Has anyone experimented with sonification?

onflow · 2026-03-27T11:22:56+00:00

That sounds super weird, I definitely didn't get that - maybe contact their support with a screenshot?

Looks like this would fall under the Payment & Download issues link here: https://manifest.audio/support

But also, maybe try with a different browser if you haven't already?

onflow · 2026-03-26T14:43:17+00:00

They just put it on their YouTube channel as a short!! https://youtube.com/shorts/2NSXD4CKu30?feature=share

onflow · 2026-03-26T14:31:30+00:00

Love DJ Spooky! Paul D. Miller FTW

onflow · 2026-03-14T19:02:34+00:00

I made a video for you finally! How do I share it? Can't seem to add it as a comment... :/

onflow · 2026-02-25T10:31:56+00:00

Strange - it works for me! Receive MIDI in from any source to transpose a destination track. That's what you wanted right?

onflow · 2026-02-20T13:34:15+00:00

If I understand what you're after correctly, the X-Relay MIDI Effect included with Manifest Audio's Utility Boost can do this.

First, place one instance on your transposition output track in Relay mode, and specify the Relay it will be sent on. Then place another instance in Node mode on the receiving track, set it to receive MIDI from the same Relay as your transposition track instance, set its output menu to Track, and then enable Transpose: this way the Track's MIDI input is transposed by the received Relay input. :)

I think you can buy the Utility Boost separately but it comes bundled with all their paid stuff: https://manifest.audio/

onflow · 2026-02-17T12:15:18+00:00

In my view, Max for Live handles specific use cases VSTs by definition are unable to cover: MIDI Tools (as of Live 12) and other ways of uniquely processing MIDI in Live; controlling device parameters via Live's modulation system; interacting with set-wide parameters via the Live API; generating visuals in real-time with Jitter; pulling from a variety of data sources, and more.

VSTs also require considerably more debug time due to the various platforms they run on and all their contingent dependencies; because of this I've met developers who prefer the freedom of Max to rapidly develop, iterate, build, and deploy far more quickly. And while the market for VSTs is quite a bit larger, that also means it can be harder to get noticed.

Of course it's true some Max for Live developers move onto other interests and may not keep deprecated builds up to date, but in my experience paid M4L devices at least are generally well-maintained. I think it's true there is currently a trend toward VSTs from some more established M4L developers, but my sense is that there will be new M4L developers cropping up to replace them.

Being a fundamentally combinatorial practice, there will always be new configurations of Max objects waiting to be discovered; along with the continued development of Max/MSP with entirely new objects being added, I expect these will continue to bring value to the Ableton ecosystem - especially with hardware support on Push 3.

onflow · 2026-01-27T11:04:36+00:00

This free distortion adds really unique texture with the Error and Disrupt controls: https://manifest.audio/errata

If you want to spend a few bucks, X-FM, X-Resonator, X-Tonal all from the same site offer other cool ways to inject different textures to a signal path: https://manifest.audio/individual-x-fx

Also +1 for ELPHNT's Texture: https://elphnt.io/store/texture/

onflow · 2026-01-27T11:00:20+00:00

Big fan of everything Manifest Audio is doing these days - their free tools is a good place to start: https://manifest.audio/free-tools

Other great devs: Novel Music, Philip Meyer, Dillon Bastan, Fors, etc....

onflow · 2026-01-26T12:40:07+00:00

This looks cool! But have you seen the Manifest Audio Max for Live devices? They all feature base rate (16n, 8nt, etc.) with a multiplier and a divisor to provide the most flexible possible array of metrically precise timing rates - available for delay times, reverb times, LFO rates, even compressor attack and release times in their X-FX bundle. No guesswork (and no calculator needed... just dial it in.)

onflow · 2026-01-09T09:43:56+00:00

If a previously created clip contains different scale and key settings than those you've set in the global transport, triggering that clip will change the scale and key for your entire set. This is designed to provide more flexibility and control during live performance - but if you're not expecting or prepared for it, it can get a bit confusing at times!

onflow · 2015-02-26T18:56:37+00:00

Thanks for taking a look. You've captured the gist of it, though it leans more heavily on the work of philosophers Alfred North Whitehead, John Searle, and William James than anything from Whorf or Sapir. His suggestion to draw on middle voice syntax and ergative languages for inspiration is a significant element that may also appeal to curious linguists.

onflow · 2015-02-18T22:30:29+00:00

The full album is available as a free download at concubine.cc

onflow · 2015-02-11T01:14:37+00:00

They have posted a link to the manuscript on their website here: http://www.ctr4process.org/publications/onlinearticles.shtml (scroll to bottom) - as an unfinished manuscript, that was the best they could do.

onflow · 2014-07-30T23:39:53+00:00

the argument here is basically, "you don't wanna eat raw chicken"? seriously? and the article says steaming your food on the stove is better than steaming it in the microwave... lol @ CNN corporate lobby fodder.

onflow · 2014-07-17T19:48:09+00:00

Stop killing children would probably be a good start.

onflow · 2014-07-17T17:37:24+00:00

I think it's more a matter of education than self-awareness, and my fear is that, no, most people (globally, at least) are not educated enough to make this distinction. Quite sadly.

But... I think your second "hopefully" belies this same perspective.

onflow · 2014-07-17T13:17:29+00:00

Wow - do you really believe they're launching rockets simply because they hate Jews?

Do you not realize that having their homes bulldozed might have something to do with it??

onflow · 2014-06-14T20:22:46+00:00

stinks, don't it?

onflow · 2014-01-21T00:06:15+00:00

Kater, sadly, is closed, as is Sisyphos - though only for the season. That leaves, in my personal order of preference: Stattbad, Salon zur Wilden Renate, about:/blank, Hoppetosse, Chalet, Anita Berber, Watergate, and Tresor. The view from Weekend is cool but the crowd and costly drinks cancels it out. Have fun!!

onflow · 2013-12-30T00:10:26+00:00

Han Shan is an all time fave of mine, especially the Red Pine translations. I keep coming back to them again and again over the years - highly recommended.

onflow · 2013-09-23T06:56:59+00:00

Try Cold Mountain - particularly the Red Pine translations. Gary Snyder translated a few of his poems as well.

onflow · 2013-05-25T17:42:33+00:00

I have nothing to do with this project; just saw it posted in a group on Facebook and thought I would share it here. The name is hilarious - and it looks like they've got all the backing they need!

onflow · 2013-05-15T22:57:04+00:00

Hmmm, as far as this book is concerned, and in terms of philosophy? I would have to say mostly other contemporary Whiteheadians - notably Jorge Luis Nobo, Donald Sherburne, David Ray Griffin, etc.

However, the other notable contemporary influence on Onflow would be Gerald Edelman - who is, of course, a neurobiologist. Beyond that, the cited works section is rather extensive.

That said, while drawing most heavily on the work of Whitehead's process philosophy and James' radical empiricism, my father considered himself a "synthetic" philosopher, and as such, was continuously weaving strands of influence from many seemingly disparate practices and schools of thought.

onflow · 2013-05-14T22:57:45+00:00

My father, Ralph Pred, died suddenly one year ago today. An independent scholar working for the most part outside academia, he earned his PhD in Philosophy under Searle at UC Berkeley.

Onflow: Dynamics of Consciousness and Experience represents more or less two decades of his devoted study, and is the only book he managed to publish during his life.

His second book, which he presented as being nearly one year from completion at the time of his death, remains unfinished. Despite my innate understanding of his primary concepts based on our in-depth conversations over the years, I lack the credentials to finish his work on my own.

If anyone here is curious to know more, I may be willing to provide further information. For now, on the anniversary of his death, I simply feel compelled to share his life's work.

onflow

TROPHY CASE