Learn How To Build Max For Live Devices, A Beginner's Guide (Ableton User Group, Cape Town)

Learn how to build your own Max For Live devices in this beginner's workshop, recorded at the Ableton User Group, Cape Town.

CORRECTIONS ⚠️
I mention that the first version of Ableton Live was built in Max. While the initial idea for Ableton Live was prototyped in Max, the first official version was built in C++

At numerous points I mentioned that you can write C++ code inside of Max using Gen. This is incorrect - Gen uses its own language called GenExpr which is similar to C. You can, however, build things called Externals using C++. This is all much more advanced though!

CHAPTERS 📜
00:00 What Is Max For Live?
08:57 How To Find Max For Live Devices
10:45 Why Build Your Own Max Devices?
11:40 What We’ll Build In This Lesson
12:47 How To Identify And Edit A Max For Live Device
14:40 Start Building A New Device
17:00 The Basics
19:10 Building A Basic Structure with Psuedo-code
21:40 The Main Patch
38:13 The Inspector
41:59 Saving & Presentation View
46:39 Summary
48:45 Additional Learning Resources

🗓️ Recorded at the Ableton User Group, Cape Town, February 2023.
🎥 Filmed by Josh Rijneke - @jdr_cpt (  / jdr_cpt  )
📼 Edited by William Glendinning - @kndhrt.x (  / kndhrt.x  )

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