Kilohearts Wrapper

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Use the amazing Kilohearts Essentials plugins like native Ableton Live devices directly from the Device View!
( www.Kilohearts.com )

FEATURES:

You can easily access any parameter without opening the GUI ( but you can still open it if you want to. : ) ).
When you bypass the devices their latency will always drop to 0!
This is not possible with the original VST3/AU plugins that are not wrapped into a MaxForLive device. They’ll always keep their latency even if they’re bypassed. (This feature is suited for recording situations, not Live performances! read more about it below!)
Every parameter mapped for Push ordered in meaningful pages!

PLEASE NOTE:

These are max for live devices not recreations of the original plugins. so you still need to have the original plugins installed!
Preset browsing only avaliable by opeing the native Gui with the top right button.
These are max for live devices so you’re gonna need either Live suite, or live standard with max.
Available in VST3 and AudioUnit formats
Compatible with Live 10, 11, and 12.
Known issue:
If you use the info text function (i)
It’ll not update if you automate, or modulate the parameters, because the plugins only send out this info when the floating GUI is opened, or you manipulate the parameters with hand.
However it’ll not affect the actual functionalty, only those text boxes.

INCLUDED WRAPPERS:

kHs 3-Band EQ
kHs Bitcrush
kHs Channel Mixer
kHs Chorus
kHs Comb Filter
kHs Delay
kHs Distortion
kHs Dual Delay
kHs Ensemble
kHs Filter
kHs Flanger
kHs Formant Filter
kHs Frequency Shifter
kHs Gain.amxd
kHs Haas.amxd
kHs Ladder Filter
kHs Limiter.amxd
kHs Nonlinear Filter
kHs Phaser
kHs PitchShifter
kHs Reverb
kHs Reverser
kHs Stereo
kHs Tape Stop

Installation :

you can put these devices into your user library, basically anywhere.

Default location of the User Library:

When you install Live for the first time, the User Library is created at this location:

Windows: \Users\[username]\Documents\Ableton\User Library

Mac: Macintosh HD/Users/[username]/Music/Ableton/User Library

Please note that Live has to analyse your user library after you put your devices in there... It could take a while. For the time being, you can just drag and drop these devices on your track from your user library. until Live analyses your folders.

Always use the latest versions of the plugins. ( I will follow every kHs update with the wrappers. )

Zero Latency When bypassed mode:

When you Bypass any of my wrappers with the yellow "DeviceOn" toggle,
If it had any latency it'll drop to 0.

This feature is mainly meant for recording:
Bypass the wrapper to gain some latency headroom, record something, and then you can turn it back on.
instead of deleting the device from the track, or saving the whole chain into your user library, and then dropping it back after the recording.

However I would avoid using this feature for Live performances! :
If you bypass the plugin with the DeviceOn toggle it'll drop the wrappers latency to 0 and glitches the playback for a moment, which is not desirable at a Live event. : )
(Also it may mess with Ableton Link or any type of Synchronisation. )

Instead in Live performances use the plugin's built in Bypass button, or set its Dry/Wet parameter to 0!

Release notes:

Version 2.3.1 - 2024.08.11.

Updated "Nonlinear Filter" to match the latest plugin version.

Version 2.3 - 2024.04.05

controlling the parameters from Push works as expected again.

Version 2.2 - 2024.04.02

Fixed a bug introduced in 2.1 that prevented the parameters to be changed from the floating GUI.
Added support for the new modulation mode in Live 12.

Version 2.1 - 2024.03.27

Live 12 support

Version 2.0 - 2024.02.13.

New feature: If you Bypass any of my wrapper their Latency will drop to 0. Which is not possible with plain AU/VST/VST3 plugins in Live
Undo history related fixes.

Earlier versions