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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 22/10/2025

This Sunday October 26th at 11a-1p PT (8p-10p CEST), I'll be chatting with ‪@sidebrain.bsky.social about Max for Live, demo my M4L devices, and we'll have a Knobbler Lifetime giveaway. Register for the free workshop here: shorturl.at/90AUZ Bring your questions and ideas! I hope to see you there :)

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 30/08/2025

🔈 sound on 🔈 Just made this fun video to promote the new 30 day free trial of Knobbler's for Ableton Live. It's a one-time purchase after that. apps.apple.com/us/app/knobb... Free Knobbler to the first person who can tell me what song I was inspired by. :)

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 27/05/2025

Knobbler for #ableton Live now supports multiple tablets! v35 free download and more info here: plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-Knobbler4

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 28/04/2025

Job hunters! If you are curious what email system a company uses, just do this at the command line: dig MX companydomain Then look in the ANSWER SECTION. Examples attached.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 14/04/2025

Strive for the best, achieve the ultimate.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 18/03/2025

Pitch Path v4 released - phase control, preset shapes, scrub your path! Pitch Path is a #maxforlive device for #ableton Live that gives you a way to decouple melody from rhythm. plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-PitchPath

An animation of Pitch Path in operation.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 17/03/2025

Weeeeee ... the Bandcamp iOS app running on my desktop. This is a nice way to listen to Bandcamp since browser tabs can sometimes suddenly disappear. Bandcamp, when bizdev with Spotify to integrate libraries and funnel fans? (revshare!)

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 09/03/2025

Knobbler update now in the App Store. Visual and performance refinements should make it even more silky to use. Toggle child tracks/devices by tapping a track or group in the Navigation panel. Automate selecting app tabs in your Set. Even better Knobblin'! plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-Knobbler4

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 04/03/2025

Automation is just one thing that Knobbler is really good at. Find a new voice in Ableton Live... plugins.steinkamp.us In the Apple App Store, looking for Android Testers. Get in touch! 🙏

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 03/03/2025

Support your local Knobbler 📐 New Knobbler subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/knobbler/s... Get updates, make suggestions, show off your Knobbler Battlestation :)

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 27/02/2025

Ain't no party like a cross platform Knobbler party 🎉🤖🎉 iOS and Android, side by side with Ableton Live.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 25/02/2025

Looking for beta testers for Knobbler for Android tablets. DM or email me if you're interested! zack@steinkamp.us Android tablet and Ableton Live Standard or Suite required.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 25/02/2025

Knobbler for Android coming this week! 🤞 It's the best way to navigate and control parameters in Ableton Live. iPad app released last week. Thanks @expo.dev for such a great platform.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 22/02/2025

Apple makes a nice promo video for new apps :) #ableton #maxforlive apps.apple.com/us/app/knobb...

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 21/02/2025

Now live in the App Store! Knobbler native app for iPad. #ableton Live game changer :) apps.apple.com/us/app/knobb...

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 18/02/2025

think of what your #ableton and #ipad can do together.... still looking for beta testers zack@steinkamp.us

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 17/02/2025

Knobbler native iPad app nearing release. It's the best parameter control surface for Ableton Live. LMK if you have Live 12 (Standard or Suite) and an iPad and if you would like to beta test it. zack@steinkamp.us

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 17/02/2025

If you are listening through Spotify or another streaming service, it's very informative to disable and enable their loudness normalization while using your metering tools to see what they actually delivered vs how most people will hear it.

A screenshot of Ableton Live showing various metering tools (WavScope, Spectrum, Youlean Loudness Meter, and true:balance).

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 17/02/2025

It looks like if the Keylab is connected to the computer via USB, you should have a MIDI output for the Keylab in the MIDI settings in Ableton. Just plug your synth into the Keylab's MIDI Out port and select that MIDI output port in the track you want to send MIDI to your synth. What is the synth?

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 26/01/2025

#ableton coming very soon - Knobbler native

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 25/01/2025

I wrote this knowing it was a very consequential line of code. Sending JSON over OSC opens so many possibilities for Knobbler.

outlet(OUTLET_OSC, ['/bBanks', JSON.stringify(banks)])

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 04/01/2025

Doing some deep recon in Ableton control surface scripts and found some fun details such as...

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 27/12/2024

One advantage of not having a job is all the time to find the exact location of photos. For instance, the DC-8 photo below was taken from here: www.google.com/maps/@34.377...

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 22/12/2024

@hainbach.bsky.social I'd love to get your take on my Vestax Faderboard inspired M4L device. It was your video that inspired me to get into Max in the first place, and it's a verrrry happy place for me now. Thank u. :) plugins.steinkamp.us/m4l-zs-Fader...

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 14/12/2024

Just made a new site for my free and open source Ableton Live plugins, made with Max for Live. Get info, instructions, and download here for my 20+ instruments, audio effects, modulators, and utilities: plugins.steinkamp.us #maxforlive

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 11/12/2024

Just published Chiastic Slide v9 -- A multichannel crossfader for Group Tracks & Racks in Ableton Live, made with #maxforlive. This release adds a toggle for the endless direction knob and improves the visualization of Min/Max volume. github.com/zsteinkamp/m...

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 29/11/2024

Does this mean I get to visit the sardine factory?

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 25/11/2024

Baking soda and a toothbrush is a great way to clean coffee residue out of a Moka Pot. ☕️

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 23/11/2024

@benagarr.bsky.social how about that fade/zoom transition animation in the IOS 18 control center!? Care was taken!

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 23/11/2024

Just added meters to TapPanZeit! Now you can visualize what the heck each of those 128 taps are doing. github.com/zsteinkamp/m... #maxforlive #ableton

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 22/11/2024

Something I'm learning about -- how expectations and approaches in parenting need to evolve as your child ages. Putting obedience first is a source of disconnection. By nurturing heart-to-heart connection first, we gain the opportunity to influence in positive ways vs. only using consequences.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 21/11/2024

Car before was a Scirocco. I kept the wheels!

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 21/11/2024

Post a photo of you from a different era. Home from college for a visit with my parents, 1995.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 19/11/2024

the lamprey is revealed when you remove the lint

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 19/11/2024

Looks like a linty lamprey.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 19/11/2024

Double check your Spotify audio quality settings. I was surprised to see my streaming and download quality set to Low and Normal respectively. I would not have done this.

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Zack Steinkamp @steinkamp.us · 18/11/2024

Of the dozen or so diagramming tools I've used through the years, Apple's Freeform is my fave. I resisted exploring it for a long time, but it's ticking all the boxes - endless canvas, pressure-sensitive freehand drawing, object snapping, live collaboration, etc. Kudos Freeform team!

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