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Maxess, free externals for Max and Max for Live accessibility, available now
Iftah Gabbai has delivered his Maxess Max/MSP External Collection, a set of tools that interface patches with the native accessibility features of macOS and Windows. They’re a must if you’re making tools with Max and Max for Live – and worth examining for inspiration even if you focus on other platforms.
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This artist is connecting Unreal, Ableton Live for production-grade visualizers
For all the ubiquity of Unreal Engine, a small handful of people are pushing the envelope of what Unreal can do as an audiovisual tool. With years of effects and animation production work under his belt, Zack Berwick is uniquely creative and inventive with the combo – and he’s sharing his approach, using Ableton Live, Max for Live, MIDI, OSC, and UE.
Peter Kirn - March 7, 2025
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Flufs, powerful loudness analysis tool, is designed for accessibility
Flufs is the loudness meter and analysis tool for Ableton Live (Max for Live) you’ve always wanted. But more than that, it’s designed to be accessible to blind, low vision, and sighted users alike. And if that’s interesting to you, there are more developer tools on the way.
Peter Kirn - March 5, 2025
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Sonification Tools for Ableton Live now has a synth that plays data
Peter Kirn - February 13, 2025
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monome and RNBO now play together – with a free drum sampler patch
Peter Kirn - October 11, 2024
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Free SoundHack tools: now plug-ins and Max and Pd, Apple Silicon native
Peter Kirn - August 14, 2024
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Leafcutter John takes you deeper into the strange, wonderful tool Forester
Peter Kirn - August 9, 2024
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Add a notation view to Ableton Live Clips, for free: FPB Clip To Score
Peter Kirn - July 15, 2024
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