Stencil m4l v0.1.1

Features

• NOTE slider redesign — The two-thumb range slider is now horizontal and sits in the left column above SEED, labeled NOTE (was the vertical RANGE slider next to the ring). Values are displayed as Ableton-convention note names like C2..C4 instead of raw MIDI numbers, matching what Live's piano roll shows. The overall device strip is ~58 px narrower as a result.
• Currently-playing note readout — The register ring's center now shows the note being emitted (C3, F#4, …) during playback, so you can read what the playhead is producing without cross-referencing the range. Clears on transport stop.

Install

Download Stencil.amxd and drag it onto any MIDI track in Ableton Live 12 (Max for Live required). Existing v0.1.0 users: drop the new file next to your project / library to replace.

Stencil m4l v0.1.0

First public release of Stencil — a probabilistic MIDI sequence
generator for Max for Live, modeled on the Music Thing Turing
Machine.

What it does

Drives a length-N shift register whose bits feed a pitch mapper.
The lock knob controls how often a bit flips on each step
(locked loop ↔ pure random); density thins the output
selectively. For a fixed seed + parameters the sequence is
deterministic — same input produces the same MIDI output across
transport restarts.

Full musical model: see docs/ai/concept.md.

Install

Download Stencil.amxd below and drag it onto a MIDI track in
Ableton Live 12 (Max for Live required). Put an instrument after it,
press play. Adjust lock and density to taste.

Requirements

• Ableton Live 12 with Max for Live
• macOS or Windows