A simple plugin/patch: it uses four delay lines to grab your audio input, either live or sample, and reverse it along with changing the speed, pan, and volume of the reversed bit if you want. Works great in Ableton Live or Max.
Version 2.1 added 18 July 2024
Adds declicking, controllable feedback loop with options for pitch and lowpass, and presets.
Please note this is a Max for Live (M4L) plugin only for Ableton Live, not a VST, AAX, or AU.
There are many uses for the micro-reverse-looper-delay, in this video I put it on my trumpet and controlled it with pedals via MIDI.
Software is “Name Your Own Price.”
$0.0 is fine, but if you would like to contribute, any amount is appreciated. Thank you!
“[S]ome of the most interesting and idiosyncratic free audio effects out there…” —Cycling 74
“The KaiGen Suite is a collection of some of the most interesting generative plugins that we’ve ever seen…” —Keith McMillen Instruments
“This is a deep and powerful set of generative tools.” —The Pro Audio Files
“…cool little powerful device.”
—The Producers Kitchen, Max for Live Roundup: 5 Free Instruments
KaiGen is an interactive and generative software suite I have developed solely for use in Ableton Live (as a Max for Live plugin) or in Max/MSP (Project files included) from Cycling ’74. These were first shared as Max patches beginning in 2006, developed for use by Made Audible beginning in 2008, and are used extensively in my upcoming (2021) CorpseBoy album.
These are provided free, as is, no tech support included. If you do have an issue that you think I should know about, please do send me a message via the contact page.
KaiGen-M can be used to generate melodies, bass lines, harmonies, and more.
All bass lines, horn parts and percussion parts in this video are generated by KaiGen, running Kontakt in Ableton Live.
KaiGen-R can be used to generate rhythms, velocities, durations, and more.
All bass lines, horn parts and percussion parts in this video are generated by KaiGen, running Kontakt in Ableton Live.
KaiGen-Smaple-Palyer is a sample player that allows you to easily drag and drop files live, randomize their occurrence, change their pitch and direction, or: tie them to a beat. All mapped to your Push.
KaiGen-I-Ching uses the I-Ching (coin-method) to generate hexagrams that are then used to create program changes for your MIDI instruments. Please note: Not all plugin synths support program change via MIDI, so this may not work on some. In some synths you will need to build a Program List (Native Instruments) or Bank that the KaiGen-I-Ching will access and change.
Or you can just use it as an oracle during your Ableton Live sessions.
The intro music was all generated with KaiGen-I-Ching and KaiGen-M using Massive from Native Instruments.
Also included: KaiGen-C. KaiGen-C generates controller information that can be smoothed and manipulated in different ways. The ultimate control change knob twiddler.
Updated Nov. 14, 2020: fixed some bugs, more consistent appearance, added Max Project folders.
Updated Jan. 31, 2017: Now includes Max abstraction of the pulse generator and probability gate. Included, but not shown i the videos above is KaiGen-C. KaiGen-C generates CC data to twiddle knobs in different ways.
Please note these are Max for Live (M4L) plugins only for Ableton Live, not VST, AAX, or AU.
Software is “Name Your Own Price.”
$0.0 is fine, but if you would like to contribute, any amount is appreciated. Thank you!
Jeff Kaiser: flugelhorn, trumpet, voice, pot lids, toy car, ball and chain, and live computer processing.
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All the software is authored in Max/MSP by Jeff Kaiser.
There is no pre-recorded material or samples, it is all sampled, processed, and manipulated live. The only audio post-processing is mixing and mastering.
For more information and to download my software, please go to jeffkaiser.com
SITZFLEISCH I is a continuation of my use of chess terminology to name my works. Sitzfleisch, meaning “sitting meat” or even “buttocks.” However, it goes well beyond those terms to mean in chess (and politics) the ability to sit there and endure it, persevere: steadiness in a challenging situation. A person with sitzfleisch does not necessarily win by playing better, but by outsitting their opponent. It is also used in politics.
I experience sitzfleisch sometimes in improvisation, not that the music is an opponent, but that it is important to sit there and sometimes endure challenging moments and questions such as “why did I just do that,” where do I go from here,” “I have no ideas,” “really Jeff, THAT?”
And, as my friend and collaborator David Borgo likes to remind me, we are never alone, even when playing solo. Voices of former teachers, inspirational musicians, family, critics, and more are all there in our mind talking to us— sometimes at perfect moments, and sometimes at awkward moments in a performance. We must be present, sit there, and keep going.
This was recorded in one take…you can watch the session below. It is hilarious to me to see my headphones move forward bit by bit…
Recorded for a virtual concert at Ball State University.
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Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jeff Kaiser at pfMENTUM Studios, Warrensburg, MO (September 2020)
David Borgo: Soprano Saxophone, Piccolo, Futujara, Hne, Sneng, Double Whistle, Bamboo Saxophone, Sylphyo with Respiro, and live computer processing Jeff Kaiser: Trumpet and live computer processing Kjell Nordeson: Drums, Percussion, and Vibraphone
Originally scheduled for April 1, 2020, the pandemic interrupted, but the concert will now be virtual! Free, wild, entertainment. A 30 minute extended improvisation with trumpet and electronics…plus, as a coda, a new piece called: “Music …
The Jeff Kaiser OckodektetThis is exciting music ranging from almost silence to tutti passages, from intricate suspenseful passages formed by repeated sixteenth notes to forming a tapestry on which the soprano sax can solo. It’s a …
The Desert Fathers: Jeff Kaiser and Gregory TaylorIn Concert at STEIM Music Charismata by The Desert Fathers The Desert Fathers: Coptic Icons by Jeff Kaiser and Gregory Taylor In the Studio at STEIM (Amsterdam)In the Studio …
Endless Pie: Jeff Kaiser and Phil Skaller “Wicked trumpet meets prepared piano in this intense and hilarious pairing of twisted minds.” –Robert Bush, San Diego Reader “An exceptional release from two of California’s finest experimental musicians…” …
