/sound-designer
Use when the user wants to design a synth patch from scratch or modify an existing one - lead, bass, pad, pluck, lush keys, FX. Targets stock Ableton synths (Operator, Wavetable, Analog, Drift). Examples - "make me a wide supersaw lead", "design a sub bass", "give me a lush pad
$ npx -y skills add glincker/ableton-skills --skill sound-designer --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
/sound-designer
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The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Use when the user wants to design a synth patch from scratch or modify an existing one - lead, bass, pad, pluck, lush keys, FX. Targets stock Ableton synths (Operator, Wavetable, Analog, Drift). Examples - "make me a wide supersaw lead", "design a sub bass", "give me a lush pad
Claude Skills for Ableton Live producers. Workflows for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI. Pairs with any Ableton MCP server. MIT.
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Open skill