This is another simple one, but very effective if you’re not a keys player but want to sound like one. This device literally just shows you a big bars and beats count, super handy if you’re recording a long passage and have trouble keeping count and playing at the same time (or have a tendency to get a little wrapped up in your soloing). Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest. Fantastic for subtle retro crunchiness or wild Daft Punk-esque synth distortion. it’s far superior to the native Ableton ‘Redux’ audio effect. This is a pretty damn good bit crusher effect done by the user Caligula Cuddles, a triple parallel bit crusher/downsampler with crossover wet/dry mixing. I trawled through the 500 most recent entries and picked out 10 free devices with a variety of functions that are actually pretty cool (and seem to be stable, I didn’t put anything on this list that caused any crashes). So, to get to the point, I’ve gone and done you a solid. Third problem, a lot of the most popular stuff is now very old, and superseded by official Ableton Max For Live packs, so that also makes sorting by ‘most popular’ a little annoying. ![]() Second problem, supposing you’re not in a spending mood, there’s no way (that I’ve found anyway) to sort by free downloads, which is pretty frustrating. To put it less kindly, a lot of them just don’t bloody work properly. ![]() ![]() So the devices that are available for free, vary in their stability and usefulness. Being an open platform, any level of programmer can upload their devices - from complete amateur to professional. Since 2009, savvy programmers have been sharing custom built Ableton Live devices via the website, resulting in a library of almost 4000 devices available to download and use in your own projects. Musician’s are not limited by the effects, sequencers, instruments and mixing utilities included with Ableton - if you can think up a device, odds are it can be custom built within the Max For Live programming interface. With its Max programming language integration, Ableton Live is a tinkerer’s dream.
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