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I'm looking for a way to trigger an effect (in this case TimeFreezer FX) where I want a long hold (playing frozen sound) and a short pause (resampling). What I think I want is a square wave with a low duty cycle — long peaks and narrow gaps.

Fiddling with the M4L LFO effect I can't seem to change the duty cycle.

Is it possible and I've missed how? Is there some other way of achieving the same end?

Many thanks.

Matt

Ableton 10.1.42, macOS 10.14.6

Hello.
If I understand well your question maybe "Shaper" devuce is your friend here..

Thanks. Not quite as — if I understand it correctly — shaper is working on audio. I'm looking for a way to change the oscillator the Max LFO is using for modulation data.

The term I was looking for an couldn't bring to mind when I mentioned "duty cycle" was "pulse width".

A standard square wave has a pulse width of 50% so that it spend half it's time at 1.0 and the other at -1.0.

What I want is for it to be at 1.0 for 90% of the time and -1.0 for 10%.

I can't seem to figure out how to change the pulse width of the Max LFO effect and I'm wondering if I've missed it?

Thanks.

Matt

Are you sure shaper is not what you need there ?
There is a midi version since 11.1.
You can draw a shape which is 90% "on" and 10% "off"...

Ah, perhaps I missed the MIDI version although I note in passing I am also still on Live 10. I'll have another look, thanks.

The regular Shaper device (incl in L10) should work fine - it's not an audio device (that's Envelope Follower), just draw your own LFO shape.

I was able to find the right device and get exactly the effect I was looking for.

Thanks, both.

Matt