Ableton Live 12 production library

4 genres.
60 original starting points.

15 Melodic Techno, 15 Minimal Tech, 15 Melodic Afro, 15 Minimal Melodic Techno kits. Each new kit has its own bass rhythm, melodic phrase, percussion design, harmony, arrangement and sound palette.

Melodic Techno

The original 15 five-minute starters.

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Artist and song examples are listening suggestions, including adjacent melodic house and techno, not recreations or audio included in these kits. Links open artist, label or official release pages in a new tab.

01 / Melodic Techno

Noir Pulse

Dark, restrained, hypnotic

Dry offbeat pluck, a seven-note broken arp, low-register questioning lead and dark breath cues.

Pluck
Dry pulse stabs with deliberately empty downbeats.
Arp
Six-beat broken ascent with an uneven return.
Lead
Low, narrow questions separated by rests.
Atmos Cue
Dark pitched breath, then a shorter distant response.

Artist example: Tale Of Us

Song example: Another Earth (listen)

124 BPMF# minor5:0012 MIDI tracks
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02 / Melodic Techno

Celestial Tension

Cinematic, spacious, emotional

Wide two-bar bell plucks, octave-ladder arp, long ascending lead and luminous suspended swells.

Pluck
Bell-like answers spread over two bars.
Arp
Two-bar octave ladder with a missing rung.
Lead
Long ascending notes ending above the opening.
Atmos Cue
Two luminous swells with a suspended upper tone.

Artist example: Anyma & Chris Avantgarde

Song example: Consciousness (listen)

123 BPMA minor5:0012 MIDI tracks
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03 / Melodic Techno

Ritual Drive

Percussive, ritualistic, driving

Five-beat wooden plucks, triplet arp clusters, repeated-note lead accents and short resonant breath strikes.

Pluck
Low wooden plucks in a five-beat cycle.
Arp
Triplet clusters with holes between hand-drum-like bursts.
Lead
Repeated-note calls with a flattened-second reply.
Atmos Cue
Short resonant breath strikes rather than a continuous pad.

Artist example: Innellea feat. Maurice Kaar

Song example: Silence (listen)

125 BPMD phrygian5:0012 MIDI tracks
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04 / Melodic Techno

Neon Horizon

Warm, hopeful, late-night

Soft keyboard syncopation, a rising Dorian arp, conversational lead and warm two-note horizon beds.

Pluck
Soft keyboard stabs that rise before turning home.
Arp
Two-bar rising staircase with a long top-side gap.
Lead
A five-bar conversation with an extended high answer.
Atmos Cue
Warm horizon beds with a brief final glint.

Artist example: Adriatique & Marino Canal feat. Delhia de France

Song example: Home (listen)

124 BPME dorian5:0012 MIDI tracks
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05 / Melodic Techno

Gravity Well

Heavy, mechanical, focused

Clipped low pulse, fast zigzag arp, stepped descending lead and compact sub-free metal impacts.

Pluck
Short low pulse cuts around the bass attacks.
Arp
Six-subdivision zigzags with octave displacement.
Lead
Heavy stepped descent with short held landings.
Atmos Cue
Compact high metal impacts, deliberately clear of sub frequencies.

Artist example: Massano

Song example: The Feeling (2022 Remaster) (listen)

126 BPMC# minor5:0012 MIDI tracks
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06 / Melodic Techno

Glass Cathedral

Luminous, dramatic, architectural

Slow harmonic-minor bell plucks, mirrored arp, high arching lead and cathedral-like tonal haze.

Pluck
High bell notes with long gaps and unequal tails.
Arp
Ten-beat mirrored arc with a raised-seventh edge.
Lead
A six-bar high arch that resolves just before reset.
Atmos Cue
Two slow cathedral-like tonal blooms.

Artist example: Stephan Bodzin

Song example: Singularity (listen)

122 BPMG harmonic minor5:0012 MIDI tracks
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07 / Melodic Techno

Kinetic Bloom

Organic, propulsive, uplifting

Skipping mallet plucks, rotating triad arp, buoyant offbeat lead and fluttering noise petals.

Pluck
Seven-beat mallet skips with a delayed upper answer.
Arp
Rotating triad fragments on a six-beat triplet grid.
Lead
Offbeat, buoyant calls with a late sixth-degree lift.
Atmos Cue
Fluttering high noise petals punctuate the melodic gaps.

Artist example: ARTBAT

Song example: Upperground (listen)

125 BPMB dorian5:0012 MIDI tracks
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08 / Melodic Techno

Obsidian Signal

Shadowy, tense, futuristic

Phrygian ping pairs, a five-beat falling arp, sparse chromatic-feeling scale lead and radio-like dark cues.

Pluck
Close ping pairs separated by deep pockets of silence.
Arp
A five-beat falling figure interrupted by a jump back upward.
Lead
Sparse scale tension built around the flattened second.
Atmos Cue
Radio-like dark cues with alternating breath and pitched residue.

Artist example: Agents Of Time

Song example: Dream Vision (listen)

124 BPMD# phrygian5:0012 MIDI tracks
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09 / Melodic Techno

Solar Echo

Open, emotional, festival-scale

Open fifth-based plucks, broad ascending arp, sustained singable lead and slowly opening upper-air cues.

Pluck
Open fifth-based plucks with a late octave answer.
Arp
A broad three-bar ascent, less dense than a standard rolling arp.
Lead
An eight-bar singable arc with an extended summit.
Atmos Cue
Upper-air cues open slowly, then shorten toward the handoff.

Artist example: Kevin de Vries

Song example: Dance With Me (listen)

123 BPMC minor5:0012 MIDI tracks
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10 / Melodic Techno

Fractured Orbit

Angular, urgent, high-energy

Asymmetric short saw plucks, wide-leap sixteenth arp, jagged lead answers and brittle metallic shards.

Pluck
Short saw shards with a five-beat reset.
Arp
Seven-beat wide leaps rather than a repeated up/down ladder.
Lead
Jagged three-bar answers with contrasting short and held notes.
Atmos Cue
Brittle metallic shards interrupt rather than blanket the mix.

Artist example: KAS:ST

Song example: Hell On Earth (listen)

126 BPMG# minor5:0012 MIDI tracks
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11 / Melodic Techno

Velvet Machine

Smooth, soulful, understated

Rounded key plucks, gently skipping arp, lower soulful lead and soft filtered velvet beds.

Pluck
Rounded low key plucks with a tiny turnaround note.
Arp
A skipping two-bar six-note figure with restrained register.
Lead
A lower-register soulful line that favors sustained resolution.
Atmos Cue
Soft velvet beds with little high-frequency noise.

Artist example: Cassian

Song example: Laps (listen)

122 BPMF dorian5:0012 MIDI tracks
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12 / Melodic Techno

Deep Meridian

Deep, physical, slowly evolving

Low two-bar dub plucks, restrained triplet arp, slowly descending lead and deep filtered-air waves.

Pluck
Low dub-like plucks with a long offbeat first hit.
Arp
Low restrained triplets with six unequal entry points.
Lead
A seven-bar descent with deliberate breathing room.
Atmos Cue
Deep filtered-air waves with different rise and decay lengths.

Artist example: Mind Against

Song example: Walking Away (listen)

124 BPMA# minor5:0012 MIDI tracks
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13 / Melodic Techno

Chrome Memory

Melancholic, metallic, dramatic

Cold bell fragments, raised-seventh arp turns, high plaintive lead and sparse chrome resonances.

Pluck
Cold bell fragments that descend through harmonic-minor color.
Arp
Raised-seventh turns interrupt a two-bar arpeggio.
Lead
High plaintive phrases with a low middle turn.
Atmos Cue
Sparse chrome resonances with audible space between blooms.

Artist example: Mathame with Lyke

Song example: Nothing Around Us (listen)

125 BPME harmonic minor5:0012 MIDI tracks
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14 / Melodic Techno

Tidal Code

Fluid, progressive, expansive

Fluid six-beat plucks, rolling wave arp, alternating lead arcs and overlapping-feeling tide cues.

Pluck
Fluid six-beat plucks with mixed short and long gates.
Arp
Ten-beat triplet waves that rise and fold back unevenly.
Lead
Alternating lower and upper arcs over six bars.
Atmos Cue
Three tide-like cues whose tails suggest a continuous current.

Artist example: Colyn

Song example: Resolve (listen)

123 BPMD dorian5:0012 MIDI tracks
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15 / Melodic Techno

Afterimage

Intimate, bittersweet, peak-time

Quiet late plucks, a sparse falling arp, bittersweet delayed lead and small fading tonal shadows.

Pluck
Quiet late plucks spread across a ten-beat question.
Arp
A sparse ten-beat falling answer with one upward memory.
Lead
Late, bittersweet phrases that leave the downbeat unanswered.
Atmos Cue
Small fading tonal shadows rather than a large cinematic wash.

Artist example: Fideles

Song example: Lotus (listen)

124 BPMA minor5:0012 MIDI tracks
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Minimal Tech

Negative space, elastic bass, dry percussion and evolving small motifs.

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Melodic Afro

Interlocking hand percussion, warm bass and melodic call-and-response.

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Minimal Melodic Techno

Sparse melodic tension, evolving synth phrases, low toms and independent metallic pulses.

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