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Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · 13d

Old and busted: audio-reactive visuals
New hotness: video-reactive... audibles?

More fun with the Data MIDI #Sonification Tool from @manifestaudio.bsky.social: manifest.audio/data-midi

(With apologies for the incessant bobbing & weaving 😅)

#synthsky

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · 17d

🪲✅ Minor fixes to Note Raum velocity scaling under the hood.

Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · 17d

🆕 🥳 Octavator now gets absolute MIDI note floor and ceiling values to constrain output with more purpose.
🆕 🥳 Scantron now gets a divisor control in fixed Rate mode, as well as the option to toggle from R (Repeats) to U (Unique) to reduce repeated consecutive output of the same note pitch.

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · 21d

Chronoflex: manifest.audio/chronoflex
X-Delay: manifest.audio/x-delay

Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · 21d

Tired of the same grid dividing all your rhythms (and even your life)?? Get adventurous and go off grid with tupletted rhythms: learn how using our Chronoflex MIDI Transformation and vintage mode X-Delay - plus a few other fun tips and tricks... 🎛️💫

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · 22d

🪲✅ Pattern Engine gets optimizations, GUI tweaks, Info Text edits, and improved clock timing on certain systems.
🪲✅ Mod Squad Free also sees minor bug fixes and improvements.

All updates free for current owners and included with any containing bundles - click Account on our website to access now.

Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · 22d

🆕 🥳 Chronoflex now gets a dedicated note duration factor control.
🆕 🥳 Note Raum gets a host of improvements including a new hold function and an all-new wrap algorithm for unique melodic styling.
🪲✅ Data MIDI & Data Mod get minor bug fixes.

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · 22d

👀 Free updates for current users... 💫
🆕 🥳 MIDI & Audio LFOx Pros both get a pitch Factor control in Note rate mode.
🆕 🥳 Live 12 versions of Audio, Manual and MIDI S&H Pro get a new Random Pattern algorithm to generate a repeating sequence of up to 512 randomized values with dynamic length control...

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Sep 9

🪲✅ Data MIDI and Data Mod both see improvements to Fixed OSC range input mode while Data MIDI also gets improved pitch and velocity output to ensure specified ranges are no longer exceeded in rare cases.

Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Sep 9

Few producers navigate the labyrinthine traces of dubwise electronics as fluidly as @brendonmoeller.bsky.social - read more in our latest Insight artist feature: manifest.audio/insight-010-... 💡

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Noah Pred @noahpred.bsky.social · Sep 4

Brainwave sonification experiment: Muse 2 headband transmitting to Mind Monitor iOS app, which converts brainwaves to OSC, sent via wifi to the @manifestaudio.bsky.social Sonification Tools I developed, running in Ableton Live 12. #synthsky #braindance

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Sep 1

🆕 🥳 Dataforge, Photomat, and Typewriter all get fixed Rate divisor controls.
🪲✅ Resolved an issue where notes might hang when engaging Replace mode on X-Looper and fixed a minor GUI issue with X-FM.

Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks @pkirn.bsky.social for the kind shout!! 🙏 Still a couple days left to save on everything at the mighty Isotonik... 🥳

Peter Kirn @pkirn.bsky.social · Aug 30

Extended sale -- we added an exclusive CDM discount code in case you missed the @isotonikstudios.bsky.social birthday sale. Thanks for all the feedback on this #maxforlive round-up, too; will do more & keep testing!

Happy long weekend, USA. (and the rest of us, just, like, happy synthing)

Happy birthday, Isotonik: here are some of the best Ableton Live add-ons - CDM Create Digital Music

With Isotonik's Darren celebrating his birthday this week, we've got an Isotonik Studios shopping guide, with favorite Max for Live add-ons, CDM reviews, and sound demos. Now with a special CDM-exclus...

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

Learn more and download our free 4D Mixing Guide + 4D Resolver Rack here: manifest.audio/signal-002-4... 🎚️

SIGNAL 002 4D Mixing — MANIFEST AUDIO

Manifest Audio provides creative music production tools for Ableton Live: Max for Live effects, modulators, sequencers, and more - for studio, stage, and beyond...

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

Together, this free guide and audio effect rack are designed to give you a clear approach to orient your listening, sharpen your judgment, and resolve conflicts in context with confidence and purpose. /7

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

And because applying theory in the DAW is another matter,
@noahpred.bsky.social built the accompanying 4D Resolver Rack for Ableton Live 12, providing all the 4D framework’s key approaches in one place. /6

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

That’s why we created our 4D Mixing Guide: not a recipe, not a rulebook. A workflow to help you make informed decisions in context. /5

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

What’s missing isn’t another “top 10 mixing hacks” list - what’s missing is a framework: a holistic method to understand your mix as a relational system. /4

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

CPU? Struggling. Clarity? Dubious. Worst of all? You start second-guessing decisions you made hours before... /3

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

Mixes end up cluttered. Sounds disappear. The instinct is to throw more processing at it. Suddenly you’re stacking plugins without getting closer to fixing the core issue. /2

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

Mix advice is everywhere. YouTube. Forums. Blog posts.
Most of it? Disconnected fragments. A tip here, a trick there - no context, no structure. /1

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 24

...resulting in a more sparse musical output without continuous rhythmic pulses of the same data value; since these changes are detected before scale and key have been processed, it is still possible to occasionally output the same note twice, though rarely more often than that.

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Manifest Audio @manifestaudio.bsky.social · Aug 24

🆕 🥳 Similar to Data MIDI, the Dataforge and Photomat MIDI Tool Generators also get a new option to toggle from R (Repeats) to U (Unique) so as to only output notes when translated pitch changes are detected...

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