The Covert Seq – Creating patterns and Presets from Bjorn Vayner on Vimeo.
The Covert Operators and Bjorn Vayner have become my favorite go-to source for wild Ableton Live hacks. And even before the release of Max for Live, Bjorn has built some terrific, simple step-sequencers using Live’s Racks feature. That’s just the Racks feature – no Max patches or hidden features anywhere to be found. Sure, I suppose the clip view itself can be seen as a kind of step sequencer, but this gives you a unique way of generating sequences.
If you just want to begin playing with step sequencing in Live, Bjorn has a new download, aptly called The Covert Sequencer, as seen in the video at top. It’s free, it’s fun, it celebrates the 5th Anniversary of Covert Ops and the 10th of Ableton Live (good grief!), and it’s all voodoo built with dummy clips and MIDI effects.
Full post, downloads, and video tutorials:
The Covert Seq [The Covert Operators]
If you want to try your hand at the ninja skills behind all of this, Bjorn posted a screencast back in August revealing his secrets:
Making a Step Sequencer in Ableton Live. from Bjorn Vayner on Vimeo.
And if you like this sort of thing, definitely don’t miss The Covert Operators’ exclusive creation for CDM, making elaborate use of the racks and slicing features of Live 7 and later:
Exclusive: Free Ableton Live Slicing Pack by Covert Operators
Slice of Winter from Bjorn Vayner on Vimeo.