where physics meets synthesis. Designed for sound adventurers, this hybrid feedback system invites you to explore how microphones, speakers, materials, and circuits can interact in beautiful chaos or refined musicality. Whether you’re creating ambient atmospheres, sculpting tonal feedback, or building generative FX chains, Nirvana offers a fresh sonic dimension.
MODULATION & AUTOMATION
Modulate any parameter with two LFOs, an envelope, and a per-voice randomizer. Automate 2D object movement with a built-in position looper – perfect for generative workflows.
NIRVANA KEY FEATURES
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Dual Systems per voice with independent routing and modulation
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Cross-feedback between systems for evolving complexity
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Audio source types: noise, oscillator, sample, external in, or system output
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Built-in FX: filter, resonator, string
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Customizable circuit paths with math operators and CV control
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MIDI mapping for pitch-based modulation of space size, delay time, filter cutoff, and more
THREE FEEDBACK REALITIES
- Space Mode creates a 2D environment where mics, speakers, and audio sources interact spatially – complete with convolution reverb and doppler FX.
- Material Mode replaces air with resonating surfaces, using contact mics and transducers for unique physical modeling.
- Circuit Mode drops you into a breadboard-style grid where audio sources, effects, and math operators become patchable building blocks.
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- 2D simulation of a room with up to 4 of each object in the room: microphones, speakers, and audio sources
- Microhpones can have FX applied to them: filter, resonator, string model
- Microphones feedback when pointed at speakers they feed audio to
- Audio sources include: basic oscillators, sampler, external routed audio, and sound from the other system
- 2D interface for positioning and rotating objects
- Doppler effect and volume attenuation applied to all objects in the room based on their positions and size of the room
- Ability to slect from many IR models for each microphone, speaker and the space overall
- Various functions and other settings of the room such as changing the size, adding a pre-delay, duplicating objects, etc
- A listener object (cat head) that can move/rotate throughout the space and also Meow if desired 🙂
- Contains all the same features as Space mode with some differences:
- Simulates a 2D material plane with various material (wood, metal, etc) IR files to select from
- Allows resonation/excitation/feedback of the material
- Instead of rotating the mics/speakers you can tilt them to simulated tilting them on a surface to get different tones
- 2D Simulation of a circuit breadboard with up to 4 of each object in the room: audio sources, effects, and math operators
- Columns of the breadboard are connected (summed) allowing for insane modulations!
- Jumper cables can be made to connect columns for wild feedback
- Objects can modulate their positions on the circuit dynamically creating new circuits throughout a voice
- Objects take inputs and outputs allowing for various cv and modulations
- Audio source and effect options match what are available in Space mode, except FX options include a delay line
- Math operators include: +, -, x, /, pow, clip, tanh, sin, abs, and, interpolation
Frequently Asked Questions
A: Nirvana is a MaxforLive device that allows you to create and control feedback-based audio systems across spatial, material, and circuit modes—ideal for experimental sound design.
A: Yes, MaxforLive is required to run Nirvana within Ableton Live.
A: MaxforLive is a platform that integrates the visual programming environment Max with Ableton Live, allowing users to create and use custom audio, MIDI, and control devices.
A: You can explore more of Dillon Bastan’s tools and devices here: DILLON BASTAN
Important Information
V1.1.0 – Released June 2025
– Fixes a false negative issue with the installation warning for Convolution pro
V1.0.0 – Initial Release – May 2025
Our Products are generally provided as Zip file downloads which in all cases will need to be extracted and saved to your hard drive prior to installation. Details on the different file type provided and what to do with them are below.
.alp Files – These are Ableton Live Packs and will either install directly into the Packs Section of the browser of Ableton Live or ask you to save them to your hard drive. For packs that install to the library, 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.
.amxd files – These are individual MaxforLive Devices and can be stored anywhere on your hard drive. We’d advise creating a folder for them and then adding that folder as a location within the Places section of Lives Browser.
**IMPORTANT FOR THE DEVICE TO WORK**
You must have the FREE Ableton Convolution Reverb Pack installed in order to access the IRs:
https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/convolution-reverb/
**IMPORTANT FOR PRESETS TO LOAD**
Below is the install instructions for each device type. They all folow the same pattern so once you do one the rest follows the same (NOTE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INSTRUMENTS AND AUDIO EFFECTS!):
NIRVANA (Full device instrument) ______________________
Drop the entire folder called “Nirvana” into the folder called “…/ableton/user library/presets/instruments/max instrument”. This is found in the “Places” section in Live’s browser or in your finder/file browser. If you are going through finder (mac) the Ableton folder is typically in your “Music” folder. If you are going through your file browser (windows) it is typically in the “My Music” folder.
So if you followed the above instructions correctly for the presets to load, the full path to the device file (the .amxd file) shoulde be:
…/user library/presets/instuments/max instrument/Nirvana/Nirvana.amxd
NIRVANA C (Circuit mode only instrument) ______________________
Drop the entire folder called “Nirvana C” into the folder called “…/ableton/user library/presets/instruments/max instrument”. This is found in the “Places” section in Live’s browser or in your finder/file browser. If you are going through finder (mac) the Ableton folder is typically in your “Music” folder. If you are going through your file browser (windows) it is typically in the “My Music” folder.
So if you followed the above instructions correctly for the presets to load, the full path to the device file (the .amxd file) shoulde be:
…/user library/presets/instuments/max instrument/Nirvana C/Nirvana C.amxd
NIRVANA SM (Space and Material mode only instrument) ______________________
Drop the entire folder called “Nirvana SM” into the folder called “…/ableton/user library/presets/instruments/max instrument”. This is found in the “Places” section in Live’s browser or in your finder/file browser. If you are going through finder (mac) the Ableton folder is typically in your “Music” folder. If you are going through your file browser (windows) it is typically in the “My Music” folder.
So if you followed the above instructions correctly for the presets to load, the full path to the device file (the .amxd file) shoulde be:
…/user library/presets/instuments/max instrument/Nirvana SM/Nirvana SM.amxd
NIRVANA FX (Full device audio effect) ______________________
Drop the entire folder called “NirvanaFX” into the folder called “…/ableton/user library/presets/audio effects/max audio effect”. This is found in the “Places” section in Live’s browser or in your finder/file browser. If you are going through finder (mac) the Ableton folder is typically in your “Music” folder. If you are going through your file browser (windows) it is typically in the “My Music” folder.
So if you followed the above instructions correctly for the presets to load, the full path to the device file (the .amxd file) shoulde be:
…/user library/presets/audio effects/max audio effect/NirvanaFX/NirvanaFX.amxd
NIRVANA FX C (Circuit mode only audio effect) ______________________
Drop the entire folder called “NirvanaFX” into the folder called “…/ableton/user library/presets/audio effects/max audio effect”. This is found in the “Places” section in Live’s browser or in your finder/file browser. If you are going through finder (mac) the Ableton folder is typically in your “Music” folder. If you are going through your file browser (windows) it is typically in the “My Music” folder.
So if you followed the above instructions correctly for the presets to load, the full path to the device file (the .amxd file) shoulde be:
…/user library/presets/audio effects/max audio effect/NirvanaFX C/NirvanaFX C.amxd
NIRVANA FX SM (Space and Material mode only audio effect) ______________________
Drop the entire folder called “NirvanaFX” into the folder called “…/ableton/user library/presets/audio effects/max audio effect”. This is found in the “Places” section in Live’s browser or in your finder/file browser. If you are going through finder (mac) the Ableton folder is typically in your “Music” folder. If you are going through your file browser (windows) it is typically in the “My Music” folder.
So if you followed the above instructions correctly for the presets to load, the full path to the device file (the .amxd file) shoulde be:
…/user library/presets/audio effects/max audio effect/NirvanaFX SM/NirvanaFX SM.amxd
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