Beat Chop Live

Comments (23)

• lek · July 24 2013
  wow, can't wait to check this out!
• Fippe · July 25 2013
  Looks awesome! Would it be possible to turn the 1-8 triggers into a sequencer of some sort. Playing it MLR monome-style
• sharp · July 25 2013
  @ Fippe. This is possible. You can trigger the pads using midi from a midi track or real time input (i.e. not midi map). Actually that requires a separate Midi-In device, I will upload shortly.
• johnisfaster · July 28 2013
  I dig this thing. Looking forward to being able to sequence it from a midi channel. Any chance of being able to tweek the grain size on the stretch function?
• sharp · July 29 2013
  @johnisfaster , Fippe
  now I have uploaded the MIDI IN midi device. This means you can use a midi clip or another sequencer to trigger the pads. Enjoy:
  http://www.maxforlive.com/library/device/1845/beatchoplive-midi-in-module
• obliquo · February 03 2014
  This is the most useful patch I've found here, extremely creative. Congratulations!
  One thing I would love to have is momentary switch also for the repeat mode so I could have a sample repeating as long as I hold down the pad instead of continuously. Does it make any sense?
• obliquo · February 04 2014
  By the way settings don't get saved in live 8.
• sharp · March 26 2014
  @obliquo thanks for the feedback! Momentary repeat is not possible with an audio device because you are very limited the midi you can pass to the device via midi-map .
  BUT - it is a great idea, so let me have a think about a possible workaround.
  + New Version coming soon - please me know any suggestions +
• pilz971 · May 27 2014
  You, my friend, are a GENIUS! Fantastic devises. Pure creativity boost right here!
  Thank you so much for sharing your time and labour for free!!!
  God bless.
• zeep · July 06 2014
  Cool device!
  I want to use this when i'm dj-ing. At the moment i'm using this in Live 8. I'm having trouble that the pads are never quantized when i play them from a controller.
  I thought the input triggers are quantized, or am i wrong?
• boombleep · August 27 2014
  Hello ! Awesome device, thanks a lot for the hard work !
  One thing though : is it me, or is the audio input / output mono ? I can't seem to find a way to get stereo from Beat Chopper when feeding it stereo signals.
  Thanks !
• sharp · October 23 2014
  Thanks for the feedback everyone. New version coming soon,
  Boombleep - new version will be stereo
  Zeep - the pads aren't quantised, thougb you can use repeat mode for a regular rhythm (machine gun style builds etc)
• sharp · May 24 2015
  Update still coming, feel free to shout here or on youtube for updates ;-) (youtube link in above description)
• apren · June 02 2015
  Hi and thx for the device, sharp.
  I follow the instructions that you put in the "help" section of the device, but when i touch de pads, no sound.
  I use Live 9.1.7 64 bit.
  I load the device in a audio track, play a clip... "rec" in the device and after a seconds, "play". Then i touch the pads, but it seems that nothing has been recorded.
  Thank you for what you can tell me.
• sharp · June 02 2015
  Thanks for the comment. Do you know what version of max fpr live you jave installed?
  Are you using PC or Mac?
  I think there is a problem with the granulator/timestretch code on 64bit. I will probably make a basic version without timestretch (you will still be able to slow down the sample but the pitch will change - like a turntable)
• apren · June 03 2015
  Hi and thk for fast answer.
  My max for live versión is 6.1.
  I'm using PC, Windows 7 64 bit.
  Too bad you have to limit in functions, but if that is the solution... I and other people can use the device.
  Whatever it is, thanks for the effort.
• obliquo · July 27 2015
  Update when are you coming? :-)
• sharp · July 27 2015
  Hi obliguo,
  it is basically ready. I was just testing some bugs and streamlining the user interface, but I might just get an update here and just get feedback from people directly.
• sharp · November 18 2015
  Hi anyone reading this. New update is actually still ready, feel free to contact me at: j sharp seven-the-number at gmail com
• chapelierfou · April 16 2016
  Just want to thank you for all the comments in the patch. Really instructive, and all patches should be as documented as this. It turns it to a really pedagogical device.
• Pitbull · October 15 2022
  Hi There! Just downloaded this device. Running M1 Apple macbook Pro (Monterey) with ABleton 11 .... Doesnt seem to work. Not compatible! Could you grace us with a compatible version?
• sharp · October 15 2022
  @pitbull - hi, thanks for the download and comment.
  I haven't opened the patch in about 5 years. Due to other work and commitments I won't be able to make an update.
  MaxForLive and Live gets updates and that occasionally breaks things with old patches unfortunately (I don't have a mac to test on either).
  I imagine someone else has made a better version of this somewhere. The UX wasn't very simple making performance work with this a little difficult.
• sharp · March 19 2023
  New version available here
  Works on new Macs. Removed Grainstretch~ external. Polyphonic and in Stereo.
  https://maxforlive.com/library/device.php?id=8934