Ableton macro tips
Title
Ableton macro tips
What do you expect to happen when you run the script/macro?
right click a track, and select the color in Ableton
Are you seeing an error?
i'm unsure where to even start! i just bought a stream deck a few days ago and i'm obsessed! i've been able to figure out some awesome things to increase my workflow in Ableton like Clip Gain buttons, and turning on/off Warp Mode etc. but i'd like to get more detailed and choose track colors, and eventually scripts to move my production's from Ableton to Pro Tools for mixing etc...
What happens when you run this script?
thanks!
How were you running this script?
I clicked the "Run Script" or "Run Macro" button in SoundFlow
How important is this issue to you?
5
Details
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Source
//Macro converted to script
sf.ui.abletonLive.appActivateMainWindow();
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Chad Wahlbrink @Chad2024-11-04 21:37:21.538ZHi @Johnny_Simmen,
Thanks again for asking some questions about Ableton. Below, I'm linking a short tutorial video outlining some of the basic actions you can currently automate in Ableton.
For now, the most useful macro actions are going to be:
- Click UI Element
- Click Menu Item
- Wait for UI Element
I hope you find this as a helpful starting point:
- JIn reply toJohnny_Simmen⬆:Johnny Simmen @Johnny_Simmen
hey Chad! this is incredibly helpful (especially the command+click UI part - that's where i was running into the most trouble) thank you so much for the speedy response and the tutorial video, can't wait to try this!
- JIn reply toJohnny_Simmen⬆:Johnny Simmen @Johnny_Simmen
is there a way to set it up so that one button can toggle through various menu items? so for this example, one button or key command to switch between Beats, Tones, Texture etc...
Chad Wahlbrink @Chad2024-11-05 18:06:52.042ZHi @Johnny_Simmen,
There are a few ways to approach this.
If you want to cycle through all of the warp modes, it may be best to use some keyboard simulation, like my screenshot below. Note that in the "Press Keys" macro action here, I'm pressing the "record button," then the "down" key, and the "return key" in sequence. To cycle in the opposite direction, you could use "up" instead of "down."
Finally, it is also possible to toggle between two warp modes ("Beats" and "Complex" in my example) using the "Toggle" command template from the Basics package. This lives within the "Control Flow & Logic" subcategory of the Basics package. Then, you can add macro actions to "action one" and "action two" independently.
