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Ableton Live tip #4: need to rename a bunch of tracks one by one quickly? instead of "right click rename" select the track with your mouse and try Command R and then tap Tab to move through all tracks renaming as you go ! (good for exporting stems or organizing)
M4L Featured Patch #1: r-chain-d-m 2.0
With this first featured Max for live patch we will be taking a look at a personal favorite of mine r-chain d-m 2.0
I just call it r-chain as to not get confused in my mind when i want to use it for something.
I first stumbled across this when I was looking for a Audio to Midi plugin. After a bit of googling, I found this patch that pretty much did what I wanted. It takes the audio from any channel and lets you control up to 4 different midi controls on any device or plugin. you can do some pretty cool creative stuff with it such as...
control the reverb amount from a kick drum change the delay time from a vocal change the reverb time from bass-line control the feedback amount from a live vocal or guitar input. create advance faux side chain compression :) overdrive or add distortion on a vocal every time there is a kick drum or if this goes bang or doof then control that :)
you might be noticing a trend there of it working well with transient material (kicks, snares, drums ect) , but with a bit of tweaking you can get some interesting things if you use it on more flatter audio such as back ground ambience and get parameters slightly modulating. using it say on a chorus effect using a pad or texture as the modulation source would give some sweet subtle variation and just help add a tiny bit of shimmer on guitar track.
It's one of the more simple ones to use as you just throw it on a audio track (such as a drum loop which is your modulation source) and click GetDevices button far left (which just looks through your current session). Then just use one of the 4 control areas to drive what parameter you want from the selected device. You can also set the Mod amounts and input levels for more fine tuned control which works a bit like a noise gate.
It's created by the user rdm over on http://www.maxforlive.com/library/device.php?id=278 head there now and download the .amxd file and drag it in your library.
Max for Live (Introduction)
Max for live is a add on software package for Ableton Live 8. You purchase it from ableton.com and activate it through your account and then download the MAX software from cycling74. It installs Midi, Audio & Instrument devices with presets that you can then use with Live.
you can also try it out here and learn more about it.
http://www.ableton.com/maxforlive
In a nut shell it is a Modular object based (connect things together) programming GUI (graphical user interface) embedded into ableton live's API (it talks to the various functions behind the scenes of the ableton software) which gives you the tools to process, control and create most aspects of digital audio (try saying that 10x in a row)
It's very similar in a lot of ways to Native Instruments Reaktor but more geared towards advance multi-media control and in the case of Max for live, it gives you a second layer of effects, instruments and control that you can use directly in Ableton rather than running plugins.
http://cycling74.com/2011/07/06/test-drive-max-for-live/
It comes from a program called MAX/MSP which is kind of two programs in one. (it's like inception really) one of them MAX is kinda like the controls, buttons, scroll bars, messages, tempo ect...where MSP is the audio processing side which lets you mess with signal processing and effects and various other options. Max 6 is a stand alone application and I think if your going to get into actually making patches It's best to buy Max 6 so you can fully learn the program and then you can just upgrade to Max for Live after you get your head around it (which can take a while)
When you create a effect or instrument using Max for live you are making a max patch which you can then save to Ableton's library or you can also download many user created patches. There are 3 types (just like Ableton Live's devices) Max Instruments, Max Audio Effects and Max MIDI, some patches deal with Midi and Audio at the same time.
Max for Live & Max both have a pretty steep learning curve, It's not overly user friendly to the beginner but some of the user effects & instruments that are out there are really good and very usable for music production.
There is some really good documentation that can teach you how to put things together if you want to go down that road which you can read here. It gives you a full breakdown on the programming of a patch http://www.cycling74.com/docs/max5/vignettes/intro/docintro.html
but If you are new to Max for live it's best just to jump straight over to http://maxforlive.com/library/index.php?tag=all and browse through all these patches.
Is it worth it? well, yes ! considering the fun toys you can just throw straight into ableton live off the shelf it's worth the purchase, but as I mentioned before if you want to get into actually making your own instruments and effects it's best to by the full program.
more here http://cycling74.com/products/maxforlive/
I am going to test and review various M4L patches from around the internet I think are good for music production over the next few months so please check back soon :)
Ableton Live tip #3: Need more detail in the upper high frequencies ? Here is a cool trick with EQ8 in Ableton live. Flip it into "High Quality" mode add a few more EQ handles (use 8 not just 4 like most people do like in picture) and save as default preset ! super sonics ;)
more here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qib9WLRU52k
Ableton Live tip #2: Mixing tracks or dealing with long recordings?…want to edit audio like protools? by default live warps (guesses the closest time based on your tempo) turn it off for long audio but leave it on for short sounds :) best of both worlds :)