The PX-18 is a step sequencer, originally written by me and Gerhard Behles around 1995. I developed it further till around 2001. More or less all rhythmical Monolake tracks from 1996 - 2002 have been sequenced with the PX-18 and a lot of inspiration for the way how Ableton Live deals with 'Clips' and 'Scenes' came from our experience with the PX-18. This version here offers the functionality of a single track of the original PX18.
Type: MIDI effect - File: ml.px-18 - Last update: 2010-1-11
A MIDI device for transforming incoming notes via some kind of step sequencer.
Type: MIDI effect - File: ml.step.modulator - Last update: 2010-1-20
A simple device which does two things: It displays songtime in hours:minutes:seconds- at least as long as you are working with a constant song tempo. And it allows to black out the computer screen while listening to the music, which I find sometimes very important. I cannot turn off my external Apple display and this was my solution for the problem. The device also is a good example of how to work with floating windows in MaxForLive.
Type: MIDI effect - File: ml.black - Last update: December 2009
This audio effect device is for those who are into careful placement of sonic events in the stereo field. Its main parameter is a big 'distance' control. It affects volume, filtering, pan and stereo width of the incoming audio signal. With the right choice of settings it provides a very nice simulation of a source disappearing in the distance: The further away, the less high frequencies, the more the stereo image is reduced to a mono source and the lower the signal level.
Type: audio effect - File: ml.distance - Last update: January 04 2010
Two virtual microphones rotate around a single sound source. Doppler delays, distance dependent amplitude modulation and filtering included. Movement of source and microphones synced to song position. This allows 100% reproducible effects.
Type: audio effect - File: ml.circular.doppler - Last update: January 04 2010
A granular audio freezer effect. Creates lush textures out of everything!
Type: audio effect - File: ml.grainfreeze - Last update: 2010-1-11The latest update is a complete engine rewrite to make it nearly click-free !!!!
Time based fade in/out and transport control. Created for an installation project. Starts the transport of Live at a given daytime, and fades in the audio signal of its chain / track. Fades out those channels at a specified later point in time and stops transport. There is a ml.exhibition_master device that allows to set up everything and a ml.exhibition_slave device that can be used if more than one stereo channel needs to be controlled in multichannel installations.
Type: audio effect - File: ml.exhibition- Last update: 2010-3-13Depending on my time and the feedback I consider uploading more devices, including some tricky Live.API stuff. However, this might not happen very soon.
Feel free to open the devices and modify them in any way you want. I tried to document their code as good as possible. My idea is to not only share a finished object but also provide inspiration for own creations. This is what the Max community is all about and I very much like this spirit. If you are interested in Max, the Max forums hosted by Cycling74 are a good source of information, too.
I will most likely not be able to answer questions about the devices or provide help with programing issues. Comments and bug reports are welcome nevertheless. Please use max4live_at_monolake.de for this purpose. Enjoy! Robert Henke