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docs/commands/Tracks & clips

tracks & clips:
the shape of your session.

Create tracks, set properties, build out your session grid. Everything here is structural. MIDI note editing is section 13, and laying clips out on the timeline is section 14.

01 /Creating tracks

You can create MIDI tracks, audio tracks, and duplicate existing ones. Specify a position if you want it somewhere specific. Otherwise it lands at the end of your set.

"add a MIDI track"
Creates an empty MIDI track at the end of your set.
reversible
"add an audio track after the kick"
Creates an audio track positioned after the named track.
reversible
"duplicate the sub bass"
Creates a copy of the track immediately after it: same name, device chain, and routing.
reversible
"add a return track called FX ROOM"
Creates a new return track. Note: return track creation can't be auto-undone, so delete it manually if needed.
manual undo
Group tracks: Ableton's Python API doesn't expose group track creation. Use ⌘G in Live to group tracks manually. tonee can read group structure and fold/unfold groups once they exist.

02 /Track properties

All track properties are settable and reversible. You can target tracks by name, position, or description. tonee resolves ambiguous references by reading your current set.

property
example phrase
undo
name
"rename KICK 808 to 808 KICK"
✓
mute
"mute the pads" / "unmute all"
✓
solo
"solo the lead vocal"
✓
arm
"arm the synth lead for recording"
✓
volume
"set the sub bass to -6 dB"
✓
pan
"pan the hi-hats 30% right"
✓
color
"make the vocal tracks red"
✓

Volume accepts natural language: "-6 dB", "half", "unity". Pan accepts "center", "30% left", or a value from -1.0 to 1.0.

03 /Clips

tonee works with MIDI clip slots: creating, deleting, and launching them. Audio clip creation isn't supported (you record those in Live). Clip naming, loop settings, and MIDI note content are detailed in section 10.

Create a MIDI clipreversible

Specify a track and scene. Optionally set the length in bars or beats (defaults to 1 bar if not mentioned).

"create a 4-bar MIDI clip in ACID LN, scene 2"
Delete a clipMIDI: reversible · audio: manual undo

MIDI clips are reversible: tonee snapshots the notes before deleting. Audio clips need ⌘Z in Live.

"delete the clip in scene 3 on the sub bass"
Launch a clipnot reversible

Fires the clip slot. Not reversible, because playback state is transient.

"play the drop scene on the pad bus"
Stop a clipnot reversible

Stops the clip slot.

"stop the vocal clip"
Deleting an audio clip: tonee can't reconstruct the sample reference via Ableton's Python API. If you delete an audio clip through tonee and need it back, press ⌘Z in Live immediately.

04 /Group tracks

tonee can read group structure and control fold state, but can't create group tracks. Ableton's Python API doesn't expose that operation.

Detect group
tonee knows which tracks are groups and which tracks belong to which group.
Fold / unfold
"Collapse the drum group" folds the group track in the session view.
Target children
You can refer to tracks by group: "mute everything in the PERC group".
Create group
Not supported. Use ⌘G in Live to group tracks, then continue working with tonee.
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