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Zack Steinkamp
United States
Приєднався 8 січ 2016
Lately very music production focused. #ableton Live, #m4l Max For Live. Expect one tree disposal video per year.
Build a Custom Delay Line With Stock Devices #ableton
See how to make a feedback rack that lets you design a delay effect with whatever FX you like *inside* the feedback loop. This is a step-by-step Ableton tutorial that shows you the ins and outs of building a single-channel feedback loop to make some wild sounds.
If you just want to download something, check out the Feedback Matrix. It's like this device taken to the second power.
plugins.steinkamp.us/zs-Feedback-Matrix
I have 20+ other racks and Max for Live devices for download. Check them out here:
plugins.steinkamp.us/
If you just want to download something, check out the Feedback Matrix. It's like this device taken to the second power.
plugins.steinkamp.us/zs-Feedback-Matrix
I have 20+ other racks and Max for Live devices for download. Check them out here:
plugins.steinkamp.us/
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Scale Awareness Updates #maxforlive #abletonlive
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A rundown of the four devices I recently updated with Scale Awareness. Learn more and download at: plugins.steinkamp.us/ 0:00 Intro 0:17 MoireArp 1:00 Fancy MoireArp 1:53 Fibonacci Note Echo 2:32 Fractal Note Echo 3:30 zs Faderboard3 5:12 Portamento 6:11 MIDI Input 7:00 Wrap-Up MoireArp, Fibonacci Note Echo, Fractal Note Echo, and zs Faderboard3 all got the Scale Awareness treatment. Faderboard...
Faderboard3 MIDI Reveal - #ableton #maxforlive
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Download this now at plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-zs-Faderboard3 Turn on captions for play-by-play. :) A fun jam showing off the new capabilities of zs-Faderboard3: Scale Awareness, Portamento, and MIDI input. I recorded and adjusted (quite a bit!) a bass guitar part earlier. The Kick MIDI is driving the shakers through Note Echo MIDI effects. The Faderboard3 is going through a whole-note delay cha...
MoireArp vs Faderboard3 - #Ableton Phasing Jam
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(Turn on captions for a little play-by-play.) plugins.steinkamp.us/ Download and use what you see in this video. Let me know how it goes! This video is a live jam showing how MoireArp and Faderboard3 can be used together. Both are instruments built around phasing. I am nearly done adding scale awareness to Faderboard3 and was having such a great jam session, I decided to record this video. Comi...
MoireJam 5 - Ableton / #maxforlive
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If you told me three months ago that I'd post videos of playing music live on UA-cam I'd say you were crazy. lol Jamming with a MoireArp-powered Live Set, controlled with Knobbler4. Download them here and see what they can do for your music! plugins.steinkamp.us/ One take, aside from some trimmed from the middle.
zs Faderboard in 60 Seconds
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zs Faderboard was inspired by the Vestax Faderboard, which I learned about from Hainbach's excellent video. It's a sample playback machine from the 2000s with a twist: each its ten voices are triggered by moving faders. It's awesome what you can do with it! In this video, I kind of focus on the ambient side, but don't stop there. Hainbach's video: ua-cam.com/video/E1Kr0EJwZ-c/v-deo.html Downloa...
Chiastic Slide in 60 Seconds
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Chiastic Slide is a multichannel crossfader for Ableton Live that works with Group Tracks and Racks. Your sound sources appear around a virtual microphone, where you can control what direction it's pointing along with attributes of its pickup pattern like width and response curve. Download Chiastic Slide today and use it in your music! plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-ChiasticSlide (click "Releases" on...
TapPanZeit in 60 Seconds
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TapPanZeit is a fresh take on a delay or echo effect for Ableton Live, made with Max for Live. Download and learn more about TapPanZeit here: plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-TapPanZeit Click "Releases" on the right for downloads. I've got dozens of other devices for Ableton Live that you can download and use in your music. Check them out here: plugins.steinkamp.us/ What are you doing with TapPanZeit? ...
Ableton Live / Max For Live Ambient Jam + Breakdown
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Listen to a live jam with a bunch of the devices I've made followed by a deep dive into how the set is set up. 0:50 Start up the jams 3:15 Can you tuna kick? 6:27 Breakdown starts Use all the devices you see here in your music. Info and Download here... plugins.steinkamp.us/ Device Highlights: MoireArp is a polyrhythm powerhouse, letting you discover order and beauty in numbers. Knobbler4 is th...
Knobbler4 in 60 Seconds - Ableton Live Parameter Control
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Knobbler4 is the best parameter control surface for Ableton Live and your iPad or Android tablet. In this short video, we look at Knobbler4's core functionality, showing how it can make your musicmaking nore efficient and joyful! Download it and check it out in your music! Let me know how it goes :) plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-Knobbler4 Curious? Have a look at these other videos about Knobbler4. u...
Fresh Update: Chiastic Slide v7
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Now showing with accurate curve effect visualized. Also, the direction knob is now eeeennnddddlllleeeeesssssssssss...... Download to use in your music! plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-ChiasticSlide
MoireArp + Knobbler4 Jam
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I take credit for the arrangement, sonic properties, many of the effects, and the evolution through time of the sound in this performance. However, I take no credit at all for the patterns, harmonies, movement, and just overall beauty of the notes being played. No person can take credit for those things, since it is the bare fundamental nature of numbers that is showing itself to us through tho...
MoiréArp: Listen to the Numbers #maxforlive
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Introducing a MIDI effect that lets you hear patterns emerging from different repeating sequences of notes. Discover the beautiful rhythms, melodies, and harmonies contained in the relationships between numbers themselves. Download at: plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-MoireArp 0:00 Intro 1:00 Device Tour 2:37 Pattern Repeats / LCM 4:24 Start Steps 4:57 Larger Numbers 6:00 Visual Patterns 7:03 Step Leng...
Make Your Own Modulator Device! #maxforlive
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A how-to video intended to help you get started building a Modulator device in Max for Live. Along the way, you will build two useful devices. #ableton #maxforlive Download zs.mapper: github.com/zsteinkamp/m4l-zs.mapper/releases 0:00 Intro 0:45 What is a modulator? 1:37 Inside the LFO 3:12 zs.mapper 4:08 Install zs.mapper 5:36 Elements of a Modulator 6:50 Other Examples 8:37 Creating our Device...
Rain + TapPanZeit + Knobbler4
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An impromptu recording after a really motivating session with TapPanZeit and its new meters. I kept making recordings, first audio, then with automation/notes, then with the DSLR getting a perspective, then again which was this video. Each one was worth keeping. plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-TapPanZeit plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-Knobbler4 I have many other free/open-source Max for Live plugins at: plu...
Max For Live Technical Deep Dive: TapPanZeit
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Max For Live Technical Deep Dive: TapPanZeit
Scratch in Ableton Live with ScratchBacker
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Scratch in Ableton Live with ScratchBacker
Your First Max for Live Device: Build a WavScope
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Your First Max for Live Device: Build a WavScope
TapPanZeit - Ableton Delay Rethought
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TapPanZeit - Ableton Delay Rethought
Ableton Productivity Boost! Knobbler4 Device Presets
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Ableton Productivity Boost! Knobbler4 Device Presets
Your iPad = AWESOME Ableton Live Parameter Control Surface
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Your iPad = AWESOME Ableton Live Parameter Control Surface
Ableton Demo: Knobbler and Friends Make an Autobot
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Ableton Demo: Knobbler and Friends Make an Autobot
Knobbler4 - The best parameter control surface for Ableton Live
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Knobbler4 - The best parameter control surface for Ableton Live
Chiastic Slide - Multitrack Crossfader for Ableton Live
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Chiastic Slide - Multitrack Crossfader for Ableton Live
So what is the benefit of creating your own feedback loop instead of using the delay’s feedback button?
I show in the video that if you build your own delay line you can put FX *inside* the feedback loop, instead of just before or after the delay effect. Guess I should have been more clear on that. 😊
“You’re the transmitter, give information”
I´m still not at the point to use your devices at a practical point, but I really love your experimental/scientific aproach and that you offer your devices for free ♥ THX!
Happy to share :) I only get inspired to make something if I think it's a new idea or optimizes a workflow in a unique way, which will produce unique results.
Thanks for video . Would love to understand how to make Global Midi Mapping which we can reuse in another projects .
I'd like to learn more about what you are looking for. Are you looking for MIDI mapping that is attached to a device type and not just a device instance? Feel free to email zack@steinkamp.us
Another brilliant plugin. 😊
Hurrah! I'd love to hear what you do with it.
I am amazed how good this is 😮👏🏻👏🏻
oh this sweet F locrian, gorgeous
thanks for that update, so helpful!
I was just doing this with a send and thinking that it's too bad you can't do it in a rack! I did a quick, unscientific test, and it does seem that the gate is slightly less CPU intensive than the compressor. I noticed that you left the lookahead on your Gate to 1.5 ms, which introduces latency, so I set mine to 0, just in case! (I'm not sure if the gate's sidechain listen actually gets that delay but I thought it was maybe a safe bet to go to zero.)
@@loresuto5723 Oh good catch! Thanks for pointing that out. I was thinking earlier maybe an Auto Filter could be even cheaper?
@@zsteinkamp I was wondering that too, but the Auto Filter doesn't have a side chain listen button, unlike Compressor and Gate, so I don't think it will work!
I wonder how difficult creating a "Teleport" max for live device would be? (Maybe by nabbing the code from one of Abletons max for live devices that has a sidechain like Envelope Follower? Though that doesn't have a listen button either.) It might not be worth it for the CPU cycles.
Thanks Zack for another great tutorial! I loved to play with feedback loops all the way back into my analog days. One thing I appreciated about able to live was the ability to activate sends on the returns so 10:53 that you could do feedback loops with effects. It never occurred to me. You could do another way, which opens up even more possibilities!
Yeah being able to do it all in one track changes things more than it should for me :)
Love this… will catch up with the rest of the videos over the holidays, let’s chat in the new year!! 🎉
Looking forward to chatting! zack@steinkamp.us :)
Thanks for the tutorial!
you should add the portamento from Meld that actually quantizes the notes of the scale as it reaches its destination pitch
Great updates to these devices. Happy Holidays!
Thank you Luis! Same to you :) 🎄
Hello, just a thankyou for the devices , just read the about section on your website, respect.
So that is the intelligent dance music.
We've cracked the codes!
Would be nice if duration on the right was not just in ms but in notes like 1/4 or 1/2...
I think I was just feeling lazy when I was making that part. I'll add it to the to-do list, thanks :)
Groovy tune! Love you bro xo
lol thanks sissy <3
Autechre - Goz Quarter is my favorite autechre track!
Sounds great but man that open sodas giving me anxiety haha I’d have spilled that everywhere in no time.
Haha not sure why I didn't move it. :) If it's any consolation, it's just flavored carbonated water.
At least it’d be less sticky haha
Whelp I never thought I'd be posting live music performances ever, but here we are! I have found some techniques that are like a robot exoskeleton for a worm, so I can just confidently press record and go to fun places with these simple, layered, and varying concoctions.
one of my favorite elements of hip hop! You clever with the name bro
GREAT INSIGHTS into your workflow - thanks for sharing !!
FANTASTIC JOB ..!!!! Super impressed with your hard work !
Happy to share it. LMK how it works for you and if you have any ideas to make it better :)
Very cool!!
Oh nice :) Thank you @IsotonikStudios THE recognized name in Max for Live :)
@ well that’s very humbling thank you! How best to get in contact?
Inspiring
This is so cool for so many reasons. I've been waiting a long, long time for a decent scratch emulation plugin. Super cool!
Used this with some Conga samples and it sounds cool AF.
hell yes!
This looks great--well though-out.
Ableton`s people should be in your room from now on and beyond . Drafting some useful and cool Max 4 Live device in their pack
I am all for this plan! @Ableton are you there? :D
This is sounding tasty. Also, Knobbler is working quite well these days. Love how far you've taken it.
Thanks! I was thinking the same thing the other day. I really look forward to using it now that it's fast and stable. Persistence and refinement is the way... :)
insane! so cool. I will add that i had an issue where the "browse" functionality was not working nicely. I have a feeling it's due to my lousy ISP provided router making things less visible than they should be. In case anyone else has this issue: I was able to manually enter my desktop's hostname.local into TouchOSC w/ input + output ports matching the video, then i had to manually enter my ipad's hostname.local (settings->about->Name) and now it's working perfectly. I also had to double check that i had the latest M4L (the M4L terminal was complaining about missing objects) AND make sure that ableton was actually RUNNING the latest M4L (settings->File & Folder->Max Application) Thank you for all the work you put into this!!
Woohoo! Nice going with the troubleshooting :) I just wish there was a very reliable discovery mechanism we could use. uPnP is usually good, but when it's not it's hard to know why.
Just noticed your new Devices site, nice job, certainly like the ability for zipped DL's per type of devices. Some great M4L devices. Will be checking out several. Thanks for sharing.
LMK how things work for you. I'm trying to change some of the rules with these things :)
@@zsteinkamp Will do!
Really nice. 🙂
Very interesting. Others have done animations of polyrhythms along simular lines. One way is to use polygons such, as in ua-cam.com/video/Lxs4cvSximc/v-deo.html. Another way is balls moving in a circle, at various speeds, which emit a note when passing a certain point, as in ua-cam.com/video/TwYSI47u6fs/v-deo.html.
Oh thanks for the pointers! I love this kind of stuff -- where we can bring intuitive concepts from outside into a new context. :)
You just sold a max for live licence
Will this not work with Ableton 11?
Not sure. I moved on when 12 came out. If you try it, report back on how it works :)
you are a fucking wizard!!! Thank you so much for all of your devices, spent the last two hours playing around with them and I only scratched the surface. I love the fractal echo so much
Yay welcome friend :) Happy to get feedback and ideas from ya! zack@steinkamp.us
I started digging in this morning, and am having some troubles enabling Bluhand on Windows, both Knobbler tabs work as expected bidirectionally. I'm not sure how to create a dummy control surface so I can have bluhand functionality though? Windows 11, Suite 12, latest versions of templates.
Hi @paradockz ... I don't have a Windows machine to test on, but I found this article from Ableton on virtual MIDI ports. help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209774225-Setting-up-a-virtual-MIDI-bus So once you have a MIDI port configured or available, you can set a control surface in the MIDI settings to get the Blue Hand to show up. Look under "NOTE: You MUST have a control surface configured in Ableton Live. If you do, then you will see the "Blue Hand" icon in the title bar of the selected device." in plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-Knobbler4 ... LMK how it goes!
@@zsteinkamp loopMIDI worked a charm right away with any surface selected! Thanks so much!
About to hook this up with my 11" this morning. Incredible work and utility! If I enjoy I was going to test it anyways but, you might be able to answer before I can try it. Can you use two Knobbler4 instances, with two ipads on different ports, in the same project?
Interesting idea. Pretty sure you would need to copy the .amxd and edit the copy in Max and change the receive port, which is hardcoded in the device to 2346. If this was something people wanted to do, I suppose the receive port could be exposed in the UI... LMK :)
@@zsteinkamp Yes please! I was blown away by the functionality of Knobbler4...with only 2 knobblers! I want 4 knobblers :D
Wow.. It looks perfect! Thanks so much for this! I am on an 11" iPad, but the 13 would be nicer in this situation.
More screen real estate is always better :)
Also wanted to make sure you saw this one, which goes through the setup step-by-step: ua-cam.com/video/1SvkGQ3_K8k/v-deo.html
@ excellent!!
That is awesome. I have an iConnectivity 4C , so I assume it can work is the midi from the iPad to Ableton. I want to buy Touch OSC, but there seem to be two variants available at the Apple Store. Touch OSC and TouchOSC Mk1.. Which one to get to work with this?
@@Synfluence101 It uses the OSC protocol, so it uses a network connection (ethernet or wifi). No MIDI is involved.
Nice display monitor !! Which one is it by Dell? Nice video!!
Thanks! Yeah it's an old 43" Dell. Got it in 2017 I think? Normal aspect ratio. Bigger is better! :)
@@zsteinkamp I'm on an LG 28 and it's ok, but that monitor looks sweet. I used to have those Sony MDR-7506 headphones too, until the left side went out. Those are great-sounding headphones, unless they are the M1 model. Thanks for the nice videos!
I've made something similar to your bluehand tool with touch osc but yours is really polished; nice work. I first made it as a complement to a knob controller, but I still need a bank of encoder, and maybe an ipad for that matter (I use my phone for now, I can display eight parameters and bank scrolling). A cool expansion would be to add volume/pan/etc controls
Oh yeah like a mixer tab? I don't use the mixer much in my music(?)making, but I can see how many/most people do. That's a cool idea. Happy to talk about details of your device and compare notes :) zack@steinkamp.us
wooooow
Fabfilter clone in a DAW 🤫🤭🤭🤭🤭💯
sick
It looks promising, but is there also a way to use Knobbler only as a visual of what parameters are paired to? So that when you are using another Midi device and no iPad it still keeps track of what parameters are matched to what functions.
If you've mapped MIDI controllers to parameters, you can press Cmd/Ctrl-M and see the list of what MIDI CC's are mapped to what parameter in Live's browser. No need for Knobbler. Is that what you're after?
@@zsteinkamp Hi, thanks for your response. Well that sums it up. But that only seems to work when mapping. When I'm done mapping I would like to still have a quick reference of what is mapped where, instead of labeling it on the Midi controller. It seemed that Knobbler could do that, but only if there's an iPad in the network.
You did an update and don’t tell me!
I was waiting until I knew it was really solid :) Check it out and see what happens! <3
this is really really cool