Ableton and Cycling 74 Release Max for Live

Ableton and Cycling 74 have worked together to produce Max for Live, a way of harnessing the power and potential of Max/MSP from within Live. Now users of Live can make the most of the Max/MSP programming environment to create brand new instruments and effects. Build completely unique synths and effects, create algorithmic composition tools, or fuse Live and controller hardware into radical, new music machines. 

Key features

• Build your own audio effects, MIDI effects and instruments
• Use the API to control Live Sets, tracks, clips, devices, notes, loops, parameters etc.
• Extend your hardware's feature set: provides objects to access any hardware controllers that are connected to Live
• Includes a specialized version of Max for creating and editing Max devices (Please note: does not run independently of Max for Live)
• Comes with a selection of MAX devices that are ready to use out of the box for audio and MIDI processing, algorithmic composition, real-time performance and hardware control
• Devices keep playing in Live while they are being edited in Max
• Flexible user interface design: the UI can look like Live or completely different
• Includes hundreds of built-in Max objects for logic, MIDI, scripting, audio and video processing
• Supports video synthesis and animation via "Jitter" objects
• Includes step-by-step tutorials for learning to program with Max for Live

System requirements