livepilot 1.26.0 → 1.26.1

package/livepilot/skills/livepilot-core/references/concepts/genres/disco.yaml

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+id: disco
+name: Disco
+type: genre
+aliases:
+  - "disco"
+  - "nu disco"
+  - "nu-disco"
+  - "french house"  # French house is disco-filtering lineage
+
+sonic_identity:
+  - 110-125 BPM 4/4 straight
+  - filtered disco samples (band-pass sweeps)
+  - funk guitar chops as rhythmic content
+  - pumping sidechained kick-bass
+  - vocoder or pitched-down vocal hooks
+
+reach_for:
+  instruments:
+    - Simpler  # disco loop chops
+    - Bass  # Creative Extensions
+  effects:
+    - Vocoder
+    - Auto Filter  # band-pass sweeps
+    - Chorus-Ensemble
+    - Compressor  # heavy sidechain via Envelope Follower
+    - Saturator
+  packs:
+    - Chop and Swing
+    - Core Library
+  utilities:
+    - EQ Eight
+
+avoid:
+  - non-sidechained kick/bass
+  - clean vocals (use vocoder or pitch-shift)
+  - minimal-techno-style restraint
+
+rhythm_idioms:
+  - straight 4/4 house kick
+  - hi-hat on off-beat
+  - heavy sidechain pumping
+  - funk guitar strum on off-beats
+
+harmony_idioms:
+  - disco-sample chord content
+  - minor-key bass
+  - vocoder chord voicings
+
+arrangement_idioms:
+  - filter-automation-driven build
+  - drop + filter-sweep into main section
+  - breakdown with filter closed, build via filter open
+  - 6-8 minute tracks (club format)
+
+texture_idioms:
+  - chorus/ensemble on synths
+  - sidechain pumping as rhythmic texture
+  - filtered disco as sustained element
+
+sample_roles:
+  - melodic_source
+  - vocal_source
+  - rhythmic_chop
+
+key_techniques:
+  - name: "Classic Robot Voice"
+    source: atlas
+    device: Vocoder
+  - name: "Noise-Carried Drums"
+    source: sample-techniques.md
+  - name: band-pass-filter automation on disco samples
+    source: sample-techniques.md
+  - name: "Reese-style bass"
+    source: atlas
+    device: Bass
+
+evaluation_bias:
+  target_dimensions:
+    groove: 0.22
+    motion: 0.20
+    contrast: 0.16
+    cohesion: 0.12
+    novelty: 0.10
+    depth: 0.10
+    clarity: 0.10
+  protect:
+    clarity: 0.65
+    cohesion: 0.75
+    low_end: 0.72
+
+move_family_bias:
+  favor:
+    - sound_design
+    - mix
+    - arrangement
+  deprioritize:
+    - performance
+
+dimensions_in_scope:
+  - rhythmic
+  - timbral
+  - structural
+  - spatial
+dimensions_deprioritized: []
+
+novelty_budget_default: 0.45
+
+tempo_hint:
+  min: 110
+  max: 125
+  time_signature: "4/4"
+
+canonical_artists:
+  - daft-punk
+
+canonical_genres: []
+
+notes: |
+  Disco covers classic disco, nu-disco (modern revivals), and
+  French house (Daft Punk / Stardust lineage — disco-filtered,
+  vocoder-heavy). The distinguishing feature across all variants is
+  sidechain pumping on every non-kick element and aggressive filter
+  automation as the arrangement driver.

package/livepilot/skills/livepilot-core/references/concepts/genres/downtempo.yaml

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+id: downtempo
+name: Downtempo
+type: genre
+aliases:
+  - "downtempo"
+  - "down tempo"
+  - "electronica"  # BoC-adjacent aesthetic is often called electronica
+  - "chillout"
+
+sonic_identity:
+  - 70-100 BPM slow groove
+  - hip-hop-adjacent drum programming at half-speed
+  - warm detuned analog synths
+  - atmospheric pads and field recordings
+  - degraded-tape aesthetic (BoC lineage)
+
+reach_for:
+  instruments:
+    - Drift
+    - Simpler  # vocal chops, degraded samples
+    - Electric Keyboards  # tape-warped
+    - Bass
+  effects:
+    - Echo
+    - Grain Delay
+    - Vinyl Distortion
+    - Erosion
+    - Saturator
+  packs:
+    - Chop and Swing
+    - Electric Keyboards
+    - Mood Reel
+  utilities:
+    - EQ Eight
+
+avoid:
+  - pristine samples
+  - modern drum production
+  - bright mixes
+  - fast tempos
+  - clean signal chains
+
+rhythm_idioms:
+  - slow boom-bap-adjacent beats
+  - soft hand percussion
+  - lo-fi break programming
+
+harmony_idioms:
+  - detuned analog pad chords
+  - minor-key melancholic melodic fragments
+  - child-voice or vocal-chop samples as melody
+
+arrangement_idioms:
+  - long slow reveal
+  - 4-6 minute tracks
+  - single mood sustained throughout
+
+texture_idioms:
+  - tape warmth on everything
+  - slight tuning instability
+  - nostalgic haze
+
+sample_roles:
+  - vocal_source
+  - texture_bed
+  - melodic_source
+
+key_techniques:
+  - name: "Tape-warped EP"
+    source: atlas
+    device: Electric Keyboards
+  - name: "reverse_layer"
+    source: sample-techniques.md
+  - name: "Dense grain cloud"
+    source: atlas
+    device: Vector Grain
+  - name: "micro_chop"
+    source: sample-techniques.md
+
+evaluation_bias:
+  target_dimensions:
+    depth: 0.22
+    cohesion: 0.18
+    motion: 0.14
+    groove: 0.14
+    contrast: 0.12
+    novelty: 0.10
+    clarity: 0.10
+  protect:
+    clarity: 0.55
+    cohesion: 0.72
+    low_end: 0.65
+
+move_family_bias:
+  favor:
+    - sound_design
+    - device_creation
+    - arrangement
+  deprioritize:
+    - mix
+    - performance
+
+dimensions_in_scope:
+  - timbral
+  - structural
+  - rhythmic
+  - spatial
+dimensions_deprioritized: []
+
+novelty_budget_default: 0.45
+
+tempo_hint:
+  min: 70
+  max: 100
+  time_signature: "4/4"
+
+canonical_artists:
+  - boards-of-canada
+  - burial
+  - j-dilla
+
+canonical_genres: []
+
+notes: |
+  Downtempo spans from BoC (tape-warm detuned analog) through Burial
+  (urban-decay 2-step) to Dilla's slower work. The unifying thread is
+  tempo (70-100 BPM) and degraded-aesthetic. Use the specific artist
+  packet when the user names one — this packet is the fallback when
+  only a genre term is given.

package/livepilot/skills/livepilot-core/references/concepts/genres/drone.yaml

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+id: drone
+name: Drone
+type: genre
+aliases:
+  - "drone"
+  - "drone music"
+
+sonic_identity:
+  - no fixed tempo — duration-based form
+  - sustained single events across 10-60 minute durations
+  - decay IS the composition
+  - no percussion, no sections, no harmonic changes within a piece
+  - tape / granular / orchestral source material crushed into texture
+
+reach_for:
+  instruments:
+    - Granulator III
+    - Vector Grain
+    - Emit
+    - Sampler
+    - Tension
+    - Drone Lab
+  effects:
+    - Convolution Reverb
+    - Erosion
+    - Vinyl Distortion
+    - Dynamic Tube
+    - Spectral Blur
+  packs:
+    - Drone Lab
+    - Inspired by Nature
+    - Mood Reel
+  utilities:
+    - EQ Eight
+
+avoid:
+  - any percussion
+  - rhythmic patterns
+  - hard cuts
+  - fast evolution
+  - conventional harmony
+  - dry signals
+
+rhythm_idioms:
+  - no rhythm
+  - occasional distant bell or chime
+
+harmony_idioms:
+  - single sustained harmonic field
+  - modal or microtonal
+  - no chord changes within a piece
+  - decay removes frequencies over time
+
+arrangement_idioms:
+  - duration-based form
+  - continuous evolution without sections
+  - the erosion of the source IS the arrangement
+
+texture_idioms:
+  - reverb, granular, tape degradation
+  - cathedral acoustics
+  - hiss embraced
+
+sample_roles:
+  - drone_source
+  - texture_bed
+
+key_techniques:
+  - name: "Basinski tape degradation"
+    source: atlas
+    device: Vector Grain
+  - name: "Grain cloud (Tim Hecker)"
+    source: atlas
+    device: Emit
+  - name: "Slow-motion sustain"
+    source: atlas
+    device: Vector Grain
+  - name: "extreme_stretch"
+    source: sample-techniques.md
+  - name: "tail_harvest"
+    source: sample-techniques.md
+
+evaluation_bias:
+  target_dimensions:
+    depth: 0.28
+    cohesion: 0.22
+    motion: 0.14
+    contrast: 0.10
+    novelty: 0.10
+    groove: 0.06
+    clarity: 0.10
+  protect:
+    clarity: 0.40
+    cohesion: 0.80
+    low_end: 0.60
+
+move_family_bias:
+  favor:
+    - sound_design
+    - device_creation
+  deprioritize:
+    - mix
+    - arrangement
+    - transition
+    - performance
+
+dimensions_in_scope:
+  - timbral
+  - spatial
+dimensions_deprioritized:
+  - rhythmic
+  - structural
+
+novelty_budget_default: 0.35
+
+tempo_hint:
+  min: 0
+  max: 0
+  time_signature: "4/4"
+
+canonical_artists:
+  - basinski
+  - stars-of-the-lid
+  - tim-hecker
+
+canonical_genres: []
+
+notes: |
+  Drone is the strictest 2-of-4 genre after pure ambient. Even sparser
+  than ambient — no perceptible tempo, no distant percussion, purely
+  sustained material that erodes. Two-plan outputs are the correct
+  scope. Three plans demand force-fabrication of a rhythmic or
+  structural angle that doesn't exist in the aesthetic.

package/livepilot/skills/livepilot-core/references/concepts/genres/drum-and-bass.yaml

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+id: drum_and_bass
+name: Drum and Bass / Jungle
+type: genre
+aliases:
+  - "drum and bass"
+  - "drum & bass"
+  - "dnb"
+  - "d&b"
+  - "jungle"
+
+sonic_identity:
+  - 160-180 BPM 4/4 with half-time perception on Amen chops
+  - punchy kick layered with break kick
+  - Reese bass (two detuned saws) + sub-bass under
+  - Amen / Funky Drummer / Apache breaks chopped and rearranged
+  - atmospheric pads, jungle vocal samples
+
+reach_for:
+  instruments:
+    - Simpler  # Amen chopping
+    - Analog  # Reese
+    - Bass
+    - SONiVOX Strings  # pp pad
+  effects:
+    - Compressor  # drum bus glue
+    - Saturator
+    - Roar  # modern neurofunk
+    - Convolution Reverb
+  packs:
+    - Drum Essentials
+  utilities:
+    - EQ Eight
+
+avoid:
+  - quantized drums (Amen must be chopped and rearranged)
+  - synth bass in place of Reese
+  - overly clean mix
+
+rhythm_idioms:
+  - Amen break chopped and re-sequenced
+  - half-time perception on kick/snare
+  - ghost snare programming
+
+harmony_idioms:
+  - minimal melody
+  - occasional jazz / orchestral pad
+  - modal over sub-bass
+
+arrangement_idioms:
+  - intro with atmospheric pad
+  - Amen drop at 16 or 32 bars
+  - breakdown / return pattern
+
+texture_idioms:
+  - jungle vocal samples (dread, lick shot)
+  - atmospheric string pads
+  - jungle-era reverbs
+
+sample_roles:
+  - rhythmic_chop
+  - sub_source
+  - pad_layer
+  - vocal_accent
+
+key_techniques:
+  - name: "Reese bass (drum & bass)"
+    source: atlas
+    device: Analog
+  - name: "slice_and_sequence"
+    source: sample-techniques.md
+    notes: on Amen at 174 BPM
+
+evaluation_bias:
+  target_dimensions:
+    groove: 0.22
+    depth: 0.18
+    motion: 0.16
+    contrast: 0.14
+    cohesion: 0.10
+    novelty: 0.10
+    clarity: 0.10
+  protect:
+    clarity: 0.60
+    cohesion: 0.68
+    low_end: 0.80
+
+move_family_bias:
+  favor:
+    - sound_design
+    - arrangement
+    - device_creation
+  deprioritize:
+    - performance
+
+dimensions_in_scope:
+  - rhythmic
+  - timbral
+  - structural
+  - spatial
+dimensions_deprioritized: []
+
+novelty_budget_default: 0.5
+
+tempo_hint:
+  min: 170
+  max: 180
+  time_signature: "4/4"
+
+canonical_artists:
+  - photek-source-direct
+
+canonical_genres: []
+
+notes: |
+  DnB / Jungle asks are tempo-first — always set 174 BPM before
+  creative work. Plans should focus on break chopping + Reese bass
+  design. Atmospheric variant (Photek / Source Direct) leans more
+  on pad + string work; modern neurofunk (Noisia, Phace) leans on
+  Roar-heavy bass design.

package/livepilot/skills/livepilot-core/references/concepts/genres/dub-techno.yaml

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+id: dub_techno
+name: Dub Techno
+type: genre
+aliases:
+  - "dub techno"
+  - "dub-techno"
+
+sonic_identity:
+  - single chord stab feeding long delay + reverb chain
+  - the FX chain IS the arrangement
+  - sub-bass at fundamental, felt not heard
+  - long reverb tails as harmonic motion
+  - rigid 4/4 kick-snare swimming in space
+
+reach_for:
+  instruments:
+    - Poli
+    - Drift
+    - Simpler  # dub-sub samples
+    - Drone Lab  # Harmonic Drone Generator
+  effects:
+    - Convolution Reverb  # Farfisa Spring, Stocktronics
+    - Echo
+    - Ping Pong Delay
+    - Auto Filter  # on delay return
+  packs:
+    - Drone Lab
+    - Chop and Swing  # crackle
+    - Lost and Found
+  utilities:
+    - Utility  # sub → mono
+    - EQ Eight
+
+avoid:
+  - bright EQ
+  - crisp transients
+  - complex melody
+  - fast tempo
+  - sidechain compression
+
+rhythm_idioms:
+  - rigid 4/4 kick
+  - 909-style hat minimal closed/open interplay
+  - stick-click ghost hits
+
+harmony_idioms:
+  - single chord stab (minor 7th or suspended 4th)
+  - FX-tail movement as harmonic motion
+  - static tonal center
+
+arrangement_idioms:
+  - 8-12 minute evolution
+  - subtraction before addition
+  - return deeper, not louder
+
+texture_idioms:
+  - vinyl crackle
+  - rain/nature field recordings
+  - long reverb tails at -10 to -20 dB
+  - hiss
+
+sample_roles:
+  - dub_tail_source
+  - texture_bed
+
+key_techniques:
+  - name: "The dub chord"
+    source: sound-design-deep.md
+  - name: "Reverb as harmony"
+    source: sound-design-deep.md
+  - name: "Delay throws"
+    source: sound-design-deep.md
+  - name: "Dub sub-bass"
+    source: atlas
+    device: Bass
+
+evaluation_bias:
+  target_dimensions:
+    depth: 0.24
+    motion: 0.18
+    cohesion: 0.16
+    contrast: 0.12
+    groove: 0.10
+    novelty: 0.10
+    clarity: 0.10
+  protect:
+    clarity: 0.50
+    cohesion: 0.72
+    low_end: 0.80
+
+move_family_bias:
+  favor:
+    - sound_design
+    - device_creation
+    - mix  # space via send is core dub-techno work
+  deprioritize:
+    - transition
+    - performance
+
+dimensions_in_scope:
+  - timbral
+  - spatial
+  - structural  # optional — sparse, long-form structure
+dimensions_deprioritized:
+  - rhythmic  # percussion implied not stated
+
+novelty_budget_default: 0.45  # idiom is conservative
+
+tempo_hint:
+  min: 120
+  max: 130
+  time_signature: "4/4"
+
+canonical_artists:
+  - basic-channel
+  - gas
+  - shackleton
+
+canonical_genres: []
+
+notes: |
+  Dub techno is an architecture-first aesthetic: before any new synth
+  patch, build the return-track architecture (Ping-Pong Delay with
+  filter → Convolution Reverb with cathedral IR). Three plans typically
+  include: (1) device_creation — return chain setup; (2) sound_design —
+  chord stab synthesis with Drift/Poli; (3) mix — sub narrowed to
+  mono, high-shelf tucked.
+
+  Rhythmic plans are legitimately out of scope for pure dub-techno. If
+  the user combines dub-techno with a rhythmic reference (Dilla swing,
+  Villalobos polyrhythms), re-include rhythmic via arrangement-family
+  plan with dimension_hint="rhythmic".