BeatHalf is part of the HandyBeats Series.

It is a Max for Live audio effect that plays your audio at half speed the moment you load it.

Shape the crossfade with Smooth, layer harmonic depth with Texture, tame the highs with Focus, and set the loop length with Range.

BeatHalf captures incoming audio into a buffer and plays it back at half speed, perfectly synced to your DAW tempo.

Drop it on a drum bus, synth, vocal, pad, or full mix and hear the half-time effect immediately.

• Drum buses and loops that need weight and space
• Synths and pads that need a slower, deeper character
• Vocals and textures that benefit from half-speed atmosphere
• Breakdowns and transitions in arrangement
• Sound design and creative slow-motion effects

• Type: Max for Live Audio Effect
• Controls: Mix (D/W), Range, Smooth, Texture, Focus
• Range options: B1/4, B1/2, B1, B2, B4
• Crossfade: Dual read heads with S-curve and equal-power cosine crossfade
• Texture engine: 8× and 16× micro-echo layers with anti-click windowing and Focus low-pass filter
• Mix compensation: Equal-power gain compensation for consistent volume across all Mix positions
• UI: Custom-painted knobs, animated LCD display, Range tab with LED indicator
• CPU: Lightweight

• Ableton Live 11 or 12 (Suite or Standard + Max for Live)
• Max 8 or Max 9
• Windows or macOS

BeatHalf is not trying to be a multi-effect.

It does one thing — half-time — and does it instantly, musically, and with control over the crossfade character.