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max4live.info: Object Oriented - live.step Part 2 from Michael Chenetz on Vimeo.

This second part of the Object Oriented - live.step series is really where it gets interesting. We get out of the realm of pitch, duration, and velocity and in to automation. We control the devices with the step sequencer and take advantage of the ability to use multiple sequences and different step configurations.

I decided to take a little bit of time to discover how the integration of hardware controllers really works within Live. Up until now, a lot of people understood bits and pieces, but did not have the whole picture. We new that we could select a supported controller within Live and it would automagically map to Live functions. We could modify the functionality by using Max For Live. But, what we didn't really completely understand is what the, "control_surfaces" object and all of it's subcomponents really did. 

What are components?

What are controls?

How do these different things relate to each other?

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This is part one in a series of tutorials entitled, "Object Oriented". The Object Oriented series will begin to introduce the Max For Live objects and their usage. This first tutorial starts to illustrate the Chucker~ and live.grid objects. The concept of MSP is introduced in this video.

Chucker~: A audio object that receives audio into a buffer and allows manipulation of the audio. Chucker~ allows you to define steps and then allows you to define the sequence you would like those steps to be played. 

Live.Grid: A UI object that outputs lists of numbers that represent step order and direction.

The patch from this tutorial is available in the tutorials section of the forums.

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