Audio Effect Tools

In addition to the celebrated Big Three audio devices, Max for Live includes audio devices that provide examples of various kinds of operations and processes. You can use these patches in series in your Live sessions, or edit and recombine them to make your own devices.

Finding the Audio Effect Tools

Click on a File button in Live's File browser and choose Library from the pull-down Bookmarks menu to show the Library.
Click on the arrow to the left of the folder marked Presets.
Click on the arrow to the left of the folder marked Audio Effects to show the folder's contents.
Click on the arrow to the left of the folder marked Max Audio Effect to show the folder's contents.
Click on the arrow to the left of the folder marked Tools to show the folder's contents.
The example devices are listed in the Tools folder beneath the Building Blocks folder. Each example device is contained in its own folder, along with a number of presets.

Audio Effect Tools Overview

Max AutoFilter: One-band filter controlled by signal envelope following
Max AutoRingMod: A ring modulator controlled by signal envelope following
Max CombFilterMulti: Five comb filters in a single device
Max Compressor: A stereo compression object
Max CutKiller: A signal hacker based on the CutHacker Building Block that can be synced to Live's transport
Max DelayMultiBand: A "double" shelving filter and 3 delay lines
Max DelayTaps: Up to 32 delay taps
Max DopplerPan: A Doppler effect synced to Live's tempo
Max EffectMatrix: Multiple effects in a single device
Max EnvelopeFollower: Envelope following/smoothing/mapping
Max EqGraphic31: A 31 band graphic equalizer
Max EqParametric4: A four-band parametric equalizer
Max EqShelving: A "double" shelving filter
Max SignalAnalyzer: A Fast Fourier Filter Bank signal analyzer similar to Live's Spectrum device
Max SpectralDelay: An FFT-based delay line
Max SpectralHarm: An FFT-based frequency shifter