Kixine

by Clemens3000

This is a simple monophonic synth designed to create kick dr...

Type: Audio Effect
Author: Clemens3000
Version: 1.0.2
License: None
Live version: 11.1.
Max version: 8.2.1
Downloads: 2,408
Updated: 2022-03-30

Description

This is a simple monophonic synth designed to create kick drums, sub basses for layering with kick drums or other percussive sounds. But of course you can also use it to create weird stuff. It works similar to Nicky Romero's Plugin "Kick" or "Kick2". But it's simpler. I really like simple stuff.

It features a single oscillator. You can blend it's waveform between sine and triangle. In addition you have two envelopes, one for volume, one for pitch. Tweaking the pitch envelope (especially at it's beginning) has a tremendous impact on how the result sounds. There is also a simple saturation or drive function.

You can save and recall presets within the device. Furthermore you can write your presets to a file to load them in another instance of Kixine.

Device settings (including presets) will be saved with your live project.

Kixine is free. So use it and have fun with it. In case you use parts of it for your own creation, it would be nice if you tell me. Being mentioned somewhere in your program is also a nice thing.

I did this in my spare time, therefore the device is probably not bugfree, but i hope i can fix most or all of the bugs in the future.

If you like or use my plugins, please consider a donation.

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=2SNU8YUVU7YCJ

Clemens

v.1.0.2:

- fixed a bug: presets were not saved with the project

- there are some embedded presets now

- drive and gain dials are now even smoother

v.1.0.1:

- fixed a bug related to velocity

- changed range and stepsize for some controls

- fixed a rare bug related to preset name

- drive and gain dials sound less grainy when tweaking

Comments (9)

AYA · February 03 2022
DUDE.... amazing!!!!
WHZLY · February 04 2022
this is by far the simplest, yet most effective devices for max ive come across...10/10. I will let you know if I encounter bugs but wow. Ive been making kicks and ZAPS as fills and it works so well. Its such a simple fun sound design tool.
WHZLY · February 04 2022
One question what is the Grid Box for? I cant seem to click it, it doesnt do anything, is that where presets are saved???
Clemens3000 · February 04 2022
Hi WHZLY,
yes, that's the preset area. Hover over it with the mouse and ableton's hint box will display how to use it (as for most of the device's GUI elements). but here a short summary:
click => recall preset
shift+click => save preset
shift+opt+click => delete preset
Maybe i should put this info also into the about window.
glad you like it!
Clemens
WHZLY · February 04 2022
Thank you Clemens! Ya man I love it, I literally made such a fire kick yesterday with it and replaced the quliaty sample pack kick i had in there cuz the one made from yours just smacked way harder lol Thanks again for your upload
Xale · February 22 2022
Hey Clemens, thank you for sharing this device, it's pretty useful ! Would be great to add a function to delete enveloppes points with a right click, don't you think ? In any case well done for your work !
Clemens3000 · February 25 2022
I was thinking about that already. But by now i think that this is just the normal behaviour of most Max For Live devices that use the function object. So i thought it would be best, to not change that, because that might rather confuse people.
hatyn · February 18 2023
nice and quick kick maker. Nice template to add more features to
pkproffer · April 18 2024
hey i have a problem. every time i try to open a new ableton set i have this hidden window that i can access view of by right-clicking on the Ableton icon in my dock, it says: Kixine_1.0.2.json
and I believe its causing me errors now. Any idea what I need to do to make this stop? TIA!

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