Henrik Schwarz's favourite music software
![Ableton/Cycling '74 Max For Live](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d18f1e25503d044823c31854b1fa4c95-320-80.jpg)
Ableton/Cycling '74 Max For Live
“The release of Ableton Live was a revolution for me. Now, many years later, I have the same feeling again. Improvisation and spontaneity are very important in my live shows and jazz concerts. I wrote 20 or more little helpers with Max for Live and JavaScript - these can do 50 things at the same time when I just press one button or turn one knob. I can create a lot of drama with one knob - just like a musician with one string of his violin or one key of his piano.”
![Waves L2 and Renaissance Vox](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/f81f9cb6df992d48cde6ad38be483ef4-320-80.jpg)
Waves L2 and Renaissance Vox
“Waves still makes the best-sounding and most musical plugins for me. L2 does the perfect job as a limiter when you need to do a quick demo that has punch. Renaissance Vox Compressor you just need to drop into your vocal channel - adjust for three seconds and the sound is perfect.”
![Native Instruments Massive](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/abb68f542bbab61ff6ce79b161b805e7-320-80.jpg)
Native Instruments Massive
“This is my number one sound source when it comes to virtual synths. Simple as that.”
![Celemony Software Melodyne](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/037f81db8111f392679f8bde7ebb68d3-320-80.jpg)
Celemony Software Melodyne
“This is probably my most important software; I use it in many different ways. Of course it’s made for pitch correction, but it can do so many creative things that I love. It’s wonderful to create chords from single sounds or from noise, double voices... Every note can go anywhere, up and down; it can be short or long. Sound becomes like Play-Doh.”
![Vienna MIR](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4f690f6772ae49e7ff5a217d36926df4-320-80.jpg)
Vienna MIR
“I discovered Vienna MIR while searching for software for my next album, which I’m doing with an orchestra. I wasn’t happy with the room sound we’d recorded, so I needed another solution.
“When I put my 48-channel project into MIR, I was absolutely blown away - this is by far the best-sounding software reverb I’ve heard, and I checked them all...”
Henrik will be at Unknown Festival at Amarin, Croatia, 8-12 September