BendMind is a Max for Live MIDI effect built around one central idea:one pitch-bend performance can conduct multiple instruments at once.Its Linked Bend system lets a single BendMind act as the global pitch-bend source for other tracks, so several synths, samplers or MIDI instruments can follow the same bend gesture while keeping their own notes, velocities and timbres.Use one track as the Leader + Local Output, then set other BendMind instances—or the included compact BendMind Follower—to Follower. The followers retain their own MIDI note material, but their Channel-1 pitch bend is replaced by the Leader's 14-bit bend stream.That makes BendMind especially useful for: conducting pitch movement across layered instruments making several synths share the same vibrato, dive, rise or pitch warp keeping lo-fi, detuned or tape-warped sounds moving together bending an entire MIDI arrangement from one control surface creating coordinated pitch gestures without forcing every track to play the same notes Linked Bend rolesThe full BendMind device can operate as: Off — local BendMind operation only Leader + Local Output — performs locally and broadcasts its pitch bend Follower — keeps the track's notes and velocities, while following the Leader's bend The download also includes BendMind Follower, a compact 165 × 173 version designed for tracks that only need Linked Bend following and Emergency Mute.Linked Bend currently uses:Group 1 / MIDI Channel 1 / 14-bit pitch bendIt is not a per-note MPE system.More than a conductorBendMind is also a fully featured standalone pitch-bend instrument.Manual 14-bit Pitch BendDirect signed pitch-bend control from -8192 to +8191, with instant centring.Bend LFOContinuous pitch modulation with: Sine Triangle Ramp Up Ramp Down Square S&H Random Binary Random Ringdown Custom Run the LFO freely from 0.05–10 Hz or synchronise it to Ableton Live using musical divisions, including dotted and triplet values.16 factory presetsMusical starting points for: vinyl wow worn-record movement vibrato tape drift deep pitch warp rhythmic modulation random and glitch movement Custom LFO EditorDraw breakpoint curves directly in BendMind, with grid snapping, point editing and curve shaping.The displayed curve follows the same native Max function used by the device, so the GUI reflects the actual modulation being generated.Ring TriggerLaunch retriggerable Ringdown pitch gestures with independent: Length Smooth Depth Variation Ring Trigger SequencerCreate rhythmic pitch events with: up to 16 steps selectable Step Length Swing Free / Step % Ring Length modes per-step Depth per-step Smooth per-step Length True ScopeMonitor the actual resulting signed pitch-bend signal, including sequenced Ringdown gestures.Additional shapingIncludes: Depth Phase Smooth Invert MIDI-transparent note dataApart from its intended pitch-bend processing, BendMind passes ordinary MIDI note pitches and velocities unchanged.Follower tracks therefore keep their own harmony, rhythm, voicing and dynamics while sharing the Leader's pitch movement.Included BendMind BendMind Follower all required runtime files installation and usage documentation RequirementsAbleton Live 12 with Max for Live and Max 9Developed and tested on macOS / Apple Silicon with Ableton Live 12.4.x and Max 9.1.4.Live 11 and earlier are not supported, because BendMind uses Max 9 functionality unavailable in Max 8.The receiving instrument determines how many semitones its MIDI pitch-bend range represents, so set each instrument's bend range to suit the musical interval you want.