Max For Live is a powerful way to extend and expand your Ableton Live system to take advantage of specialised extra instruments and effects. And in order to use it, you'll need to understand how to install the required content. It comes in the form of Packs, and in this short video from the course Ableton Live 10 402: New Max Devices in Action, Noah Pred explains how you go about correctly installing them.

Ableton Live 10 402: New Max Devices in Action

Mar 22, 2016 Choose “Mac OS 64-Bit” from the drop down menu and then click the blue “Download' button. Once the download is finished, open a Finder window. Click on Downloads and you should see the Max.DMG file. Double click the Max.DMG file to start installation. Double Click the MAX 6 icon. Click “Continue.” Step 7. Welcome to the most extensive collection of Max for Live devices. Download what you need, or join the community and start sharing your own! Newest Downloads. Welcome to the most extensive collection of Max for Live devices. Download what you need, or join the community and start sharing your own! Newest Downloads. Max for Live MIDI Devices: Audio Devices: 1658: Max for Live Audio Devices: MIDI Instruments: 523: Max for Live MIDI Instrument Devices: LFO/Modulation: 330: LFO Devices for modulating Ableton Live parameters: Sequencers: 804: Devices including sequencers: Drum Machine: 321: Devices for Beats: Sample Glitch: 435: Boring beats?

After downloading packs from the user area of the website, Noah demonstrates how to locate the Packs section of the Browser and then view all available packs in your library, both those you have installed and those available not not yet installed. He also shows you how to solve common problems like packs perhaps not appearing correctly in the browser. Become a master of managing your sounds and using powerful Max For Live extensions by checking out the rest of the videos in this course using the links below.

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Devices and Mac OS X version

VLC media player requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. It runs on any 64bit Intel-based Mac. Previous devices are supported by older releases.
Note that the first generation of Intel-based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported. Please use version 2.0.10 linked below.

Web browser plugin for Mac OS X

Support for NPAPI plugins was removed from all modern web browsers, so VLC's plugin is no longer maintained. The last version is 3.0.4 and can be found here. It will not receive any further updates.

Older versions of Mac OS X and VLC media player

We provide older releases for users who wish to deploy our software on legacy releases of Mac OS X. You can find recommendations for the respective operating system version below. Note that support ended for all releases listed below and hence they won't receive any further updates.

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Use VLC 2.2.8. Get it here.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Use VLC 2.0.10. Get it for PowerPC or 32bit Intel.

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later is required

Use VLC 0.9.10. Get it for PowerPC or Intel.

Mac OS X 10.3 Panther

QuickTime 6.5.2 or later is required

Use VLC 0.8.6i. Get it for PowerPC.

MIDI Instruments

Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar

Max For Live Dub Machines Download

Use VLC 0.8.4a. Get it for PowerPC.

Max For Live Community Resource

Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah and 10.1 Puma

Use VLC 0.7.0. Get it for PowerPC.