If you’re a musician using Live then you can program in your light show in the same environment that you’re programming your music in. If you’re using DMaX and finding it useful, please consider giving something back to the project by donating (see below). If you have any feature requests, suggestions or find any bugs, please contact me at DMaX is a free software tool. DMaX is not a lighting desk, it’s an interface to allow Ableton to become a lighting desk.
Everything you know about how to program modulation and automation data for audio and MIDI effects in Ableton applies in exactly the same way for DMaX. You could add modulation data for them into your audio/MIDI clips. You could automate them along with your music. You could map them onto MIDI CCs from a hardware controller. What you do with them afterwards is up to you.
It’s entire aim at the moment is to take lighting parameters (intensity, colour, pan/tilt, etc.) and map them onto Ableton-style parameters.
Currently, only a small range of fixture devices exist, but many more are in development, and it’s fairly easy to build your own devices to work with the system.Īs a lighting controller DMaX is currently fairly basic. It’s modular and expandable, consisting of a central hub device which collates information and communicates with hardware, and numerous fixture devices which contain interfaces for specific pieces of equipment. DMaX is a system for controlling DMX devices using Ableton Live with Max For Live.