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Max for Live · Ableton Live 12

VCA groups for Ableton Live.

Ride a whole group of tracks with one fader, without summing their audio. Then watch every member's waveform, beat-locked, in its own track color.

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Live demo · 124 BPM · real Human Freefall VCA interface
Human Freefall VCA Console

Everything that moves on this page is the device's own interface code running in your browser with a sample beat. Click it: tabs, zoom, faders and mutes all work. Double-click a fader to reset it.

How it works

One fader moves the whole group.

Put an Human Freefall VCA Link last on each track and give it a letter. Add an Human Freefall VCA Master with the same letter. The Master sends level only, so nothing is summed or rerouted, your volume automation stays exactly as written, and sends on each track follow the group.

Human Freefall VCA Master · A · RHYTHM
−1.5 dB
None of the group's audio passes through the Master. Each Link applies the level on its own track.

Scope view

See the whole group, beat-locked.

Every linked track draws its waveform in its own track color, locked to Live's tempo. Stack them on one grid, split them into lanes, or sum them to see what the group really adds up to.

Human Freefall VCA Console · Scope

Zoom to a 1/4 note

Line up kick and bass by eye.

At 1/4 note the Scope shows the real waveform, not an outline. Drag across it to read the gap between two points in milliseconds at the song tempo. The sub here changes note every bar, and you can watch it settle in under the kick.

Human Freefall VCA Console · Kick & Sub

Bank view

Eight VCAs, hardware style.

All eight groups sit side by side with their name strips in group colors, a mute, an audio-taper fader and a loudest-member meter. Click a name strip to spill that group's channels, each with its shadow level lane and trim.

Human Freefall VCA Console · Bank

In your device chain

Two small devices. One big button.

The Master keeps Live's device view clean: one big button opens the console, and VCA Level and Mute stay on the strip for MIDI mapping, Push and automation. Each Link shows its channel's real post-VCA level, Peak or RMS.

Master · Scribble strip

Group color, name and a big Open Console button. Try the slider and Mute.

Master · Mini scope

The button becomes a live waveform of the whole group.

Link · Lane face

Shadow fader with post-VCA dB, trim and L/R meters. Switch Peak and RMS.

Link · Scope face

That one track's waveform, so you know the Link sees audio.

Human Freefall VCA Console · Customize

Make it yours

Your colors. Your layout.

Every Master keeps its own look, saved with your Live Set.

GroupLetter, name and color, or Auto from track colors
AccentSix colors, Human Freefall orange by default
Device stripScribble or Mini scope
Opens inBank or Scope view
Scope drawingShaded or Line
WindowS, M or L

Specs

FormatMax for Live audio effects (2 devices)
Groups8 (A to H), any number of tracks each
Fader−∞ to +6 dB, audio taper, 0 dB at about 72% of travel
GlideEvery move and mute fades over 1 ms to 10 s
ScopeOverlay, Lanes, Sum · 1/4 note, 1 bar, 4 bars · drag to measure
MetersPeak or RMS per Link, loudest member per group
AutomatableVCA Level, Mute, Group, Fade · Link Group, Trim, Meter, View
RequiresAbleton Live 12 with Max for Live
Tested onmacOS
PriceFree

Set up in a minute

  1. Add Human Freefall VCA Link last on each trackAfter all other devices. Pick a letter, A to H.
  2. Add Human Freefall VCA Master anywhereMain is fine. Set the same letter in the gear panel.
  3. Click Open ConsoleRide the group, watch the Scope, spill the Bank.

Questions

Does it sum my tracks into a bus?

No. Each track keeps its own routing. Human Freefall VCA only changes level.

Will it overwrite my volume automation?

No. Live's mixer faders and their automation are untouched. The VCA works on top of them.

Can I map it to my controller or Push?

Yes. VCA Level and Mute are standard Live parameters, so MIDI Map, Push and automation all work.

Windows?

Not tested yet. It's built and tested on macOS with Live 12.

Free download

Ride the group. See the group.

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Free for personal and commercial music use. Personal modifications are welcome. Reselling, rebranding or redistributing the device requires written permission. Your music remains yours, with no royalties or mandatory credit.

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Human Freefall VCA CUSTOM FREEWARE LICENSE Version 1.0 — October 12, 2026 Copyright © 2026 Jose Santiago, publishing as Human Freefall. All rights reserved except as expressly granted below. 1. COVERED MATERIAL This license covers the Human Freefall VCA Master and Link devices, accompanying Human Freefall interface code, and documentation supplied with this release (the Software), to the extent owned by Jose Santiago. Separately licensed third-party components remain subject to their own terms. This license does not grant rights to Ableton Live, Max for Live, or other third-party products. 2. FREE USE Jose Santiago grants you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to download, install, run, and make backup copies of the Software on computers you own or control. You may use it for personal, educational, professional, and commercial music work, including paid performances, client projects, recordings, streams, and commercial releases. You may demonstrate its operation in tutorials and reviews. 3. PERSONAL MODIFICATIONS You may inspect and modify the Software for your own private use, including your own commercial music work. Keep the copyright and license notices with your copies. Modified copies must remain private and must not be distributed to others without prior written permission from Jose Santiago. Personal modifications are not official Human Freefall releases and are not entitled to support. 4. YOUR CREATIVE OUTPUT You retain your rights in music and other creative output made using the Software. You may publish, perform, distribute, and sell that output without royalties or mandatory credit to Human Freefall. This permission does not authorize distributing the Software itself inside project files, templates, sample packs, or other products. Other people's music and materials remain subject to their own rights. 5. DISTRIBUTION AND BRANDING RESTRICTIONS Without prior written permission from Jose Santiago, you may not sell, rent, sublicense, redistribute, mirror, rehost, or bundle the Software or modified copies, whether free or paid. You may not present it as your own product, rebrand it, or remove copyright, authorship, or license notices. To share Human Freefall VCA, link to https://humanfreefall.com/apps/human-freefall-vca-lite/ so others can obtain their own copy. 6. NAMES AND MARKS Human Freefall VCA and Human Freefall identify Jose Santiago's products and creative practice. This license grants no right to use their names, logos, or marks to brand another product or imply endorsement. Accurate identification in reviews, tutorials, and links is permitted. Ableton and Max for Live are trademarks of their respective owners. Human Freefall VCA is an independent product and is not represented as endorsed by them. 7. NO WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Software is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. No uninterrupted operation, compatibility, updates, or support is promised. Back up important work and test the Software before use in a live performance or production project. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Jose Santiago is not liable for damages arising from use of or inability to use the Software, including lost data, lost profits, interruption, or other direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages. Nothing excludes liability or consumer rights that applicable law does not allow to be excluded. 8. LICENSE SCOPE AND COMPLIANCE The permissions above are conditional on compliance with this license. If you breach its conditions, these permissions terminate; stop using and distributing the Software and remove your copies, except as required or permitted by applicable law. This does not affect your rights in previously created music or other creative output. Nothing in this license limits uses independently permitted by law. This version applies to copies supplied with it. It does not retroactively replace any separate license already granted for an earlier copy. Future releases may carry different terms. Unsubscribing from marketing emails does not revoke this license. 9. PERMISSION REQUESTS For redistribution, collaboration, or other permissions, contact: Jose Santiago / Human Freefall humanfreefall@gmail.com https://humanfreefall.com/apps/human-freefall-vca-lite/

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