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Overview

Name | Version: Filament 1.0
Author: Supertramp162
Device Type: Instrument
Description: Filament — Polyphonic Karplus–Strong based instrument

Filament is a polyphonic Max for Live instrument built around the Karplus–Strong algorithm, designed for creating plucked, resonant, and evolving tonal textures.

At its core, Filament generates string-like and percussive tones shaped by dampening and brightness controls. The instrument operates across a range of just over three octaves, where it maintains stable and musical pitch behaviour before naturally drifting into more unstable, experimental territory.

A dedicated modulation envelope drives a secondary resonant filter, allowing for dynamic tonal shaping that responds to each note. This, combined with frequency modulation (FM) with adjustable depth, introduces harmonic complexity and controlled instability — pushing the sound from clean plucks into more ethereal, shifting textures.

Filament also features a stereo movement section, designed to introduce width, drift, and spatial motion. Rather than static panning, this creates a sense of evolving placement within the stereo field, contributing to a more immersive and organic sound.

Each processing stage includes its own wet/dry control, enabling precise blending between the raw Karplus–Strong signal and the processed output. This allows Filament to move between defined, percussive tones and diffuse, atmospheric soundscapes.

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Details

Live Version Used: 12.0.5
Max Version Used: 8.6.2
Date Added: Mar 23 2026 09:09:15
Date Last Updated: No Updates
Downloads: 72
ⓘ License: None
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Files

Device File: Filament V1.0.amxd
 


Comments

There are a few Karplus Strong devices on Ableton Live, but none of them are recently made or updated. So this might be good. Thanks!
Posted on March 23 2026 by Syn | Report Issue
Res knob on filter can't be adjusted.
Posted on March 23 2026 by irishmos | Report Issue

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