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ESSENTIALS: 5 Essential Creative Max For Live Tools

Hey everyone 👋

Here's a new pack for you; ESSENTIALS.

ESSENTIALS is a collection of Max For Live devices that each do one thing, but do it well 🥇 With only one or two controls, they’re technically simple but conceptually vast. They’re also fun and engaging to use, destined to become essential tools in your music making toolkit. There are 5 devices; Colour, Shift, Filter, Excite and Widen.

You can learn more about ESSENTIALS and download the pack at 2024-06-10 09:48:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Workshop: Creative Composition Tools in Live

Hey everyone 👋

Join me next week for a Patreon exclusive workshop on Creative Composition Tools in Live 🎨 We'll explore things like the new MIDI Tools in Live 12, MIDI FX and Scale Awareness and maybe even some generative AI tomfoolery 🤖

I'm trying something slightly different and a little more informal for this month, so there's no official 'event' page - just turn...

🧑‍🏫 May Workshop Topic Requests

Hey! 👋

Its time to start taking requests for what you'd like to see covered in next month's workshop.

I've yet to finalise a date - I'll have more info on that soon - but for now, drop a comment below to let me know if there's anything you'd like to learn about 💬

The last 2 workshops have been Max For Live focused, so it could be good to switch it up and focus on something more inside of Live (I have a few ideas there) but I'm open to anything.

I look forward to ...

Max For Live Wrappers Workshop Recording

Hello everyone 👋

I hope some of you were able to attend last week's Max For Live Wrappers workshop. If you registered for the event you would have already received a link to the recording but, in case you missed it, here's the link to check it out.

Enjoy!

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P.S: I'll be following up with another post shortly to get suggestions for May's workshops. I'd love to hear what you want to learn about.

🎟️ Design Custom VST User Interfaces with Max For Live (Discount Code)

The code to get 100% off the upcoming workshop is patreon-379

✏️ Design Custom VST User Interfaces with Max For Live

Hey everyone 👋

The event for this month's workshops is up! We'll be looking at how to build custom plugin wrappers in Max For Live. This has been a hotly requested topic, so should be a really good session! 🎉

I'll follow up with a members-only post shortly with the discount code to get 100% off.

Hope to see you there 🫡

Console EQ: Patron's Discount Code

Hey 👋

My new Max For Live device, Console EQ, is now officially live on the site. Nothing's changed from the version I shared last week, but if you want to add the download to your ELPHNT account so you can always access the latest version in the future, you can use the code "with-a-little-help-from-my-friends" to get 100% off.

Console EQ 🎛️

Hey everyone, here's a new(ish) one for ya.

Console EQ gives you an analog mixing workflow inside Ableton Live. Modelled on a classic analog channel strip, Console EQ intentionally limits your choices while still being flexible enough for most situations. It features 4 bands of EQ plus high and lowpass filters with an analog saturation stage to top it all off with some warmth and colour.

It’s not analog; it's better.

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I'll be releasing this one officially...

Max For Live Workshop Recording

Thanks to all who came to the workshops last week! 🙏

If you registered for the event but couldn't make it, you should have already received an email with a link to watch the recording 🎞️ For those who didn't sign up, you can check out the recording at the link.

I'll eventually be editing this down into something to share on YouTube, but for now, you can enjoy the workshop in full 😃

Submit Requests For This Month's Workshops 💬

Now is also the time to ...

🎟️ Building In Max For Live: Beyond The Basics (Discount Code)

The code to get 100% off the upcoming workshop is patreon-493

🛠️ Building In Max For Live: Beyond The Basics

Hey everyone 👋

The event for my first series of workshops next week is live. 🙌 The topic, as chosen by you, will be "Building In Max For Live: Beyond The Basics", and we'll be building an analog-style EQ 🛠️

I hope to see you there!

I'll follow up with a members-only post shortly with the discount code to get 100% off.

Join Me For Monthly Workshops! 🎓

Hey everyone 👋

Due to popular demand, I'll be starting to run monthly music production/Ableton Live workshops via Zoom 🎓 These will be free to Patreon members but also open to the public for a fee.

Initially, I'll run two workshops each month, covering the same content in each session but at different times to accommodate time zones and schedules. They'll be recorded as well, so you can watch them back even if you can't make it live 🗓️

Let Me Know What You'd Lik...

2024-03-20 16:27:31 +0000 UTC View Post

Happy Live 12 Day! 🎉

Today is the day - Live 12 is officially out!

If you managed to get on the Beta and have been trying it out, it'll feel great to finally be using the official release. If you didn't manage to get on the Beta and have been waiting patiently for this day, well, then I'm a little jealous of all the fun you're about to have trying everything out for the first time 💃

Either way,...

INSPIR: Creative Inspiration for Music Makers

Hey everyone! 👋

Here's another Max For Live device for you, an update of an older tool.

INSPIR is designed to get you out of creative blocks when making music. If you're stuck for ideas, you can load it up and click within the device to generate a new creative prompt. Things like:

• Use a field recording
• Misuse your tools
• Copy an existing part and play it with a different instrument
• etc.

INSPIR presents you with something actiona...

HELPERS Is Out!

Hey everyone 👋

A quick note to say that HELPERS is officially out today!

There's nothing new compared to the version from my previous post, but if you want to add it to your ELPHNT account so you can always access the download in the future, you can use the code 'with-a-little-help-from-my-friends' to get 100% off.

Also, if you have anything nice you'd like to say about HELPERS and wouldn't mind me sharing it on the product page, please drop a comment below this ...

HELPERS Max For Live Devices

Hey everyone, here's a little surprise release I wasn't planning anytime soon but then kinda just put together 🙃 

HELPERS is a collection of useful Max For Live utilities to help you with common tasks, saving you time and improving your workflow. HELPERS consist of 5 useful utilities; Converter, Random Number, Scale Helper, Set Namer and Set Selector. Load them onto your Master Track and save them with your Default Set to have quick access to handy tools when you need them.

Learn How To Build Your Own Max For Live Devices

Hey everyone 👋

I hope your 2024 is off to a great start 🥳 For me, 2024 is the year everyone learns to build Max devices. Just watch me, I'm gonna make it happen 🫡 😎

And I'm kicking that off in the most logical place - a comprehensive beginner's guide to learning Max.

🔌 Learn How To Build Your Own Max For Live Devices 

Now, I'll admit that ...

New Year, New Tools 🌈

Hey everyone, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good holiday season and are ready for the year ahead 🌈

Over the break, I've been working on my music-making setup. My toolset was feeling a little sprawling and disorganised - plugins I'd bought and used once, or tools that I hadn't mastered and I'd load up and flip through a few presets and never go anywhere with them 😵 Every time I sat down to make music I felt like I had too many choices and none of them was actually that great...

10 More Analog Obsession Wrappers

Hey everyone, some new/updated wrappers for you! 🔌

This is a pretty sizeable update to the collection of Analog Obsession wrappers I released a while back. There are 10 new wrappers that cover preamps, compressors and EQs as well as some bugfixes to the 5 that were already released.

I've been using them a bunch myself and they really bring a great analog character to whatever you run through them. Some personal favourites are KONSOL (preamp), VariMoon (compressor) and TREQ (EQ)...

Soundtoys Wrappers

Hey everyone, happy Saturday! 🎉

I've managed to wrap up (see what I did there) the Soundtoys wrappers I've been working on, ready for release next week and just in time for Soundtoys' Black Friday sale in case you haven't got any of their plugins.

Or, if you prefer to avoid the capitalist nightmare that is Black Friday, you can also just grab Little Plate for free.

I'll officially shar...

Analog Obsession Wrappers

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing well 🙌 

Here's another new thing for you - Max wrappers for a handful of Analog Obsession plugins! 🔌 

If you can't tell I'm on a bit of a wrapper kick lately 😗 I've been adding some plugins to my music making setup, but my sensibilities just won't let me work with skeuomorphic interfaces. Wrappers let me get the sound quality of some fantastic plugins, but with the experience of working with native Live devices - no annoying p...

Airwindows Wrappers

I've got something new for you today! 🙌

You may or may not be familiar with Airwindows, the amazing and totally free plugin project of the DSP-super-wizard Chris Johnson 🧙 Chris builds and releases a ton of excellent sounding plugins totally for free (his Patreon-supported model is very much an inspo for me starting my own Patreon). His plugins sound seriously good. They can be really subtle, but always bring an extra bit of vibe to whatever you load them on.

There are a few...

INSPIR: Inspirations for the Creative Music Maker

Hey everyone! 👋

I'm real excited to share the latest version of INSPIR! 💡 

For those of you who haven't used INSPIR before (this is v2 of the device) its a simple Max For Live inspiration generator/creative un-blocker. When you're stuck for ideas, load it up, choose a category you'd like to work on and click within the device to generate a random creative prompt for you to try. Its really handy - I use it pretty much every day for helping me get unstuck (I get stuck a l...

Learn Live 11: Shifter

I'd almost forgotten that I did this video for Ableton a while back on the updated Shifter device in Live 11. Fortunately it popped up in my YouTube feed recently so I could remember to share it!

Shifter is a really creative effect, when you get to know it. So dig in and enjoy!

What Should I Work On Next? 🤔

Now that TEXTURE is released, I need help deciding what to work on next 🙌 Here are the options:

• DRUMR - an update to DRUMR, my drum sound discovery tool, with better functionality and more samples
• INSPIR - a Max For Live tool to help you get out of creative blocks
• STEPS 2023-10-02 11:55:17 +0000 UTC View Post