Just a quick blog post on a Max for Live patch I had been working on which I have provided a free download of, the video of the patch is below , music is by very talented Ilkae-(track titled “KK”) be sure to check his music out.

https://ilkae.bandcamp.com/

This patch was inspired by Masato Tsutsui who would be one of my favourite programmers/digital artists. By following his two tutorials which are linked at the end of the post , I was able to use the feed from my webcam as a texture, which was then made audio reactive in Ableton Live 9.6.

I advise you to watch both of his tutorials because he explains on how to use a webcam feed as a texture better than I can even though his tutorials are in Japanese ! .

After completing his two tutorials , I decided to continue on and make the patch both audio reactive and to be able to work in Ableton live as a Max for Live patch.

I have covered how to create a basic audio reactive Max for Live patch here and here, this same method is used to make the relevant shape audio reactive.

I have included the Max for Live patch as a free download .

The patch will be in presentation mode , to view patching mode press the yellow button as displayed in the image below. By pressing cmd+E you will unlock the patch.

I have commented the patch to try help explain some parts of it , if you have any questions feel free to ask , thank you for reading this post.

To install the patch

Open up Ableton Live

Select the Master Channel

Drag and drop the .amxd file into the effects

Drag in a track into any audio channel

Press the toggle to start the patch and select open to start the webcam

Play an audio file and view the screen (esc will put the screen into fullscreen mode)

http://audiovisualacademy.com/avin/en/software/maxmspjitter-masato-tsutsui-camera-part-1/

http://audiovisualacademy.com/avin/en/software/maxmspjitter-masato-tsutsui-camera-part-2/

https://vimeo.com/masato221