The Beatnix
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Max for Live devices for Ableton Live

The Beatnix Music in symbiosis.

Four devices that play as a band. Bobber plays the drums, Bopper the bass, Hopper the keys and pads. Wobbler moves your mix with the music. They listen to each other.

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Your Live Set
Drums
  1. Bobber
  2. Drum Rack
  3. Wobbler
Bass
  1. Bopper
  2. Bass synth
Keys · Pads
  1. Hopper
  2. Instrument

Linked: they share what they are about to play.

01 · Drums · MIDI effect

Bobber A groove. Room to move.

Play your Drum Rack like an instrument. Keep the groove, explore around it, and save the moments that work.

  • Explore, then come homeBOB finds nearby grooves. Keep idea saves one as a home to return to.
  • Perform the changesFill, Break, Half, Double, Build, Freeze and Ghosts Up, from the pads, a MIDI controller or Push.
  • Fits your kitReads your pad names and helps fill missing parts from Live’s library.
  • Keep it as MIDISave what you just heard, or render clips per instrument.
Type
MIDI effect
Plays
Your Drum Rack
Requires
Live 12.4+ · Max for Live
BobberIllustration

02 · Bass · MIDI effect

Bopper A bass that plays with the drums.

Reads the drum MIDI and writes a bassline where every note has a stated relationship to the kick.

  • Six ways to meet the kickLock, answer, anticipate, complement, bridge, or pick up into the next bar.
  • Ask it whyThe Why list explains why every note is where it is.
  • Deep vocabulary29 styles, 19 techniques, 16 line families and 14 moods.
  • RepeatableSame drums, settings and seed give the same line. Write clip keeps it.
Type
MIDI effect
Plays
Your bass synth
Requires
Live 12.4 · Max 9.1
Bopper meets the kickTry it
Kick
Bass
Relation

Tap steps to see how each bass note meets the kick. A simplified illustration of Bopper’s relationship names, not its engine. No sound plays.

03 · Keys & pads · MIDI effect

Hopper Keys. Pads. With the band.

Gives the groove its chords. Writes keys and pads that listen to Bobber’s drums and Bopper’s bass, and leaves room for both.

  • Follows the bass’s harmonyEvery note on a chord change is a chord tone or an available tension of the chord Bopper states.
  • Stays out of the wayKeys comp around the kick; pads hold chords that move.
  • Tells a storyEvery 16 bars: statement, variation, contrast, return.
  • Plenty to play with14 styles, 21 ostinato grooves and 10 feelings.
Type
MIDI effect
Plays
Keys or pads, one per track
Requires
Live 12 · Max 9 · Bopper
HopperIllustration
  1. AStatementbars 1–4
  2. A′Variationbars 5–8
  3. BContrastbars 9–12
  4. A″Returnbars 13–16

04 · Movement · Audio effect

Wobbler Movement that follows the music.

Listens to the audio on its track, follows how the music develops, and moves the parameters you map, on this track or any other.

  • Four EarsEach hears a frequency range: level, hits, brightness, activity.
  • Knows where the music isRest, motion, build, tension, suspension, release, recovery.
  • Moves like a producer22 gestures such as BREATHE, BLOOM and TIGHTEN move several parameters with one intention, on the bar.
  • Safe by designUses Live’s modulation, not automation. Your values stay the base. Bypass, Freeze and Panic always work.
Type
Audio effect, audio passes unchanged
Moves
Parameters you map, on any track
Requires
Live 12 · Max 9
WobblerIllustration
BelievesBUILD
IntendsTIGHTEN

Together

One band. When they listen to each other.

  1. 01
    Bobber announces each bar’s drum hits ahead of time.
  2. 02
    Bopper writes the bass against the kick and states the chords.
  3. 03
    Hopper voices those chords around the kick and the bass.
  4. 04
    Wobbler hears a fill or drop coming and builds so the peak lands on the change.

Follow Bobber, from 0 to 100, sets how much the drums move the bass and the keys, always around your own settings. Lock Bobber freezes it.

Setup

Four drops. One band.

  1. 01 · Bobber

    Before a Drum Rack

    Load a kit, pick a style and press play.

  2. 02 · Bopper

    Before your bass synth

    Drums from: Auto finds Bobber, or any Drum Rack track.

  3. 03 · Hopper

    Before keys or pads

    One Hopper per part, each on its own track.

  4. 04 · Wobbler

    On the track that drives movement

    Choose a preset such as Kick Ducks Volume, then Auto-map.

Requirements
DeviceTypeRequiresWorks alone
BobberMIDI effectLive 12.4+ with Max for LiveYes
BopperMIDI effectLive 12.4 · Max 9.1Yes, with any Drum Rack
HopperMIDI effectLive 12 · Max 9No, takes its chords from Bopper
WobblerAudio effectLive 12 · Max 9Yes

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