Quick Transpose dark
This is just an updated revision of my quick selector for oc...
- Type
- MIDI Effect
- Author
- synthesizerwriter
- Version
- 0.03
- License
- None
- Live version
- 10.0.2
- Max version
- 8.0.0
- Downloads
- 585
- Updated
- No Updates
Quick Transpose dark is a MIDI Effect for Ableton Live by synthesizerwriter, distributed as freeware, with no license specified by the author. It targets Live 10.0.2 and Max 8.0.0. On maxforlive.com it has 585 downloads. Published 2018-10-30.
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Description
This is just an updated revision of my quick selector for octave or fifth intervals. I have added some adaptability to different skins (but I'm still tweaking that...) and re-arranged the layout to make it more intuitive. I have been using this a lot for my synthesis research over the last few months, and so it was about time to release a refined increment.
The buttons on the left let you choose from -2 to +2 octaves of transposition, whilst the right side lets you choose up or down a fifth. The transpositions add up, so the total range is +/- 29 semitones (which is shown in the grey box on the lower right...)
I typically use his to replace the Ableton 'Pitch' device, which has a rotary control that requires precise adjustment - this alternative is much quicker when you are a 'do everything with the mouse' editor like I am. In Instrument Racks, having a quick way to shift synths up and down in octaves or fifths speeds up development and editing.
(If you are a keyboard shortcut user, then you will probably prefer the 'Pitch' device from Ableton and use the 'Shift+Up/Down' keyboard shortcut to transpose pitch in octaves. I'm not ware of a keyboard shortcut for fifths...)
If this was a modular, then Quick Transpose would be one of those neat utility modules that helps improve playability and control, and so the Modular Equivalent in basic modules would be about 3 or 4 ME.
The 0v03 update is just to fix a very minor UI weakness in 0v02...
I have also extended the blog post to add additional information on how to use Quick transpose inside an Instrument Rack:
http://blog.synthesizerwriter.com/2018/10/quick-transpose-free-maxforlive-utility.html