banalytic

experimental music & digital art

Tag: m4l

  • jamuary 2026 // #08 // sound collage ableton

    Today I created a sound collage in ableton using old loops and GRM Tools Atelier patches. I morphed and crossfaded in real time with the m4l device Chiastic Slide on my Push 3. Chiastic Slide is an incredible device—simple yet absolutely brilliant. I highly recommend it and a huge thank you to the developer, Zack Steinkamp.

    Since a video showing only a few channels in Ableton is boring, I added visuals to the track using VideoSync 2.

  • Vsynth-Visuals in Ableton – Part 1

    Kevin Kripper, the founder of the Max/MSP package Vsynth, published the lectures from his Vsynth classes at the University of Oregon on Patreon a few days ago.
    Inspired by this, I revisited Vsynth after a long time and integrated my patch into Ableton 12 as a Max for Live device:

    The Vsynth-Patch as a Max for Live Device in Ableton

    Kevin provides instructions for this here:

    Unfortunately, there are problems using the Vsynth preset object in Ableton. Instead of the VSynth preset object, the following patch must be implemented (with the name of your json-preset-file):

    I then inserted “Envelope MIDI” to those samples in the Drum Rack which get triggered and assigned them to the corresponding parameters in the M4L VSynth patch:

    I also mapped LFOs and Envelope Followers to other parameters in the Live Set to add more movement.

    This creates very interesting audio-reactive visuals:

    Thanks to Kevin Kripper for this amazing package!