Shuffling, Slicing, and Glitching Audio, and Other Modular Max for Live Devices

by Peter Kirn

Modular Series - Shuffler 2.0.0 from Isotonik Studios on Vimeo.

For fans of slicing, dicing, glitching, reversing, and shuffling incoming audio streams, this Max for Live Device is for you. Shuffler 2.0 is the latest in a series of “modular” Max for Live devices from developer Isotonik Studios. Mappable to MIDI, the suite of Devices focuses on simpler tasks in ways that can be combined. There are interactive Follow Actions, for instance — a feature I’ve long argued should be native to Ableton Live — plus tools for more easily mapping MIDI to envelopes. There’s a convenient Looper.

From last week, there’s a module called Smart, capable of mapping some eight macros to one knob.

Modular Series - Smart 2.0.8 from Isotonik Studios on Vimeo.

http://isotonikstudios.com/modular/

Check out the Follow actions in the video below.

Isotonik Modular Series - F0llow 1.0.4 from Isotonik Studios on Vimeo.