Petal | Max for Live Device

Garden of Delays

Petal is a Max for Live multi-tap delay that draws any sound into an ever-unfolding garden. The core of Petal is its eight-tap delay, evenly spaced at the dialed in delay time. Individual taps can be toggled on or off to create irregular rhythmic delays.

Shaping Time

The X-Y Shaping pad distorts the tap delay times in interesting ways. The Y-axis shifts the tap delay times from equidistant (linear) spacing to skewed (sigmoid) spacing. The X-axis skews the tap delay times closer to either tap 1 or tap 8.

Making it Sing

Each tap can be pitch-shifted up or down in perfect 5ths or octaves. Play a handful of notes and listen as it evolves into a rich harmonic background. The FFT pitch-shifting circuit provides clean pitch-shifting without any tonal coloration. Feeling uninspired? Tap the dice to generate endless pitch-shifting and tap on/off combinations.

Endless Unfolding

Add feedback and hear the delay pattern dance around. Petal uses a separate delay line in its feedback circuit, which can be set to individual tap length.

Character

Introducing character to Petal is easy: a no-nonsense filter for effortless tonal shaping, delay time modulation using the Wobble parameter, and soft clipping to add rich harmonics to the input signal.

Version 1.1

• Petal is now Push compatible!
• A mid-side mode has been implemented, for an even more expressive and subtle delay shaping.
• Cosmetic updates to the UI — all UI elements are hover sensitive and compatible with Live themes.

Version 1.1.1

• Issues with Push compatibility is addressed.
• issues with presets have been addressed.
• The X/Y shaping pad is now MIDI mappable!

Words on Petal

"Once you appreciate how Petal works – with its very specific tap and pitch design and shifting, and that feedback – it really feels like an instrument. It has the focus of a piece of beloved hardware."

-Peter Kirn, CDM (https://cdm.link/2023/08/petal-8-tap-delay-for-max-for-live/_

Read the Petal User Guide.