Max For Live Curated Collection

A meticulously curated collection of the best Max For Live devices around to inspire your next production. Browse the collection below.

What Is Max For Live?

Mojo

€10

Colour your tracks with the sound of vintage hardware.

Ducker

A$20

Unprecedented control of your sidechaining with a sample-accurate sidechain/ducking tool.

Volume Buddy

$18

A one of a kind LUFS auto gain plugin that will change the way you mix your music.

Tape

£15

A versatile colourbox, inspired by the classic Studer tape decks. Capture the spirit and character of tape recording.

shöebox

Imagine putting your audio through a shoe box. Or maybe through a shoe?

trnr.ChannelStrip

FREE

A modelled tube preamp with 3 band EQ and oscilloscope.

Surgeon

€10

A precision low and high cut EQ for surgically removing frequencies from your sounds.

Freesound4Live

€5

Browse, search, listen and download sounds from Freesound.org without leaving Ableton Live.

Pyr

FREE

12-voice modelled string instrument with an inspirational interface.

FUZZ-A-ME

FREE

A creative distortion with 6 flavours and 3 soft clip modes.

Chiral

€29

An inspiring MPE-enabled synthesizer with a unique approach to sound design to give you a fresh tool for making new sounds.

trnr.RetroSampler

FREE

A lo-fi sample player inspired by hardware samplers of the 90s.

Lucky Notes

FREE

Make your patterns more spontaneous by controlling the probability of your notes.

Superberry

€29

A creative synthesizer the combines supersaws with an enigmatic FM engine for endless creative sound design.

Squeeze

FREE

Squeeze every last drop out of your audio with a powerful multi-band upward compressor.

Swiss Army Meter

The ultimate all-in-one metering device for Ableton Live.

BiP (Bounce In Place)

€4+

One-click 'Bounce in Place' for Ableton Live.

AS Steps

$35

A feature intensive, yet simple step sequencer that is a one stop shop for all your generative and randomization sequencing needs.

Rhythmorphic

£18

An unconventional sequencer to create unique patterns and progressions.

Kit

€18

A versatile set of seven experimental devices with engaging visual interfaces that invite you to tune parameters with your ears and lose yourself in sound.

trnr.DmmG

FREE

A digital multi-mode gate audio effect. Play an audio track like a subtractive synthesizer.

AS Console

$30

An analog-style channel strip with multiple pre-amp models to add colour to your mixes.

Roulette

€15

A unique and unbelievably versatile poly-asymmetic MIDI sequencer.

Inspired By Nature

FREE

A unique collection of creative tools for organic sound design and composition.

Pathways

£15

Make drawings to play back samples. Creative sound design at its best.

trnr.Flechtwerk

FREE

16 unique synthesizer models. Modelled after a famous Eurorack module.

Glänta

€10

Focus on the fundamentals of FM synthesis with this gorgeous, minimalist 2-operator synth.

NTPD

$10

A simple, minimal notepad for Ableton Live.

X-TRANSLATE

€20.00

What if you could transform any sound, sample, or audio source into any other instrument — in real-time?

X-FX

€50.00

What if you could tune your effects to any scale and key, and even play them via MIDI input in real-time?

Additional Info

The Max For Live Curated Collection is a selection of Max For Live devices for use in Ableton Live, chosen for their high quality and creative potential. These are not tools I have made myself, but rather tools I have found in my own search for creative instruments and effects to use in my music making.

There are literally 1000s of Max For Live devices out there, so The Collection is an attempt to highlight what I think are the best devices and developers around.

Disclaimers

The Max For Live Curated Collection includes links to tools made by 3rd parties. While I make every effort to ensure the quality of linked tools, I cannot guarantee that the tools will always work as described nor can I provide support for the tools. Please contact the respective developers directly with additional queries.

Affiliate Links

Some of the entries in the the Max For Live Curated Collection may contain affiliate links and I earn a portion of each sale from a device purchased through an affiliate link. I only include devices that I believe in and will regularly review The Collection and remove any entries that no longer meet my quality standards. Affiliate sales help keep the ELPHNT website and the Max For Live Curated Collection sustainable.

Selection Process

Before including a device in The Collection I will use it extensively in my own music making to ensure it is highly functional and creative in many different situations. I’m an incredibly minimalist producer, so I have a very high standard for tools that make it into my regular workflow. Most of the device in The Collection are tools I’ve used extensively in my music for many years.

If you’re a developer and you think your device should be included in The Collection, reach out using the Contact page and we can go from there.

Max For Live Curated Collection

Additional Info

Disclaimers

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