Third-party devices

- Up until now, we covered Max for Live devices…that come packed with Max for Live Essentials,…but because users can build their own devices with Max,…you can download hundreds of free devices online.…You can find the biggest source…of Max for Live devices on maxforlive.com.…New devices are added everyday,…and I highly recommend checking it out.…Let me share with you some of the…most useful devices I came across.…All are free to download.…

First, let's see how to install these devices.…First, download the device.…I'm going to go and search for the device.…I'm going to download it.…Once it's downloaded, double click on it…to open it up in Ableton Live.…Here it is.…Now we need to figure out if this device…is an instrument, audio effect, or MIDI effect.…To do so, simply look at the right side of the device…and the left side, and you will see meters.…A dotted meter indicates MIDI, and a meter…similar to the track's volume indicates audio.…

A MIDI effect will have MIDI meters on both sides,…an instrument will have a MIDI meter on the left…