SIGN/e graphic scores in Ableton Live are Free

SIGN/e graphic scores in Ableton Live is a versatile set of Max for Live devices designed specifically for creating interactive and live graphic scores. This innovative tool allows users to import, modify, and animate PNG images which can then be used as performative instructions during live performances. Developed by Evan Montpellier at the Digital Music Department of Université de Montréal, SIGN/e offers a bridge between digital music creation in Ableton Live and live performative art. Users can explore creative freedom in translating static images into dynamic instructions, enriching the performance experience. Excitingly, SIGN/e is available for free within Max for Live, enabling broad access for musicians and visual artists alike to enhance their live sessions with custom visual scores.

SIGN/e is a set of Max for Live devices designed for Ableton Live for creating interactive and live graphic scores, providing a toolset for translating visual material into score elements. The devices let users import, modify, and animate PNG images that are used as instructions for live performers during performance situations. SIGN/e supports producing visual scores that operate during live performances and can be integrated into performance workflows. The package is distributed as a Max for Live device and is available free for users who can run Max for Live.

SIGN/e was programmed by Evan Montpellier for Laboratoire formes • ondes at the Digital Music Department of Université de Montréal. The project involves Université de Montréal and Montreal-based labs, and the Labouratoire formes • ondes lab includes Nicolas Bernier, Myriam Boucher, Dominic Thibault, and Pierre Michaud. A GitHub repository is available at LFO-lab/SIGNe. The project is described as aiming to bridge Ableton Live sessions and live performances.

SIGN/e was programmed by Evan Montpellier for Laboratoire formes • ondes at the Digital Music Department of Université de Montréal, and the package is described as a set of Max for Live devices intended for creating visual or graphic scores within Ableton Live for use in live performance contexts.

The project involves Université de Montréal and Montreal-based labs, and the Labouratoire formes • ondes group associated with the project is identified to include Nicolas Bernier, Myriam Boucher, Dominic Thibault, and Pierre Michaud.

A GitHub repository is available at LFO-lab/SIGNe.

The project’s concept evokes Oskar Fischinger. The author suggests recruiting a harpist.

The project’s conceptual inspiration is described as evoking Oskar Fischinger, a point the author explicitly notes. The author included a number of comment lines to illustrate this connection, writing, “Oh, and this definitely makes me think of folks like Fischinger, among others,” and later quipping, “Time to recruit a harpist!” The author also framed SIGN/e’s relationship to visual media with the observation, “It might blur the line between VJ/animation tool and score generator,” and added the brief endorsement, “Brilliant. Let’s go.” These quoted remarks are presented alongside the project’s technical framing as a set of Max for Live devices for creating interactive, live graphic scores in Ableton Live, and they appear as part of the author’s descriptive commentary on the project’s creative positioning within live performance contexts.

It might blur the line between VJ/animation tool and score generator.

Free, provided you can run Max for Live.

Import, modify, and animate PNGs images as instructions for live performers.

Brilliant. Let’s go.

Oh, and this definitely makes me think of folks like Fischinger, among others.

Time to recruit a harpist!

SIGN/e is presented as a free Max for Live device for Ableton Live that enables the creation of interactive graphic scores by importing, modifying, and animating PNG images as instructions for live performers. The package was programmed by Evan Montpellier for Laboratoire formes • ondes at the Digital Music Department of Université de Montréal and is associated with Montreal-based labs and researchers including Nicolas Bernier, Myriam Boucher, Dominic Thibault, and Pierre Michaud.

A GitHub repository is available at LFO-lab/SIGNe, and the project information lists that repository. The project is described as aiming to bridge Ableton Live sessions and live performances.