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SurroGate

by cooptrol

SurroGate is a sequenced audio gate, based on Ableton's M4L...

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Type
Audio Effect
Author
cooptrol
Version
1.0
License
None
Live version
8.1.3
Max version
8.1.5
Downloads
3,904
Updated
2023-04-13

SurroGate is an Audio Effect for Ableton Live by cooptrol, distributed as freeware, with no license specified by the author. It targets Live 8.1.3 and Max 8.1.5. On maxforlive.com it has 3,904 downloads. First published 2010-07-04, last updated 2023-04-13. 8 user comments below.

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Description

SurroGate is a sequenced audio gate, based on Ableton's M4L building block "CutHacker". I just added a 16 step sequencer. Also you can sequence the gate using Live's MIDI Clips. To do this you need to download my other device called SurroGateSender. It's a basic patch that you place on the MIDI channel where you have your Clips, and it sends Note On messages to the SurroGate you have on your audio channel. Search for it in the library.

April 2023: Corrected some UI bugs

Comments (8)

  • synnack · July 04 2010
    cool stuff. But isn't this basically what the side chain does on the Ableton 8 Gate effect?
  • cooptrol · July 04 2010
    Mmm not sure about that, apparently Ableton's Gate doesn't have sidechain option, and I guess if it did, it would be a common audio siedechaining feature, like on the Compressor, not MIDI..
  • synnack · July 04 2010
    Yes, Abletons Gate DOES have a sidechain option.
    But yeah, it is an audio source, not MIDI. So cool still.
    Thanks for sharing it on here.
  • AuralBee · July 05 2010
    Cool!; the downloaded version misses the 'from midi clips' option though. Maybe wrong version uploaded ?
  • cooptrol · July 05 2010
    SORRY!!!!!! Now the correct version is uploaded!!
  • AuralBee · July 05 2010
    Wicked, thanks !
    I made the fade out dial midi-automatable so I can draw curves in a clip, that's funky. It's easy: select dial, and in Inspector put modulation mode in Additive.
    Best,
    AB
  • micciomacmol · December 13 2010
    Thanks! Thats what i'm looking for (gate steps, not the midi trigger), but I'm unable to sync it correctly to live tempo. It's synced yes, but with an offset depending on when you hit live "play". is it only me ?
  • vinscuzzy · December 04 2017
    I know this is a VERY old post, but hopefully you still answer questions. How do you make this so step sequencer resets every time you hit stop on the transport? I just want it to always start on the first step

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