livepilot 1.16.0 → 1.16.1

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/midi_effects/slice_shuffler.yaml

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+id: slice_shuffler
+name: Slice Shuffler
+sonic_description: >
+  Clip-based MIDI transformer by Philip Meyer. Slices a clip into temporal
+  sections and applies transformations (reverse, randomize, shift) to each
+  slice independently. Unlike a global shuffle, each section gets its own
+  treatment. The tool for controlled chaos on drum patterns — reverse one
+  bar of a 4-bar loop for a momentary glitch, randomize the second half.
+category: transformation
+character_tags: [sectional, reverse, controlled_chaos, glitch, asymmetric]
+use_cases: [partial_reverse, sectional_variation, glitch_moment, asymmetric_groove]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [idm, glitch, experimental, deep_minimal]
+  secondary: [microhouse, techno]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "12.1"
+pack: MIDI Tools
+creator: Philip Meyer
+class_name: PluginDevice
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Slice Count"
+    description: "Number of sections to divide the clip into. 4 = quarters, 8 = eighths, etc."
+  - name: "Reverse (per slice)"
+    description: "Toggle reverse for each slice independently."
+  - name: "Randomness (per slice)"
+    description: "Random note reordering depth per slice."
+  - name: "Timing Offset (per slice)"
+    description: "Shift slice start time."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Ghost-note variations"
+    description: "Clean 8-bar kick pattern → Slice Shuffler with 8 slices → randomize slice 4 and slice 7 only → ghost-note drift every ~1 minute of playback."
+    aesthetic: [deep_minimal, microhouse]
+  - name: "One-bar reverse glitch"
+    description: "16-bar loop → 4 slices → reverse slice 3 only → single bar of reverse drums as a momentary disruption."
+    aesthetic: [idm, glitch]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/midi-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/midi_effects/sq_sequencer.yaml

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+id: sq_sequencer
+name: SQ Sequencer
+sonic_description: >
+  16-step sequencer with per-lane independent step length and direction —
+  the polymetric secret weapon from the Sequencers pack. Set melody lane
+  to 16 steps, rhythm lane to 15, bass lane to 11 → each lane progresses
+  at its own rate → infinite non-repeating patterns from simple inputs.
+  Condition feature adds rule-based triggering (every 3rd pass, etc.).
+category: sequencer
+character_tags: [polymetric, asymmetric, condition_based, modular_style]
+use_cases: [polymetric_melody, asymmetric_bass, hypnotic_pattern, generative_loop]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [deep_minimal, microhouse, techno, idm]
+  secondary: [experimental, generative]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "11.0"
+pack: Sequencers
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Per-Lane Step Count"
+    description: "Each of up to ~8 lanes has its own step length (1-16). Non-coincident values = polymeter."
+  - name: "Per-Lane Direction"
+    description: "Forward / Backward / Ping-Pong / Random per lane."
+  - name: "Condition"
+    description: "Rule-based gating — fire on every Nth pass, after N fails, etc."
+  - name: "Output Pitch / Velocity / Gate Length (per lane)"
+    description: "Independent control per lane."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Villalobos polymeter lock"
+    description: "Melody lane 16 steps, rhythm lane 15 steps, bass lane 11 steps → sequences drift in and out of phase over hundreds of bars, never repeating exactly."
+    aesthetic: [deep_minimal, microhouse]
+  - name: "Condition-based ghost snare"
+    description: "Snare lane with condition 'every 3rd pass' → snare appears only once per ~16 bars → organic ghost pattern."
+    aesthetic: [deep_minimal, techno]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/sequencers/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/midi_effects/stages.yaml

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+id: stages
+name: Stages
+sonic_description: >
+  Clip-based MIDI generator by Philip Meyer. Transforms basic note input
+  into elaborate patterns via slider-driven pitch, note repetitions, and
+  rests. Converts a 4-note seed into an entire bassline / motif with
+  developmental logic. Operates on clips, so every pass is editable.
+category: generator
+character_tags: [pattern_expansion, developmental, melodic, motif_builder]
+use_cases: [motif_expansion, bassline_from_seed, fill_generation]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [techno, idm, electronica]
+  secondary: [deep_minimal, experimental]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "12.1"
+pack: MIDI Tools
+creator: Philip Meyer
+class_name: PluginDevice
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Pitch Sliders"
+    description: "Per-stage pitch assignment. Drag to set each stage's note."
+  - name: "Repeat Sliders"
+    description: "How many times each stage's note repeats before moving on."
+  - name: "Rest Sliders"
+    description: "Silence insertion per stage."
+  - name: "Pattern Length"
+    description: "Total stage count."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Bassline from root note"
+    description: "Single C1 note → Stages with 8-stage pattern, varied repeat counts, modest pitch offsets → coherent 16-bar bassline with motion."
+    aesthetic: [techno, deep_minimal]
+  - name: "Melodic fill from a single hook note"
+    description: "Apply to melodic element at section-end → Stages generates a 2-bar fill with repeats + rests that feels composed."
+    aesthetic: [idm, electronica]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/midi-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/arrangement_looper.yaml

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+id: arrangement_looper
+name: Arrangement Looper
+sonic_description: >
+  Quick-toggle loop-length device for Arrangement View (Performance Pack).
+  Four customizable loop lengths, switchable on/off mid-performance. Studio
+  use: rapid arrangement experimentation without manual timeline
+  manipulation. Live/DJ use: extended breakdowns and remix sections.
+category: transport_helper
+character_tags: [loop, performance, arrangement]
+use_cases: [extended_breakdown, live_remix, arrangement_sketch]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [live_performance, dj_sets]
+  secondary: [all]
+complexity: beginner
+introduced_in: "11.0"
+pack: Performance Pack
+creator: Iftah
+class_name: PluginDevice
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Loop Lengths"
+    description: "Up to 4 customizable lengths (1/2 bar, 1 bar, 2 bars, 4 bars typical)."
+  - name: "Toggle Buttons"
+    description: "Enable each loop length individually."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "DJ-style extended breakdown"
+    description: "Playback approaches breakdown → toggle 1-bar loop → hold for as long as needed → release → continue playback."
+    aesthetic: [dj_sets, live_techno]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/performance-pack/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/cv_clock_in.yaml

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+id: cv_clock_in
+name: CV Clock In
+sonic_description: >
+  Synchronizes Live's tempo from an incoming clock signal (from Eurorack).
+  Use when the modular is the master timekeeper and Live follows.
+category: cv_sync_in
+character_tags: [cv, sync, tempo, slave]
+use_cases: [modular_master_daw_slave]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [modular, experimental]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: true
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Clock Rate"
+    description: "PPQN — pulses per quarter note."
+  - name: "Source Channel"
+    description: "Which audio input receives the clock."
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/cv_clock_out.yaml

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+id: cv_clock_out
+name: CV Clock Out
+sonic_description: >
+  Sends Live's tempo as a clock signal out to modular gear. Live is the
+  master, modular follows. The more common direction in hybrid setups.
+category: cv_sync_out
+character_tags: [cv, sync, tempo, master]
+use_cases: [daw_master_modular_slave]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [modular, experimental, hybrid_techno]
+complexity: beginner
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: true
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Clock Rate"
+    description: "PPQN — typically 4 PPQN for Eurorack."
+  - name: "Output Channel"
+    description: "Which audio output carries the clock."
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/cv_envelope_follower.yaml

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+id: cv_envelope_follower
+name: CV Envelope Follower
+sonic_description: >
+  Tracks the amplitude envelope of an audio signal and emits CV. Can
+  modulate modular gear OR, crucially, any internal Live parameter —
+  kick drum → CV Envelope Follower → modulates pad filter cutoff → pad
+  opens up on every kick. Creative sidechain alternative that gives CV
+  shape, not just gain reduction.
+category: modulation_source
+character_tags: [envelope_follower, dynamic_modulation, audio_to_cv]
+use_cases: [dynamic_filter, audio_driven_modulation, creative_sidechain]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [deep_minimal, dub_techno, electronic]
+  secondary: [all]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: false
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Rise / Fall"
+    description: "Envelope attack and release times."
+  - name: "Scale"
+    description: "Output depth."
+  - name: "Invert"
+    description: "Flip envelope polarity — modulation reduces instead of increases."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Kick-driven pad-filter opening"
+    description: "Route kick drum to CV Envelope Follower → CV output to pad's filter cutoff → pad brightens with every kick, darkens between."
+    aesthetic: [deep_minimal, dub_techno]
+  - name: "Vocal-driven reverb duck"
+    description: "Route vocal to CV Envelope Follower → invert output → modulate reverb wet → reverb ducks when vocal is present, blooms in silences."
+    aesthetic: [ambient, cinematic]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/cv_in.yaml

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+id: cv_in
+name: CV In
+sonic_description: >
+  Route incoming CV from modular gear to modulate any Live parameter.
+  Turn a modular LFO or envelope follower into a control source for
+  internal Live plugins.
+category: cv_in
+character_tags: [cv, audio_to_control, modular]
+use_cases: [modular_modulator_for_daw]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [modular, experimental]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: true
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Input Channel"
+    description: "Audio input carrying CV."
+  - name: "Scale / Offset"
+    description: "Normalize CV range to 0-1 for Live parameter mapping."
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/cv_instrument.yaml

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+id: cv_instrument
+name: CV Instrument
+sonic_description: >
+  Sends pitch + gate CV from Live to a modular synth. Cent-accurate
+  tuning with flexible modulation routing. Turns any modular voice into
+  a MIDI-playable instrument from Live's sequencer. Requires DC-coupled
+  audio interface.
+category: cv_out
+character_tags: [cv, modular, pitch_out, gate_out]
+use_cases: [modular_voice_from_live, hybrid_rig]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [modular, experimental]
+  secondary: [all]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: true
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Pitch Output"
+    description: "V/oct or Hz/V tuning curve."
+  - name: "Gate Output"
+    description: "Gate signal when note plays."
+  - name: "Modulation Outputs"
+    description: "Velocity, aftertouch, mod wheel as CV."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Modular voice in a DAW session"
+    description: "Assign MIDI track → CV Instrument → modular oscillator → modular filter → return audio back to Live track. Modular voice on the timeline."
+    aesthetic: [experimental, modular]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/cv_lfo.yaml

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+id: cv_lfo
+name: CV LFO
+sonic_description: >
+  M4L LFO generator from CV Tools. Originally designed to send CV to
+  modular systems via a DC-coupled audio interface, but equally useful as
+  an extra LFO inside Live — route its output audio to modulate any Live
+  parameter via a return-track sidechain or internal MIDI mapping. When
+  you want more LFOs than a synth natively provides, CV LFO is the
+  answer.
+category: modulation_source
+character_tags: [lfo, modulation, cv, internal_modulation]
+use_cases: [extra_lfo, modular_cv, parameter_modulation]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [modular, experimental, deep_minimal]
+  secondary: [all]
+complexity: beginner
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: false  # useful even without modular
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Rate"
+    description: "LFO frequency — Hz or tempo-synced."
+  - name: "Waveform"
+    description: "Sine / Triangle / Saw / Square / Random / custom shape."
+  - name: "Depth"
+    description: "Output amplitude — controls modulation depth at the destination."
+  - name: "Offset"
+    description: "DC offset — pre-bias the modulation range."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Multi-LFO stack on a patch"
+    description: "Drop 3x CV LFO on a return track, each at different rates (0.07Hz, 0.23Hz, 1.11Hz), route outputs to filter/amp/pitch → organic drift that doesn't repeat."
+    aesthetic: [ambient, deep_minimal]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/cv_shaper.yaml

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+id: cv_shaper
+name: CV Shaper
+sonic_description: >
+  Create flexible CV shapes inside Live, then send to modular OR use
+  internally. Draw custom envelopes/LFOs on a graphical canvas. Useful
+  WITHOUT modular hardware as a free-form envelope/LFO source for any
+  Live parameter.
+category: modulation_source
+character_tags: [cv, custom_shape, envelope, lfo]
+use_cases: [custom_envelope, bespoke_lfo, parameter_modulation]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [modular, experimental, deep_minimal]
+  secondary: [all]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: false  # useful internally too
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Shape Canvas"
+    description: "Draw the CV curve graphically."
+  - name: "Rate"
+    description: "Cycle time — tempo-sync or free."
+  - name: "Scale / Offset"
+    description: "Output amplitude and DC offset."
+
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Bespoke ADSR for any parameter"
+    description: "Need a parameter envelope shape that's not on the device? Draw it in CV Shaper, route to the parameter. Unlimited curve flexibility."
+    aesthetic: [all]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/cv_triggers.yaml

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+id: cv_triggers
+name: CV Triggers
+sonic_description: >
+  Sends per-pad trigger CV to modular drum modules. Each of 8 pads
+  outputs its own gate. Map MIDI notes to pads, sequence modular drums
+  from Live's clip view.
+category: cv_out
+character_tags: [cv, modular, drum_trigger, gate_out]
+use_cases: [modular_drums_from_live]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [modular, experimental, hybrid_techno]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: true
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Pad Count"
+    description: "Up to 8 independent gate outputs."
+  - name: "Per-pad MIDI note assignment"
+    description: "Which note triggers which pad."
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/cv_utility.yaml

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+id: cv_utility
+name: CV Utility
+sonic_description: >
+  Process control voltages via automation curves. Scale, offset, invert,
+  quantize CV signals. Works standalone even without modular gear — use
+  to shape Live's internal automation before it hits the destination
+  parameter. Acts as a curve-shaper between a source LFO/envelope and
+  the modulated parameter.
+category: cv_processor
+character_tags: [cv_processing, scale, offset, invert, quantize]
+use_cases: [curve_shaping, modulation_scaling, parameter_processing]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [modular, experimental]
+  secondary: [all]
+complexity: beginner
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: false
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Scale"
+    description: "Multiply incoming CV by a factor."
+  - name: "Offset"
+    description: "Add a DC offset."
+  - name: "Invert"
+    description: "Flip the signal polarity."
+  - name: "Quantize"
+    description: "Snap CV to discrete steps — useful for pitched CV."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Soften aggressive modulation"
+    description: "Put CV Utility between an LFO and a filter → scale down to 0.3 → same LFO, subtler effect."
+    aesthetic: [all]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/performer.yaml

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+id: performer
+name: Performer
+sonic_description: >
+  Macro-control device from Performance Pack (Iftah). Multiple faders,
+  crossfaders, buttons, dials — fully user-configurable to mirror any
+  hardware controller. Integrated Macro Editor for curve shaping. Studio
+  use: unify disparate parameter automation into a single interface. Live
+  use: build a one-controller performance surface for Live + external gear.
+category: macro_controller
+character_tags: [macro, performance, curve_shaped, unifier]
+use_cases: [live_control, parameter_unification, curve_automation]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [all]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "11.0"
+pack: Performance Pack
+creator: Iftah
+class_name: PluginDevice
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Control Layout"
+    description: "Add/remove/rename faders, buttons, crossfaders freely."
+  - name: "Macro Mappings"
+    description: "Each control maps to any Live parameter (including M4L devices and plugin parameters)."
+  - name: "Macro Editor Curve"
+    description: "Shape the response — exponential, S-curve, stepped — per macro."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "One-knob chord-chain morph"
+    description: "Map one fader to filter cutoff, send level, reverb decay, sat drive simultaneously → turn = whole chord chain morphs."
+    aesthetic: [live_performance, studio_sketching]
+  - name: "Crossfader-style A/B"
+    description: "Build a crossfader that switches between two device states via inverse macro curves."
+    aesthetic: [performance]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/performance-pack/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/prearranger.yaml

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+id: prearranger
+name: Prearranger
+sonic_description: >
+  Structural pre-planning device from Performance Pack (Iftah). Define clip
+  locations in Arrangement View as empty slots, then perform live and Live
+  auto-fills them with the performance. Transforms live recording into a
+  compositional scaffold. Ideal for sketching long hypnotic structures
+  (deep minimal) or entire sets without mid-performance arrangement
+  decisions.
+category: recording_helper
+character_tags: [performance, scaffold, live_recording, structure]
+use_cases: [long_form_sketch, hypnotic_structure, set_recording]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [deep_minimal, live_performance, ambient]
+  secondary: [electronic_all]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "11.0"
+pack: Performance Pack
+creator: Iftah
+class_name: PluginDevice
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Slot Layout"
+    description: "Pre-place empty arrangement clips where you want recorded content to land."
+  - name: "Auto-fill Toggle"
+    description: "Enable Prearranger — live content records into the pre-placed slots."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Hypnotic 60-minute structure sketch"
+    description: "Place empty slots every 16 bars across a 60-minute arrangement → press record → improvise → each section lands in its slot."
+    aesthetic: [deep_minimal, ambient]
+  - name: "Set recording with predetermined structure"
+    description: "Build the arrangement scaffold based on your setlist → perform → recording is auto-organized."
+    aesthetic: [live_sets]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/performance-pack/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/rotating_rhythm_generator.yaml

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+id: rotating_rhythm_generator
+name: Rotating Rhythm Generator
+sonic_description: >
+  M4L polyrhythmic MIDI generator from CV Tools. Originally a modular
+  CV-triggers tool, but operates as a standalone MIDI generator inside
+  Live. Generates rotating polyrhythmic patterns across multiple tracks
+  or drum-rack pads. One of the most under-utilized M4L devices for
+  complex techno / IDM groove programming.
+category: generator
+character_tags: [polyrhythmic, rotating, generative, drum_programming]
+use_cases: [polymetric_drums, techno_groove, idm_pattern]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [techno, idm, deep_minimal]
+  secondary: [all_electronic]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "10.0"
+pack: CV Tools
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_modular_hardware: false
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Ring Size"
+    description: "Number of steps in the ring (e.g., 16, 12, 7)."
+  - name: "Pulse Count"
+    description: "Beats distributed around the ring. Classic Euclidean distribution."
+  - name: "Rotation"
+    description: "Shift the starting position of the pattern on the ring."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Multi-lane rotated Euclidean drums"
+    description: "Kick: ring 16 / pulses 4 / rotation 0. Snare: ring 16 / pulses 2 / rotation 8. Hat: ring 13 / pulses 7 / rotation 3. Asymmetric groove that sits together but never locks."
+    aesthetic: [techno, deep_minimal, idm]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/cv-tools/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/surround_panner.yaml

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+id: surround_panner
+name: Surround Panner
+sonic_description: >
+  Multichannel spatial panner. 4/6/8-channel speaker setups, 8 presets.
+  Not Ambisonic — discrete-channel panning. Only relevant for multi-channel
+  output setups (installation, quad+ club, cinema). In stereo studio work,
+  offers minimal benefit.
+category: spatial_fx
+character_tags: [multichannel, spatial, quad, surround]
+use_cases: [installation, quad_club, cinema, multichannel_studio]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [ambient_installation, cinema]
+  secondary: [experimental]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "11.0"
+pack: Surround Panner
+creator: Ableton
+class_name: PluginDevice
+requires_special_output: true  # multichannel interface
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Channel Layout"
+    description: "4.0, 5.1, 7.1, 8.0 — select target format."
+  - name: "XY Pan"
+    description: "2D pan position."
+  - name: "Rotate"
+    description: "Auto-rotate the signal around the listening position."
+  - name: "Focus / Spread"
+    description: "Width of the source in the field."
+
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Quad-club rotating hi-hat"
+    description: "Hi-hat bus → Surround Panner in quad → auto-Rotate at slow rate → hats circle the dance floor."
+    aesthetic: [live_techno]
+
+gotchas:
+  - "Stereo monitoring shows only a downmix — impossible to audition properly without a multichannel setup"
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/surround-panner/"

package/mcp_server/atlas/enrichments/utility/variations.yaml

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+id: variations
+name: Variations
+sonic_description: >
+  Snapshot management from Performance Pack (Iftah). Captures any device
+  chain state or clip state and morphs between snapshots, quantized to a
+  musical boundary. The studio weapon: save 5 variations of a chord stab's
+  effect chain, clip-trigger morphing between them = gradual evolution over
+  8-16 bars without 50 automation lanes. This is how you get the
+  'chord-is-different-every-time' Villalobos behavior programmatically.
+category: state_management
+character_tags: [snapshot, morph, quantized, state_recall]
+use_cases: [chain_morph, live_recall, section_transition, effect_evolution]
+genre_affinity:
+  primary: [deep_minimal, microhouse, electronic_live]
+  secondary: [all]
+complexity: intermediate
+introduced_in: "11.0"
+pack: Performance Pack
+creator: Iftah
+class_name: PluginDevice
+
+key_parameters:
+  - name: "Snapshot Slots"
+    description: "Store up to N states. Each slot captures every parameter's value."
+  - name: "Morph Time"
+    description: "How long the interpolation between snapshots takes."
+  - name: "Quantization"
+    description: "Snap morph to bar / beat / scene boundary."
+  - name: "Selective Inclusion"
+    description: "Mark which parameters participate in each snapshot — exclude the ones you don't want to morph."
+signature_techniques:
+  - name: "Chord stab evolution"
+    description: "Save 5 effect-chain states on a chord stab (different reverbs, pitches, filters). Clip-trigger morph between them every 2 bars. Result: chord stab is subtly different every time it plays."
+    aesthetic: [deep_minimal, microhouse]
+  - name: "Live scene state recall"
+    description: "Bind scenes to Variation snapshots — firing a scene also morphs the whole device chain."
+    aesthetic: [electronic_live]
+
+learn_more:
+  official: "https://www.ableton.com/en/packs/performance-pack/"