/sidechain-setup
Use when the user wants to set up sidechain compression - typically kick → bass, kick → pads, vocals → music bed. Examples - "sidechain my bass to the kick", "make the synths duck under the vocal", "add pumping to the chords".
$ npx -y skills add glincker/ableton-skills --skill sidechain-setup --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/sidechain-setup
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The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Use when the user wants to set up sidechain compression - typically kick → bass, kick → pads, vocals → music bed. Examples - "sidechain my bass to the kick", "make the synths duck under the vocal", "add pumping to the chords".
Claude Skills for Ableton Live producers. Workflows for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI. Pairs with any Ableton MCP server. MIT.
Other skills on ableton-skills.
- /arrangement-coach
Use when the user has a Session-view loop and wants to promote it to a full Arrangement, build sections (intro/verse/drop/break/outro), or extend a 4-bar idea into a 3-minute track. Examples - "turn this loop into a full song", "build me a 2-minute arrangement from this",
Open skill - /chord-pro
Use when the user wants to generate, voice, or modify chord progressions. Examples - "give me a sad chord progression in C minor", "voice these chords for piano", "what's a good progression for cinematic music?", "extend this progression with more color tones".
Open skill - /groove-builder
Use when the user wants drum patterns by genre - kick, snare, hi-hat, percussion. Examples - "give me a trap beat", "house drum pattern", "DnB drums at 174", "lo-fi drums with swing", "boom-bap pattern".
Open skill - /mastering-prep
Use when the user is finishing a track and wants to check it's ready to send to a mastering engineer or for self-mastering. Audits headroom, peak levels, mono compatibility, frequency balance, LUFS. Examples - "is this ready to master?", "audit my mix before export", "check my
Open skill - /midi-cleanup
Use when the user asks to humanize a MIDI part, fix voice leading, quantize notes, clean up timing, fix stuck/duplicate notes, or generally polish a MIDI clip they recorded or wrote. Examples - "humanize this hat", "voice these chords better", "the timing is too stiff", "fix the
Open skill - /mixer-doctor
Use when the user describes a mix problem ("muddy", "harsh", "no headroom", "vocals get lost", "kick and bass fighting") or asks for a mix audit. Diagnoses the issue from session state and proposes specific corrective moves with EQ, compression, sends, and routing.
Open skill