Max for Live Ultimate Zen Guide (The Book + 7 m4L devices by Design The Media)

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Max for Live Ultimate Zen Guide

Become a Max for Live Master and discover a new way of using Ableton Live

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  • understand and use the Live Object Model

  • create your own instruments and sound generators

  • create your own MIDI and audio FX

Sometimes, total number of pages seems to vary => Just because I changed the global paper size of the book => I NEVER REMOVE any parts !

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This book is a translation into English of Le Guide Ultime et Zen de Max for Live which was originally written in French.

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Julien Bayle
Julien Bayle

Julien Bayle is both an Ableton Certified Trainer and a Cycling '74 Certified Trainer. With a background in engineering and visual arts, he bridges art and technology through immersive installations and generative music systems rooted in algorithmic composition. His work explores time structures, minimal forms, and complex systems, resonating with the aesthetics of contemporary sound art. Julien teaches advanced Max and Max for Live techniques internationally, and runs Structure-void, the only Ableton Certified Training Center in France very specialized and also dedicated to Max. His artistic and pedagogical approaches converge in a rigorous, refined practice at the intersection of sound, space, and code.

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Mark Towers
Mark Towers

Expert Reviewer, Ableton Certified Trainer, Sound design teacher at Leicester, UK

Mark is an Ableton Certified Trainer from the UK, he runs a Foundation Degree in Creative Sound Technology at Leicester College/De Montfort University, and teaches Ableton, Sound Design and Programming with Max 6 and Max for Live. Mark also specialises in Electronic Music Composition & Performance.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • About
  • About the review & edit of the book
  • FAQ
    • Version
    • This guide is not
    • This guide is
    • If you find a mistake or a typo in this guide
    • If you would like to find out about courses on Ableton Live, Max6
  • 1 Max for Live Basics
    • 1.1 What ?
    • 1.2 Ableton Live Basics
    • 1.3 Max for Live specific objects
  • 2 Live Object Model
    • 2.1 What is LOM ?
    • 2.2 LOM’s Objects
    • 2.3 How to read the documentation
    • 2.4 Children, Properties & functions
    • 2.5 Path, ID & navigation
    • 2.6 One shot request with get and live.object
    • 2.7 Observing properties in Live with live.observer
    • 2.8 Calling objects’ functions with live.object
    • 2.9 Changing properties’ values by using set & live.object
    • 2.10 Controlling continuous parameters in Live with live.remote~
    • 2.11 List and use objects’ children
    • 2.12 live.thisdevice tool
    • 2.13 Mode Preview & performances
  • 3 JavaScript in Max for Live
    • 3.1 How to use Javascript in Max for Live ?
    • 3.2 Controlling Live API through JavaScript
  • 4 Creating your own Max for Live devices
    • 4.1 preset & pattr
    • 4.2 Freezing Max for Live’s devices
    • 4.3 Presentation mode
    • 4.4 Limitations of Max for Live compared to Max
    • 4.5 MIDI & audio specific objects for Live connection
    • 4.6 An example of MIDI instrument
    • 4.7 Example of a sound generator
    • 4.8 MIDI FX example
    • 4.9 Audio FX example
  • Conclusions & perspectives

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