Video from Matthew Davidson, monome expert. He talks about how Max for Live and the monome work together and the intergration between Max/msp & Live. Matt’s also put up some videos show the monome with Max for live.
Cheers Matt.
Zander
As Max for Livehas is now available we are going to be seeing more videos of users doing their thing with a whole host of stuff.
Today it’s monome time, (oooo yeahhh). These videos are from Matthew Davidson and show the monome interfacing with Ableton Live using Max for Live and monome apps. Monome apps used are polygome & step filter and he says he will be sharing the apps soon so keep checking his site.
Ableton Live 8 20% discounts
Ableton are offering 20% discounts on Ableton Live 8, suite 8 and upgrades to both packages.
These offers last untill January 15th 2010 and are availible from Abletons online store.
A good time to buy Ableton Live, especially if your thinking of getting Max for Live.
Zander
Today is the official release date for Ableton’s Max for Live. The video above explains what you get with Max for live. For more info on Max for live read this post & watch these videos.
Finally the last bit of news and possibly the most important. How much will it cost?
Well Max for live pricing depends on what software you own…
Ableton Live owners
Max/msp owners get a few offers on buying Max for Live and Ableton Live 8 together.
If you’ve brought Max for Live or been using the beta let us know what you think in the forum.
Zander
Nice video showing the APC40 and Launchpad working together in harmony. Putting these two together could be a winning combination. Kind of an add on for APC40 users.
Max for Live - Device patching
Ableton announced some important news regarding Max for Live yesterday, again while I was sleeping.
The public beta for Max for Live is available to downloadand test out. You have to be a registered Ableton Live owner to download the beta.
Ableton also set a release date, the 23rd of November. Not too long away, that is if all the beta testing goes to plan.
Finally the last bit of news and possibly the most important. How much will it cost?
Well Max for live pricing depends on what software you own…
Ableton Live owners
Max/msp owners get a few offers on buying Max for Live and Ableton Live 8 together.
Now no one ever said Max for Live was going to be cheap but If your a max/msp owner your going to have to fork out a fair amount of cash to use this. If your lucky enough to have Max/msp and Ableton Live then it’s not too bad.
Remember that Max for Live needs Ableton Live 8 to work so your going to have to upgrade which will cost more money.
Well Max for Live is certainly enjoying lots of internet hype so lets hope that it lives up to it’s name.
Max for Live official page – Abletons page for Max for live info.
Max4live.info – Good source of info on Max for Live and matrix controllers such as the luanchpad.
Nomome - Launchpad as monome
Well the internet moves fast! While I was sleeping Novation anouced the release of the programmers reference, a break down of how the launchpad handles midi. Within a couple of hours there was a post on the monome forums by Matt DiFonzo introducing the nomome. The nomome is a monome emulator for the launchpad, allowing you to use the launchpad as, you guessed it, a monome.
The nomome is in early development but if your the proud owner of a new launchpad download it and try it out. Don’t forget to rep Matt DiFonzo and send him any bugs you get. You need max/msp runtime and a virtual midi port to run it. All available for free.
Have fun.
Zander
Excerpt of Novation Launchpad programmers reference
Along with the first shipment of launchpads going out, Novation released the programmers reference, a document that shows exactly how the Launchpad works with midi.
12 pages of a programmers dream as the PDF really explains the detailed inner workings of the Launchpad. Not only that but they have gone out of their way to put it in easy to understand terms. The release of this document is sure to set developers a light with ideas of creating open source apps and software. You can download the PDF from their site. Some interesting notes are that the Launchpad uses a slightly slower USB connection to transfer data.
I must admit I get the feeling Novation are learning from Akai’s mistakes as Akai didn’t release any midi documentation or give away any hints as to how the APC40 handles midi. Akai didn’t even release a driver, you don’t need one but the APC40 and windows users are having a few niggling problems that a dedicated driver would fix, the launchpad has it’s own driver 
Akai holding back has not stopped open source apps such as the monomulatorbeing released but it does slow development down. So this is a call for Akai to release the midi information. That said they will only tell you to wait for Max for live to come out and then buy it to completely manipulate the APC40. These are luxuries not everyone can afford.
With this release I’m expecting to see some open source apps and software popping up very soon. Probably some max/msp patches too. Seems like Novation are trying to align themselves with the open source community and maybe trying to make the launchpad a poor mans monome. For now it’s too early to tell but the future is looking bright for the launchpad and the button matrix controller as a whole.
Zander
Novation Launchpad
Well it’s official the first batch of the Novation Luanchpad shipped and it’s now available to buy. Good luck trying to find it though as I bet a lot of pre orders were taken. If you can find one they will set you back £150, very good price considering the APC40 is £370. It’s Christmas soon too, well played Novation.
Along with the officail release came a whole host of surprises.
Excited?
You should be.
Zander
