Livid step standalone screenshot

The fellas at livid instruments, creaters of the Block and OHM 64, have very kindly created a standalone version fo the thier livid step Max for Live device. The standalone version allows users who don’t have Max for Live to use livid step. Although it’s only in beta and mac only, windows versions are due very soon.

The standalone version looks very useful all livid step users

• All of the 8 sequences are in the one app
• Sync the sequencers clock to Ableton Lives tempo and use stop and start messages
• Send bank and program changes to plugins and instruments
• 32 presets to store sequences and all other settings

More info at the Livid step wiki.

What is Livid step

Livid step screenshot

Livid step is a powerful step sequencer created solely for the Livid  Ohm 64 and Block controllers. Each device uses 8 steps and will take up a row on the block or Ohm 64. If you want to fill the whole grid simply add 8 midi tracks and 8 instances of livid step.

Some features of Livid step

• Global & track modes
• Add manually or record steps
• Random step generator
• Curve mode, sequence accelerates towards end of steps
• Forward, reverse, palindrome & sine playback directions
• 1/1 to 1/32 quantisation speeds including triplets and dotted notes
• Transpose sequences up or down in half steps
• Edit the pitch, velocity, duration and chance of each step
• Zoom in on individual steps
• Muting of steps
• skip steps and control over how they skip
• Ohm 64 knobs auto mapped to parameters of device

Videos

Heres a quick video showing you how to set it up.

Download

Download the standalone verison (Mac only)

Download the Max for live version

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