POLI: a polyphonic soft-synth with vintage characteristics. It was first released as an expansion for Ableton Live 9, but now it comes together with Ableton Live 11 Suite.īASS: a monophonic soft-synth that is focused around bass sounds and can create several attractive bass sounds that can go really hard.

This pack features a whooping 35 Max devices. The Max For Live Essentials Pack is the building block for newcomers who first discover the great possibilities of MDIY effects and instruments. I even found a free Max for Live device that lets you play a video game with your DJ controller inside of Ableton Live, no more boring DJ moves where you pretend to press buttons and do something!

With Max for Live you can do so much it’s hard to make just one article about all the different features developers made possible for Ableton Live users. Tools, modulation, effects are all great features, but did you ever want a Semi-modular FM Synthesizer in Ableton Live? Well, one of the many developers of Max created one called “Bengal” using nothing but Max for Live and it’s amazing! I found the FL Studio granular synthesizer to be really good, but compared to the new Ableton Live Grain Scanner it’s no match. Remember the Convolution Reverb? Ableton made its very own Convolution Reverb with Max for Live.Įver thought the Ableton Live Limiter was a bit too clean? Now with the help of the Max software, we have a Color Limiter that emulates hardware limiters. Step Sequencing was only possible with third-party plugins and now Ableton Live has its very own step sequencer.Īn oscilloscope is a very sought-after feature and now Ableton Live has one of its own.

Users thought Ableton lacked in the modulation department and Max for Live made it possible to create an envelope follower, LFO, and a drawable envelope.

Max for Live patches up a lot of features Ableton Live users thought were missing. With Max for Live, you have access to a whole new world of sounds, midi automation, effects, and much more.

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