# Build the Ian Sketch Set (one time, about 30 minutes)

Every kit's `WARM_UP.md` assumes this Set opens when you press `Cmd+N`. Build it once,
save it as your default Live Set, and every warm-up starts with sound in under two minutes.
It uses the same group and return names as the kits, so any kit's MIDI drops straight in.

## 1. Tracks, groups and returns

1. `Cmd+Shift+N` a blank Set. Set tempo to **123** and 4/4 in the Control Bar.
2. Create MIDI tracks (`Cmd+Shift+T`) and name them (`Cmd+R`):
   Kick, Sub Bass, Bass, Chords, Motif, Arp, Atmos, SCALER, SC GHOST.
3. Create one audio track (`Cmd+T`) named **Reference**.
4. Group them (select, then `Cmd+G`) and rename the groups:
   - **DRUMS**: Kick
   - **BASS**: Sub Bass, Bass
   - **MUSIC**: Chords, Motif, Arp
   - **ATMOS + FX**: Atmos
5. Add three return tracks (`Cmd+Option+T`) and name them like the kits do:
   - **A SHORT ROOM**: Reverb, Dry/Wet 100%, Decay 0.7 s.
   - **B DARK SPACE**: Hybrid Reverb (or Reverb), Dry/Wet 100%, Decay 6-8 s.
   - **C FILTERED DELAY**: Delay set to Ping Pong, Sync on, 3/16, Feedback 20-30%, Dry/Wet 100%.

## 2. Sounds that are always ready

| Track | Load | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kick | Drum Rack with your go-to kick on pad C1 (MIDI 36) | Put a one-bar 4/4 clip in Session slot 1 so there is a pulse the moment you hit Play. |
| Sub Bass | Diva, one voice | Utility after Diva with Width 0% and Bass Mono on at 120 Hz. |
| Bass | Diva | Off-beat bass lives here. |
| Chords | Diva | Wrap in an Instrument Rack (`Cmd+G`). |
| Motif | Serum 2 inside an Instrument Rack named `VOICE` | Chain: Serum 2 -> Reverb (small) -> Delay -> Utility. Map the 8 macros below. |
| Arp | Diva, with Arpeggiator before it (Rate 1/16, Style Up/Down, Gate 60%) | |
| Atmos | Serum 2 pad | Slow attack. Send mostly to B. |
| SCALER | Scaler 3 | Set **MIDI To** to **Chords** (and set Chords' Monitor to **In**) so Scaler plays the Diva chords. |
| SC GHOST | Drum Rack click on C1 with a quarter-note clip | Audio To **Sends Only**, all sends at -inf, track activator ON. Every bass/pad Compressor uses Sidechain **From SC GHOST / Post FX**. |
| Reference | Utility at -6 dB | Audio To **Sends Only** while sketching, so it never hits the master louder than your idea. |

### VOICE rack macros (Motif)

Click **Show/Hide Macro Controls**, then **Map** and assign:

1 Tone (Serum filter cutoff), 2 Decay (amp env decay), 3 Release (amp env release),
4 Width (Utility Width), 5 Short Space (Reverb Dry/Wet, max 12%), 6 Echo (Delay Dry/Wet, max 18%),
7 Feedback (Delay Feedback, max 30%), 8 Output (Utility Gain, -12 to 0 dB).

## 3. Launch Control XL map

1. In Novation Components, pick a **User template** slot and send it to the LCXL so it doesn't clash with the factory template.
2. In Live, **Settings > Link, Tempo & MIDI**: set the LCXL input's **Remote** to On.
3. Press `Cmd+M` (MIDI Map Mode), click a parameter, move the LCXL control, and repeat:

| LCXL control | Target |
| --- | --- |
| Top knobs 1-8 | Motif `VOICE` macros 1-8 |
| Middle knobs 1-8 | Send B on Kick, Sub Bass, Bass, Chords, Motif, Arp, Atmos, Reference |
| Bottom knobs 1-8 | Send C on the same eight tracks |
| Faders 1-8 | Volume on the same eight tracks |
| Track Focus buttons 1-8 | Track activators on the same eight tracks |

4. Press `Cmd+M` again to leave Map Mode. Mappings are stored inside the Set, so they come back with the template.

## 4. Save it as the default

1. **File > Save Live Set As Template**, name it **Ian Sketch**.
2. In the browser's **Templates** list, right-click **Ian Sketch** and choose **Set Default Live Set**.
3. Test it: `Cmd+N` should open Ian Sketch with the kick looping as soon as you press Space.

## 5. Use it with any kit

Open the kit's `WARM_UP.md` and follow the 20-minute table. Kits from the new genres
include `Core_Groove.mid`, an eight-bar loop of their peak groove. For the original
Melodic Techno kits, the warm-up sheet tells you which eight bars of `Full_Arrangement.mid` to loop.