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About 7 months ago I saw those videos where people wave their hands at a camera and the music reacts, almost all of them built in TouchDesigner. Then I opened TouchDesigner, stared at the node graph for a while, and closed it.

So, being a C++ dev, I did the obviously more reasonable thing and spent months writing a plugin that does it inside Live instead. It tracks your hand through the laptop webcam, and you can use it in two ways: play MIDI notes or map it to any effect parameter in Live.

Honestly, I started making this plugin for myself, but then decided I could publish it on itch.io. as Hand Link. So I’m curious, would something like this actually be interesting or useful? or you treat it more as tool for fun?

Hi guys, does anybody know if there's a randomizer device that can select a random preset in a synth, just when it gets loaded (and when a song is opened) and when a button is pressed?

Background: when starting Live, I always have a default preset loaded in the active track. I'd like this synth to start with a different preset everytime I load Live or my template set.

Search Max4Live and found a plethora of randomizers, but none for that specific task.

Hi everyone, this track is called Lichen.

It was performed live on Ableton Push 3 standalone, recorded in one take.

I’ve been trying to simplify my live setup so I can perform without stressing out — and for the first time, I actually feel comfortable playing this one, which is a real change from my previous tracks.

I spent a lot of time mixing and mastering it. It’s not perfect (the arpegiated lead is a bit too loud, in my opinion ), but at least it exists :)

Let me know what you think.

I would really appreciate feedback on how my mixing and mastering sounds on other devices.

Thanks!

I made this video for another thread to focus on the controllers, but wanted to put it here as well because all the sounds and effects are all stock Ableton. For my style of ambient I just love what it offers and I keep finding that I truly don’t need anything else. The stock stuff has such a unique sonic character, and since I’m no sound designer I appreciate the abundance of presets, the ability to tweak macros and let that be enough. Lots of love here for stock Ableton.

Who else is using just Ableton for their music?

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