Mosaic is a sandbox — there's no wrong way to use it. Capture sounds, compose mosaics, listen, export, repeat. This is just the map; the fun is in exploring.
Right-click any clip or track header in Live and choose Capture to Mosaic (or Open Mosaic to open the window). Captured clips land in boxes on the Organization tab — your palette.
A box groups related clips (e.g. Drums, Bass, Synths). Each box has a type:
Loop — fills the section continuously. · One-Shot — plays once per hit, with Density (hits per bar), Grid (snap), and Choke (hits cut each other on one track).
Each clip shows its BPM and a key / type pill. Hit Auto-detect and Mosaic tags every clip melodic (a note — click to pick its key) or percussion (a drum — exempt from key matching). It's a suggestion; click any pill to set it yourself.
Switch to the Compose tab — the diamond canvas. Drag clips in from the sidebar, or hit Random / Generate Mosaic to fill it automatically. Every tile is a clip; the system arranges color and symmetry for you.
Change the look with Moods and Regen. Save a mosaic you like to the shelf, then keep generating.
Want Random to stay in tune? Set a Key and/or BPM match and only clips that fit get pulled in — drums and untagged clips pass freely. Lock tiles you love so Random keeps them.
Press Play or Spacebar on the Compose tab to hear the whole mosaic. On Organization, the ▶ next to a clip (or Spacebar on the selected clip) auditions just that one.
Preview runs through the Max for Live device — drop "mosaic amp" on a track once and it connects automatically.
Every clip in a mosaic has volume, pan, mute and solo — drag the little values up/down. Solo is preview-only; pan is applied on export (you won't hear it in the live preview).
Export Mosaic drops the current mosaic into your set. Export to Live exports the whole Arrangement you stacked from your saved mosaics — one track per clip, with cue points marking each section.
Capture a handful of clips → Random until something clicks → tweak the mix → Export. Then do it again. Mosaic is built for fast, happy accidents — go break it.