There is this M4L device called "Master Pitch" by Kilihu. If you work with multiple MIDI clips and tend to switch between song keys during the mixing or whatever, it can help you faster transpose the whole set really quickly without pushing each midi clip by one semitone up or down. Basically its like putting transpose midi effect for each clip but easier. For me personally it has helped a lot since I like to switch between keys to find the one that perfectly fits the vibe of whole set. and iirc its free. Downside is that you still have to manually change pitch audio clips iirc. I might have missed something from manual/tutorial but Im sure only drum racks and midi clips were pitchable.
That’s sickkkk!!! Very useful! I think the auto gain device shown in the video does a very similar thing! I just didn’t show it because truthfully I haven’t been using it…and I’m not sure why 😂😂 I def should!!
@@TheCosmicAcademy Oh yeah, I just googled that device and yeah there is one for transposing as well. I still think this Master Pitch can boost workflow faster but I might combine it with that gain device for audio clips since Master Pitch can’t pitch those. Anyways, Thanks for showing these devices in the video!
Brilliant tools! Color schemes was a gamechanger for me in Cubase and Ableton, and I've stuck to my scheme for years now. If you don't want to fork out for the plugin, a trick in Ableton is that (if you work with groups), you can right click a Group track, and select "Assign Track Color to Grouped Tracks and Clips" to quicky apply colors in your project. Although not as flexible as the Auto Track Colors device, it's a nice trick.
Absolutely!! Having those repeatable color schemes helps when you have to go back to old projects too! Most of these tools do fall into the convenience category…but damn they are so convenient right?! 😂 I’m all for saving clicks and seconds when you’re spending all day everyday in ableton!!
@@TheCosmicAcademy Yeah man, I'd say workflow improvements are the best way to make more and better music, and the best place to spend your GAS-money :D
Excellent suggestions! My favorites from this video (and I went and got them) are Auto Track Colors, Swiss Army Meter, and of course Clip Gain. All of them amazing. Even though Shortcut Buddy 3 is a great device, I prefer Live Enhancement Suite which provides a customizable context menu with any plugins you want to include, and it even has submenus. Live Enhancement Suite has many other features besides the context menu and it is free and open source. Mix Matcher is also a great device but I already own Metric AB from ADPTR so I have no need for it.
for EQ eight you just have to hit save to save it as a preset. you don't have to group it first. maybe this was an update. I just set mine up. It basically won't allow you to add any stock effect but it will allow any preset of a stock effect... if that makes sense. so just save a copy of your default presets and you're good to go!
You could also use Mix Matcher for mixing your own songs tracks/busses to each other. But a big con is currently the spectrum itself, it's hard to see/use. You can't expand it and interact/see which peaks are what frequencies like spectrum has. Also the spectrum updates a bit slow compared to other plugins
Holy shit man, these are crazy good! I've been such a fool to ignore max for live thinking its all programming or something haha, gonna jump on this asap. Great video, thank you for sharing!
@@TheCosmicAcademy im just getting into M4L, so no recommendations yet. Believe it or not, I've been using Ableton since version 5 but just recently bought the Suite version so M4L is all new to me.
thanks! glad you enjoyed it. to answer that question, its just an empty audio channel. because we want to see the spectrum of the reference but not hear it...you can route the output of the reference channel to a blank audio channel (which I just named "dead"). This will silence the reference track, but still show its frequencies on the mixmatcher device! now you can play your project, without hearing the reference track on top of it!
Derp, I have no idea how to get the "clip gain" (at least I found the site......) BTW, any chance it works with session view? It would be invaluable if so.
man, watching these makes me want to switch to Ableton from Logic. But I just don't want to learn yet another massive piece of software because I already know hundreds haha . how big of a difference is it to jump to Ableton from Logic?
I can totally relate to these feelings! I made the switch a few years ago (Logic to Ableton) and it's a little bumpy at the start, but within a month or two there was no looking back! It's frustrating at first because you want to immediately "make music" in Ableton, but you really cant until you learn the software first. I would recommend spending majority of your first few weeks just learning the layout, hotkeys, functionality, etc. Within a few weeks a lot of the familiarity will be there and you can go back to being creative. From a workflow, creativity, and efficiency perspective...i found ableton to be light years ahead. Visually however, not so pleasing! I'll take it though haha 👊
and one more thing! if you do make the switch, I highly recommend watching the "Sadowick" ableton walkthroughs. He has some playlists breaking down everything in ableton and its fantastic.
@@TheCosmicAcademy thanks Bro, I'll be checking out all your vids also. I watched some other vids on Max and it looks insane. I was actually in contact with the Cycles guy in the mid-late 90's when it was just being figured out and was into it for a while. even the earliest Max DSP stuff was insane. I have the Lite version of Ableton and already started fooling around with it. There are a few things that are weird but I'll give it a go for a few weeks and see how it feels.
Does anybody know if there is a Max for Live feature which would allow to automatically reproduce the changes I make in a specific clip inside the session view to the same-named clip inside the arrangement view ?
Hey guys. Is anyone else having problems with shortcut buddy? When I assign the keys to the tools and try to use them, nothing happens. Do any of you have a solution there? Thanks in advance
Try these steps...its such a weird way to set it up 😅 You first have to "Group" the plugin you want to shortcut into an audio effect rack. Then save that audio effect rack into your user library. Then drag that saved audio effect rack to the "insert effect" slot in Shortcut Buddy. Once its loaded on there, press "command + K" to set up hot-keys. Click the circle to the left of your plugin in shorcut buddy, then assign any key to it. That should work....Let me know! -Z
Maybe for you? For me it makes a lot of sense. Doing it your way, what if I want an 1176, LA-2A, Distressor, Pro-Q, SSL J, API 550, and my 5 favorite saturators/tape plugins, LFO tool and Shaperbox all at my disposal….i have to put that on every single channel in my template and then just turn them on and off? How practical is that? 🤷♂️
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With Clip gain I have set up my 3 and 4 on my numeric pad to.. Add 1 dB or subtract 1 db.. So fast.. Not needing to bring out the fader. 🙏🏻
Awesomeee way of using it!! Such a great device!
Love that! Gonna set that up! Sounds like a huge time saver for me
There is this M4L device called "Master Pitch" by Kilihu.
If you work with multiple MIDI clips and tend to switch between song keys during the mixing or whatever, it can help you faster transpose the whole set really quickly without pushing each midi clip by one semitone up or down. Basically its like putting transpose midi effect for each clip but easier.
For me personally it has helped a lot since I like to switch between keys to find the one that perfectly fits the vibe of whole set. and iirc its free.
Downside is that you still have to manually change pitch audio clips iirc. I might have missed something from manual/tutorial but Im sure only drum racks and midi clips were pitchable.
That’s sickkkk!!! Very useful! I think the auto gain device shown in the video does a very similar thing! I just didn’t show it because truthfully I haven’t been using it…and I’m not sure why 😂😂 I def should!!
@@TheCosmicAcademy Oh yeah, I just googled that device and yeah there is one for transposing as well.
I still think this Master Pitch can boost workflow faster but I might combine it with that gain device for audio clips since Master Pitch can’t pitch those.
Anyways, Thanks for showing these devices in the video!
amazing tips. youre a legend for these
Happy they help!! I really appreciate you watching and dropping me a line! 👊
Brilliant tools! Color schemes was a gamechanger for me in Cubase and Ableton, and I've stuck to my scheme for years now. If you don't want to fork out for the plugin, a trick in Ableton is that (if you work with groups), you can right click a Group track, and select "Assign Track Color to Grouped Tracks and Clips" to quicky apply colors in your project. Although not as flexible as the Auto Track Colors device, it's a nice trick.
Absolutely!! Having those repeatable color schemes helps when you have to go back to old projects too! Most of these tools do fall into the convenience category…but damn they are so convenient right?! 😂 I’m all for saving clicks and seconds when you’re spending all day everyday in ableton!!
@@TheCosmicAcademy Yeah man, I'd say workflow improvements are the best way to make more and better music, and the best place to spend your GAS-money :D
Excellent suggestions!
My favorites from this video (and I went and got them) are Auto Track Colors, Swiss Army Meter, and of course Clip Gain. All of them amazing.
Even though Shortcut Buddy 3 is a great device, I prefer Live Enhancement Suite which provides a customizable context menu with any plugins you want to include, and it even has submenus. Live Enhancement Suite has many other features besides the context menu and it is free and open source.
Mix Matcher is also a great device but I already own Metric AB from ADPTR so I have no need for it.
Thanks!! Live enhancement suite is great! Although I couldn’t get it working on my new Mac 🥲 used to use it though…the sub menus were the best!!
@@TheCosmicAcademy Exactly the same issue I had too, couldn't get it to work on the M1 series mac :(
for EQ eight you just have to hit save to save it as a preset. you don't have to group it first. maybe this was an update. I just set mine up. It basically won't allow you to add any stock effect but it will allow any preset of a stock effect... if that makes sense. so just save a copy of your default presets and you're good to go!
♥️♥️♥️ ahhh that’s good to know. I might have went one extra pointless step!! Hahaha
Thanks a lot for uncovering these gems!
You’re very welcome!! 👊 appreciate you watching!!
bruuuuu i was already impressed by the first device you showed but it kept getting better and better. how cool is that clip gain thing?????
Hahahaha ♥️ that clip gain device is my favorite! It’s so fasttttt!! (I think I say all of them are my “favorite” 😂)
Definitely going to check out Auto Track Colors and Clip Gain, thanks for the tips.
you're welcome!! still using them to this day...love those two! 👊❤️
You may have heard about the Device Matrix. Cool Max for Live plugin too.
Gotta check it out!!
STING by IFTAH I've been using it a lot. It basically generates acid bass lines, but it's good for bass lines in general.
Yeah real nice one
You could also use Mix Matcher for mixing your own songs tracks/busses to each other.
But a big con is currently the spectrum itself, it's hard to see/use. You can't expand it and interact/see which peaks are what frequencies like spectrum has. Also the spectrum updates a bit slow compared to other plugins
can absolutely do that with your tracks + busses! and i totally agree on the other part...its def not a perfect plugin! ❤️
wow, this is insane news! Thank You!
Gotta save all that as a template and go with the flow 🔥
Yessss!! That’s the move! Setting these kinds of things up in a template!
Love Max4Live devices! Clip gain is definitely a game changer! Thank you for sharing all the other ones 🙏🏼
You’re welcome! Happy they can help!
CLIP GAIN... WOW. my repetitive stressed out writsts are excited. $3 dafaq? can't wait to grab. thanks!
Hahaha ♥️👊 hope you and the wrists have a nice production sesh today!!
Awesome tips as always! Love the auto color feature :D
That one is amazing! Instant organization in your projects!
Holy shit man, these are crazy good! I've been such a fool to ignore max for live thinking its all programming or something haha, gonna jump on this asap. Great video, thank you for sharing!
I was the sameeee way!!! Slept on it for so long!! Happy they help!
I grabbed swiss army meter recently. very useful. I'm definitely grabbing clip gain and mix matcher!
yesss!! clip gain is my fav - use it so much now!! got any other good M4L devices you'd recommend?
@@TheCosmicAcademy im just getting into M4L, so no recommendations yet. Believe it or not, I've been using Ableton since version 5 but just recently bought the Suite version so M4L is all new to me.
We’re alike! Haha I was very late to the M4L club too…been pleasantly surprised! Some really cool stuff being created!!
The auto-gain device takes the top spot for me ♥️🏆
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Great Max4Live devices~! Thx for sharing! :)
Woaw, those are great !
Only regret is that Ableton does not include those features by default in Live.
that moment when u tryna learn about your daw and you hear your own song in the background of the vid :D awesome stuff man
hahahahaha thats so funny!! i use it all the time...great little tune 👊
"I slept on Max For Live for way too long"...me too buddy. Me too...
But now…we have seen the light!! 🙌😂♥️
I’m totally getting these!!!! I love the clip gain 🤯🤯
Haha right?! It’s wild!!
amazing
thanks! appreciate you watching ❤️ hope you can use some of these to speed your workflow up!
thank you!
You’re very welcome!! 👊♥️
Wow I need to get on the M4L game asap! 😍
Don’t sleep on it!!
Crazy🔥
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great video bro
Thank you!!! Appreciate you watching 👊
Good stuff bro!!!
Thanks James!! Really appreciate you watching and dropping a line ♥️👊 hope this helps the workflow!
Isn’t it handy that I got an upgrade to suite for Christmas lol thanks for these ❤
hahaha perfect timing!!! dive into the M4L world...there's crazy stuff in it!!
Cool video mate! Shortcut buddy rocks!!!!
@4:44 - Anyone advise me how I can set up and name a dead track output like this?
Thanks in adv.....
thanks! glad you enjoyed it.
to answer that question, its just an empty audio channel. because we want to see the spectrum of the reference but not hear it...you can route the output of the reference channel to a blank audio channel (which I just named "dead"). This will silence the reference track, but still show its frequencies on the mixmatcher device!
now you can play your project, without hearing the reference track on top of it!
Lol, nice Max For Live animation. Where'd you get it? 😉
Derp, I have no idea how to get the "clip gain" (at least I found the site......) BTW, any chance it works with session view? It would be invaluable if so.
man, watching these makes me want to switch to Ableton from Logic. But I just don't want to learn yet another massive piece of software because I already know hundreds haha . how big of a difference is it to jump to Ableton from Logic?
I can totally relate to these feelings! I made the switch a few years ago (Logic to Ableton) and it's a little bumpy at the start, but within a month or two there was no looking back! It's frustrating at first because you want to immediately "make music" in Ableton, but you really cant until you learn the software first. I would recommend spending majority of your first few weeks just learning the layout, hotkeys, functionality, etc. Within a few weeks a lot of the familiarity will be there and you can go back to being creative. From a workflow, creativity, and efficiency perspective...i found ableton to be light years ahead. Visually however, not so pleasing! I'll take it though haha 👊
and one more thing! if you do make the switch, I highly recommend watching the "Sadowick" ableton walkthroughs. He has some playlists breaking down everything in ableton and its fantastic.
@@TheCosmicAcademy thanks Bro, I'll be checking out all your vids also. I watched some other vids on Max and it looks insane. I was actually in contact with the Cycles guy in the mid-late 90's when it was just being figured out and was into it for a while. even the earliest Max DSP stuff was insane. I have the Lite version of Ableton and already started fooling around with it. There are a few things that are weird but I'll give it a go for a few weeks and see how it feels.
Whatttt so sick! I’ve never seen these
right?!!?! i wont lie...i ignored max for live...and it was a mistake hahaha. so many people creating awesome, practical devices
GM audio clipper Update interview over Filter Design clipping would be cool. thx guys..nice m4l topic
We’ve got one or two utility devices on the website, and an affiliate program if you’re interested?
Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome!! ♥️ hope you have some new toys to play with haha
This is good stuff!
Thanks!! Hope they’re able to help speed things up!
Great vid. Ty
You’re welcome!! Appreciate you watching ♥️♥️
I downloaded Mix Matcher from the link in your description, but how does it open in Ableon? It just opens in Max 🤔
Does anybody know if there is a Max for Live feature which would allow to automatically reproduce the changes I make in a specific clip inside the session view to the same-named clip inside the arrangement view ?
Awesome guys!
Thanks!!
@@TheCosmicAcademy appreciate the tip Zach.
are these only for Live 11 Suite? Or do they work on the Standard?
Uuups another ableton channel reaching 100.000 in 6 months
Haha that would be amazing but we’ve got a lotta work to do!! 😂 Appreciate you!! 👊
Very cool video bro
Thank you!! 👊 do you know of any other good max for live recommendations?
Continue Play + Record (Arrangement) - Max for Live device for Ableton Live czcams.com/video/dix8gpqN-7w/video.html
yoooo this is sick!!! hahahaha great add to the comments here
Clip gain possibly. The rest? Clutter.
Not a fan of shortcut buddy?! Press one key and open a plugin?! 😢
@@TheCosmicAcademy enhancement suite is way better imo
LoadeR is 3$, and i find it better as shortcut buddy 3 , wich is 15$ ..
Great call!! Haven’t seen that one but an awesome addition/replacement! 👊
@@TheCosmicAcademy thanks a lot .. i have been inspired from your Channel ❤️
Hey guys. Is anyone else having problems with shortcut buddy? When I assign the keys to the tools and try to use them, nothing happens. Do any of you have a solution there? Thanks in advance
Try these steps...its such a weird way to set it up 😅 You first have to "Group" the plugin you want to shortcut into an audio effect rack. Then save that audio effect rack into your user library. Then drag that saved audio effect rack to the "insert effect" slot in Shortcut Buddy. Once its loaded on there, press "command + K" to set up hot-keys. Click the circle to the left of your plugin in shorcut buddy, then assign any key to it. That should work....Let me know! -Z
Omg.. the money I (and many others) have wasted on "premium plugins" while we had Max for live devices for it all this time.. 🥴
hahahaha we all feel that pain together 🥲
How can you not mention BIP :)
Haven’t tried it!! Gotta check it out
@@TheCosmicAcademy I should get a cosmic academy scholarship for introducing you to Bounce In Place 😂
@@yoelwww 😂😂 let’s see if i like it!! Haha i actually looked it up. Looks amazing
CLIP GAIN. GENIUS.
No great tips to share here. Just came in to say I just found out about what a patcher does.
♥ we appreciate you stopping by!!
No 2 literally makes no sense coz you can drag and drop whichever plugins in your template on each channel and just enable before use
Maybe for you? For me it makes a lot of sense. Doing it your way, what if I want an 1176, LA-2A, Distressor, Pro-Q, SSL J, API 550, and my 5 favorite saturators/tape plugins, LFO tool and Shaperbox all at my disposal….i have to put that on every single channel in my template and then just turn them on and off? How practical is that? 🤷♂️
Nah, it's way faster in practice.
Honestly……wow
Max for live is wild! So many cool devices out there!!
Ah, found it.
Ahhh nice!! I rarely use session view but I can check when I’m by the computer. You have a chance to try it out??
@@TheCosmicAcademy Yeah, it works. But I don't have a clue yet as to how to "cut" clips up lol. (newb)
Impossible in logic 😢😢😅
I knowww 😬☹️
get a gaming mouse with 12 side buttons
Please don't skip, Read! ❤👀⚠
I'm a big M4L fan,
been looking for a swiss army meter and Clip gain for so long.
please do not get me wrong, but will someone please donate or gift me these plugins, I can not afford them.
It will be really a ton of help for me. The one who wishes to help, I'll be thankful, looking forward in hope.
Thank you...
(great video and comments also very informative. Love it)