Pricing
Two devices, the manual, and every 1.x update.
MaxTracker Lite
The free edition
4 channels, 16 rows, one tracker per Set, no Receiver
Fixes and minor improvements included; new features go to the full edition. The documentation on this site stands in for the manual.
MaxTracker
Full licence, for one user
Lifetime licence — free 1.x updates
Price in US dollars, excluding tax. VAT or local sales tax is calculated at checkout by Gumroad, which collects and remits it worldwide.
What changes between the two
| Lite — free | Full — $29 | |
|---|---|---|
| Channels | 4 | 8 |
| Rows | 16 — one bar | 64 |
| Trackers per Set | one that sounds | as many as you like |
| MaxTracker Receiver | not included | included, as many as you like |
| Export to a clip | whole pattern | whole pattern |
| Effects, speeds, Generate panel, themes, undo, mouse, MIDI keyboard | all of it | all of it |
| Timing and render quality | identical | identical |
| Saved with the Set | yes | yes |
| Manual | the documentation on this site | the full manual, PDF and EPUB |
| Updates | fixes and minor improvements | all of them, new features included |
What really separates them: the Receiver
Without the Receiver, the four channels of the Lite edition all reach the same instrument. It is a four-voice figure for one sound, one bar long. The full edition is eight voices over four bars, each voice on its own track, with its own instrument and its own effects — and as many trackers in the Set as you want — since 1.1, only one free tracker sounds per Set, the others open and edit but stay silent. That is the difference between the two, and it is a difference of kind rather than of size.
Your patterns come with you
A pattern lives inside the device that wrote it, so buying the full edition does not move your work across on its own. The clipboard is shared between every MaxTracker open in the Set: select all with Shift+A in the Lite, copy with Shift+C, paste into the full one with Shift+V. Nothing to export, nothing to import, and the effects travel with the notes.
What you get
- MaxTracker — the tracker device,
maxtracker.amxd. - MaxTracker Receiver — the companion device, as many instances as you want.
- The manual, eleven chapters, from the first note to the export — as PDF and EPUB, yours to keep.
- Free updates across the 1.x line, new features included.
- Email support from the person who wrote it.
- A say in what comes next — user requests shape the roadmap.
What you need
- Ableton Live 12.2 or newer.
- Max for Live — included in Live Suite, a paid option with Live Standard.
- Windows or macOS.
Payment is handled by Gumroad, the merchant of record: it issues the invoice, collects and remits VAT worldwide, and hosts your download. Cards, PayPal and Apple Pay, in your own currency.
About the licence
The licence is granted to the buyer, for their own use — on all the machines they personally work on. Redistribution, resale and derivative devices are not permitted. The full text is on the licence page.