Ableton Cue Templates

Ableton Live 12 Extension — right-click any track header to drop genre-specific cue point templates into the arrangement, or clear all locators instantly.

Features

• 33 templates across 6 genre families
• Radio button picker — EDM, Hip-Hop, Pop/Rock, Ambient/Cinematic, Funk/Soul/Disco, Breaks/Bass
• Optional tempo override — checkbox sets the song BPM to match the genre
• Clear All Locators — second menu item, one-click wipe
• Bar counts on every section — see exactly how long each part is before you drop

Install

Drag cue-templates.ablx onto Ableton Live 12 Beta. Developer Mode is only needed when building from source — turn it off for normal use.

Usage

1. Right-click any MIDI or Audio track header
2. Choose Drop Cue Template… → pick a genre family → select a template
3. Optionally tick Set song tempo to match to change BPM
4. To wipe all locators: right-click → Clear All Locators

Build from source

npm install
npm run build       # tsc + esbuild
npm run package     # creates .ablx

Requires the Ableton Extensions SDK v1.0.0-beta.0 (Centercode beta program).

See also

• ableton-scene-send — right-click a Scene row to copy all clips into Arrangement at your locators. The two extensions work together: cue-templates drops the locators, scene-send places the clips.

License

MIT