Variation Transition
The device attaches to a rack and acts as a variation select...
- Type
- MIDI Effect
- Author
- Maboroshy
- Version
- 1.0
- License
- None
- Live version
- 12.0.5
- Max version
- 8.6.2
- Downloads
- 530
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Variation Transition is a MIDI Effect for Ableton Live by Maboroshy, distributed as freeware, with no license specified by the author. It targets Live 12.0.5 and Max 8.6.2. On maxforlive.com it has 530 downloads. Published 2026-02-18. 5 user comments below.
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Description
The device attaches to a rack and acts as a variation selector. It makes a smooth transition to the selected variation from the rack’s current state.
Inspired by Smooth Automator by KBDevices.
It features:
- Numbox and dial variation selectors for mapping
- Manual or automatic transition launch
- Launch quantization and duration settings
- Mappable slider for transition progress (disable "Auto" launch and "Duration" for slider only control)
- Buttons to select the first 8 variations and next and previous variation, with an option to work only on armed track for shared mappings
- Сustom duration settings for each of the first 8 variations
The device is also hosted on GitHub:
https://github.com/Maboroshy/Max-for-Live-Devices/
You can get an audio version there.
Licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 (LGPL‑3.0).
Comments (5)
It would be great to have random control to add a little or a lot of randomness.
https://maxforlive.com/library/device/15041/Parameter%20Value%20Buttons
Free as usual.