Just stumbled upon a new tool from Fabrizio Poce, the creator of the J74 Progression tool.

J74 BassLine is a plug-in for Ableton Live (Max for Live) specialized in bass line progressions. The key idea behind this device is to have a single, flexible tool for bass line programming which combines both rhythm and harmony together. In terms of rhythm J74 BassLine makes use of groove, swing, legato, glide, accent and humanize dynamics. From the harmony point of view the tool works having knowledge of scales, chords and progressions, combining these with the rhythmic pattern creation. The bass-lines get automatically adapted to the progression, on a chord by chord basis, remaining in-key to the selected scale (if you wish it to). This works at its best when J74 BassLine is combined with J74 Progressive (another J74 tool set), in Linked Mode. By combining the two tools you have a single, integrated environment for quickly sketching harmonic and rhythmic material in Ableton Live.

Feature Overview of J74 BassLine

- Automatic pitch adaptation to chords/degrees in the progression (InKey and Chromatic modes)
- Possibility of inserting leading notes (pitch based on next chord)
- Groove and Swing manipulation to timing (with useful settings for triplets)
- Possibility of skipping notes or moving pitch based on probability
- Legato and Glide effect to note duration
- Dynamics by adding probability based fluctuation to velocity and timing
- Manipulation of notes with functions like pitch rotation, reverse, invert, mix-up, randomize
- Selectable scale (40+ available), in any key and any octave
- Progressions editing page for sequencing bass lines
- Automatic synchronization to J74 Progressive (J74 BassLine bass-lines following the progression of J74 Progressive)
- In editor mode results are delivered as standard MIDI clips in your Ableton Live tracks
- In real-time sequencing mode(s) can follow live chords from another track in Ableton Live.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs66hOEYnNM

on a sidenote: it works with a non-legit copy of Live and for the price of 12$/11.30€ it's a bargain. Especially if you're a bassline-programming klutz like I am
Plus, Fabrizio has many free tools on his website for Live - check it out!

 

Fabrizio is a genius

 

Looks epic, shame its M4L

 

That's why Usine get an edge as live seq : all is included stock.
Custom interface, scripts...all.

But it is less a composition tool. Nothing is perfect

 

Yeah M4L is the biggest cpu hog spiker out there ;)

 

Fabrizio Poce homepage: home

Bassline link: Bassline

 

Instant buy for me. Thanks for alerting me to this one.

 

lol, thanks pal

 

short update:

there is no possibiliy to get an invoice from fabricio so keep that in mind if you're a business customer and need one for you deductions.