Playing the Pitch of Ableton Live's Looper with Jeff Kaiser's Max For Live Device
Being able to "play" the pitch of a loop melodically is a rare function, but it's one that opens up many different possibilities. Here, we look at a Max For Live device, made by musician/technologist/scholar Jeff Kaiser, which easily enables this functionality in Ableton Live. We look at adding it to a Live set, and preview a few of the possibilities this makes possible.
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0:00 Make a pitch-er, it'll last longer
0:17 A rare but powerful looping technique
0:35 Jeff Kaiser rules all with a mighty fist
1:22 The initial loop, and setting up Jeff's Max For Live device
2:32 The issue of overlapping control notes with vari-speed pitches
3:01 Adding an arpeggiator
3:58 Bringing in drums
4:16 Flipping playback direction, and hearing the hard attack at the loop's downbeat
4:54 De-alignment as a side-effect of Vari-Speed
5:33 "Retrigger clips" to re-align the loop at different pitches
6:24 Re-introducing the arpeggiator, and different retrigger intervals
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