Note Range Setters by PerforModule
FILTER, BLOCK & DIVERT MIDI NOTES
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A database of MIDI Filters which restrict a MIDI instruments playable notes to match that of a chosen physical instrument or vocal range out of an extensive array of choices. Includes complete assortments of standard orchestral instrument ranges as well as those of acoustic folk instruments from around the world.Additional information
| Ableton Live Compatibility | Ableton Live 10 Standard, Ableton Live 10 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 10 Suite, Ableton Live 11 Standard, Ableton Live 11 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 11 Suite, Ableton Live 12 Standard, Ableton Live 12 Standard with MaxforLive, Ableton Live 12 Suite |
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| Min. Requirements | Ableton Live 10 Standard |
| OS | Mac, Windows |
PRICE: £17.00
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Note Range Setters by PerforModule
Provides 261 instrument and vocal range MIDI Filters to choose from, categorized by type.
- Brass: 36 ranges
- Exotic: 2 ranges
- Guitar & Plucked: 58 ranges
- Mallets: 8 ranges
- Percussive: 5 ranges
- Piano & Keys: 14 ranges
- Strings: 15 ranges
- Voices: 35 ranges
- Winds: 88 ranges
These range presets can be extremely useful whan composing pieces which real instruments will eventually play, especially if you don’t have access to said instruments. Instead of spending time looking data up, you can just drop a note range onto an instrument to ensure you don’t write any notes the instrument would be physically unable to play. Since many virtual instruments don’t restrain their note ranges, it is quite easy to accidentaly, say, compose a violin part which ventures far beyond what one can normally play. Another usage to consider is arbitrarily setting note ranges for instrument parts during composition to boost creativty. If you aren’t familiar with the concept, be sure to research arbitrary limitations enabling increased creativity.
Also provides three MIDI Effect Racks for making your own custom Note Ranges.
Note Range Blocker (Relative) – Can be used to “ignore” a range of notes inside its playable range.
Useful if you happen to have (or want to pretened to have) the odd case of an instrument which has a “hole” in the middle of its playable range. Use a Note Range Setter to determine the min and max, then use instances of this to determine the areas which will be unplayable. Perhaps you have a piano with a few bad notes and you want to make sure not to compose anything which uses those? (period instead?)
Note Range Setter (Absolute) – Determines range by directly setting the min and max notes.
Used to make your own note ranges quickly when you know the minimum and maximum notes which you can then save in your user library. Saving note range presets for your voice and for all your instruments is very useful for draft composition.
Note Range Setter (Relative) – determines range by setting the minimum and then a distance above it.
This might be useful for automating a note range that you’d like to change over time. If you adjust the minimum value, the maximum will move up or down along with it (unlike the Absolute version, in which automating either the min or max would not affect the other).
Frequently Asked Questions
It filters incoming MIDI so that only notes within the physical playable range of a chosen real-world instrument or vocal range are allowed through. Any notes outside that range are blocked, preventing you from accidentally writing parts that a real instrument couldn’t perform.
There are 261 ranges in total, spanning Brass, Strings, Winds, Guitar & Plucked, Mallets, Piano & Keys, Percussive, Voices, and Exotic categories. Winds alone account for 88 ranges, making it particularly thorough for orchestral woodwind writing.
Absolutely. It’s great for keeping your compositions idiomatic and realistic even in entirely in-the-box productions, and it also works as a creative constraint when writing with virtual instruments that don’t impose any natural range limitations themselves.
Note Range Setters is a Max for Live device, so you’ll need Ableton Live Suite or Ableton Live Standard with a Max for Live licence, along with Max for Live installed. Check the product listing for the minimum recommended versions of Live and Max.
Download the device files from your Isotonik Studios account after purchase, then drag them into your Ableton Live User Library or a location of your choice. From there, simply drag the device onto any MIDI track.
Yes. Because it operates on the MIDI signal in the chain, you can place it on any MIDI track to restrict what notes pass through, whether you’re playing live, recording, or sequencing.
Yes, buying three or more PerforModule products in the same order automatically applies a 20% discount at checkout, so it’s well worth picking up a few devices together if you’re building out your toolkit.
Important Information
V1.0.0 – Initial Release
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.
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