If you do not see LiquidMusic.amxd in Max MIDI Effect, you can try to rescan the plugins:
- Go to Ableton Live’s Preferences
- Go to the “File Folder” tab, and then under “Rescan Plugins,” press “Rescan.”
Please press it 2 more times (sometimes Ableton needs a few tries). - Close the Preferences
- Close/reopen the Max MIDI Effect tab in Live
You should now see the LiquidMusic.amxd plugin.
If you do not see the plugin after these steps:
In certain cases, the AMXD file does not get copied during the install process. You can see this problem in the Liquid Music installer log file:
macOS:
/Users/<username>/LiquidRhythm/logs/clipsnativeinstallerlog.txt
Windows:
C:\Users\<username>\LiquidRhythm\logs\clipsnativeinstallerlog.txt
Open this log file and scroll to the bottom; you will find the message Failed
to process AMXD. In this case you can find the backup AMXD file(s) in these locations:
macOS:
/Applications/WaveDNA/LiquidMusic.amxd
/Applications/WaveDNA/LiquidRhythm.amxd
Windows:
C:\Program Files\WaveDNA\Liquid Rhythm\LiquidMusic.amxd
C:\Program Files\WaveDNA\Liquid Rhythm\LiquidRhythm.amxd
Versions 1.7.0 and earlier install to the 32-bit location on 64-bit Windows:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WaveDNA\Liquid Rhythm\LiquidMusic.amxd
C:\Program Files (x86)\WaveDNA\Liquid Rhythm\LiquidRhythm.amxd
Note: You may have installed in a custom location. In that case, look for the AMXD backup file where you installed Liquid Music / Liquid Rhythm.
Depending on the version you installed, you may only have a single backup AMXD file. Not to worry: in Liquid Music, these two AMXDs are in fact binary-identical. This is to allow both to have access to the rhythm tools from Liquid Rhythm and the melody + harmony tools from Liquid Music, because you can only have a single instance of either in your Live Set.
If your backup install only has a single AMXD file, you can copy-and-paste this file twice, and ensure one is named “LiquidMusic.amxd” and one is named “LiquidRhythm.amxd” at the pasted location. Two screenshots representing this process, with a Liquid Music 1.6.4 installation on Windows 10, are included below:
The default Ableton User Library subfolder to place Max MIDI Effects is as follows:
macOS:
/Users/<username>/Music/Ableton/User Library/Presets/MIDI Effects/Max MIDI Effect
Windows:
C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Ableton\User Library\Presets\MIDI Effects\Max MIDI Effect
If you have changed the Ableton User Library to a custom location, you will need to paste into the appropriate subfolder of your Ableton User Library directory (Max MIDI Effect inside MIDI Effects inside Presets inside User Library at your custom path).