Making a beat with MIDI Tools in Live 12

[@0FAS1]

Its so fucking wonderful when somebody creates something that reinforces their own ability to create all the while spreading it with the world. Your enthusiasm is infectious will have to make the jump to 12 after this I think. Thanks!

[@p__meyer]

thanks so much, very kind words! glad the enthusiasm shines through

[@brianbuchanan57]

"Doing this manually… you wouldn't do it! You just wouldn't do it." 💯💯💯

[@p__meyer]

believe me, i've tried

[@mxmuk1]

Love it. Would love to see how you use the tools with an Ableton stock synth, e.g. mapping things to velocity in the synth and then using your tools

[@p__meyer]

Cool idea! maybe i’ll do one with my favorite synth, collision

[@ijazzmunki]

I would love to see an example of what's possible with pitches using your Midi tools - can't wait to explore them myself

[@mybrokeneasel2]

I mostly work generatively in Ableton, so this is mind blowing. An interesting evolution of these tools would be the ability to modulate them in real time. Just the ability to change the divisions 'live' over a set of selected phrases would be incredible. And as another commenter mentioned if that could mapped to a midi controller - good times. Gonna scoop these up and experiment. Thank you for the amazing work.

[@p__meyer]

thanks! yes many people are asking about mappability and modulatability...so maybe we'll get that someday

[@trevorj7119]

Thanks for sharing this. I was really excited for Ableton's implementation of this then kind of meh when I started using their tools and I purchased your devices a few days ago and seeing this video has me really excited. If/when all this stuff can get midi mapped will blow minds. Thank you again.

[@p__meyer]

Thanks! I don't envy Ableton's challenge of having to make a toolset that works for both the Aphex Twin heads and the singer-songwriters. That's the beauty of Max for Live - we can have smaller projects built for specific use cases and communities.

[@huntingghosts]

i am really amazed by your work. the video about your thoughts on the implications of the new midi tools would be very interesting

[@p__meyer]

thank you very much! and noted ✍️

[@nivbavarsky7930]

Great stuff! Super musical and fun tools, excited to dig in

[@pixelatedbeatz]

Very cool stuff. will wait for a new promo code to get them all.

[@nukreativemusic]

I love using the mono sequencer

[@disxiple_113]

rad

[@slowvideomusic]

Just bought your MIDITools, which are fantastic, Philip. Thank you. I was not able to automate any of the parameters. For automating variations, any chance of enabling automation,, e.g. changing range of nr of sliders in DIVS etc. by a LFO in the next versiion please? Thumbs up from Holland!

[@p__meyer]

hey there! sadly it isn't possible to map or modulate any parameters in the max for live midi tool devices. this is a limitation from ableton

[@lepton2962]

awesome 👌👍

[@gianluigidautilia6417]

i am comparing it to the already known from Reason studio which can generate some quite interesting ideas. This with Live12 ..honestly ..still have to happen.

[@TRaddcliff]

So sick man 👍🏿 Good stuff. Wish I had money

[@matthewjackson8709]

if/when Ableton adds MPE note pitchblende, would love a way to pitch drums.

[@p__meyer]

veryyyy much agree, then you can do pitch ramps for drums like on a tracker!

[@dronehomeless]

Killer

[@mattkaz9604]

This is cool. I am the last man on earth who doesn't have Ableton, but this tempts me.

[@AcoustiMan818]

It would be great if you could automate the parameters of miditools. Let’s hope that this will be possible in a future update of Live 🤞

[@dumafuji]

Funky as 💩. Love it.

[@MINALImusik]

Your work is amazing, just two cents, i guess that could be useful to have a random button on Draw as a starting point, thanks

[@p__meyer]

Thanks, and yes that’s a great idea!

[@jendrikschmidt]

🙏

[@thomas854]

Awesome stuff! I'm afraid you can't map the parameters to a midi controller, right? I hope Ableton will provide this functionality soon, this would open up soo much more intuitive control, like changing multiple parameters at once

[@p__meyer]

yes that would be very cool!

[@cliveconcept]

has the install path changed beause they dont show up.

[@p__meyer]

here's the installation guide: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0687/6715/4389/files/Instructions.pdf?v=1728691110. if you've followed the steps in that document and are still having issues, please email me at [e-mail].

[@nrosko]

Purchased the pack, really cool tools. Just wondering how to track updates?

[@nrosko]

Looks like i didn't receive some tools? Phase Pattern MIDI Generator Divs MIDI Transformer Blocks MIDI Generator should they not have been included in the complete pack?

[@p__meyer]

Thank you! Many email clients will cut off the email, so just click the "view rest of email" button (or whatever) and you should see them. you can also log into your Gumroad account and download them there. If that doesn't work, please email me by replying to the receipt you received from Gumroad and I'll help. I posting about updates in my Discord server (bit.ly/rhizomic #max-for-live-announcements)

[@nrosko]

@@p__meyer Thanks yes, there was a small link that said clipped email, didn't even notice that. Than you.

[@storsender5523]

My Task Bar doesn't disappear when pressing F11 in WIN11@Ableton 12. Anybody else have this problem?

[@gingerjulian]

Thanks for the tools and the videos. So many possibilities! I’m curious though, your menu drop-down has more Transform tools, are these all others being developed by yourself or from other creators?

[@p__meyer]

happy to! mostly prototypes i’m working on or have abandone and some tools by others

[@BartWronsk]

Hey, I bought some of your tools-good stuff! :) I would like to create some of my own random rhythm generation patches for personal use, not sharing online-can I start by editing your ones? Is that "allowed"? Also, would you consider creating a "minimal" tutorial on how to connect MIDI generation tools with JS inside M4L? (I am a professional coder, so I can write what I want in scripts, but M4L patching and graphs intimidate me...)

[@p__meyer]

Thanks, and thanks for asking! yes, as long as they are for personal use only. I will do a tutorial on the JS piece - if you'd like, I can send you a template to get started in JS, as long as you give me your feedback on it so that I can make it better. The best place to find me is on Discord bit.ly/rhizomic

[@DM43685]

I'm just not getting this video, he says start with the blocks device...??? Where is that??? there is no reference, its like you have pre set everything before explaining where to enable things

[@whentheleavesarefalling]

Have you bought his pack from the previous video?

[@DM43685]

@@whentheleavesarefalling nope

[@StanleyKubick1]

"You just wouldn't do it" And you shouldn't