Adding plugins+ duplicating without take lanes

Hi @Sarah,

Thanks for the question. To load third-party plug-ins in Ableton, you'll use the "Load-Plug-ins" command in the "Plug-ins" section of the Ableton Package here:

The path typically includes the manufacturer's name and then the plug-in name.

To load specific presets or add-on packs of devices/content, you can use the "Load Devices" command in the "Browser" section of the Ableton Package.

Here's a quick video walking through these steps:

For your second question about "Duplicate Track without Content" and deleting take lanes, this script should be able to do that for you.

(This is an excellent idea by the way, and I'll add this as a command to the package in the next update!)

Copy and paste this to a new script in SoundFlow and give it a shot:

// Updated 2026-01-30

// Bail out if Ableton is not running
if (!sf.ui.abletonLive.isRunning) throw `Ableton Live is not running`;

/**
 * Extracts and converts the semantic version from an Ableton version string.
 * e.g. "12.2 (2025-05-20_1c7a2c5dac)" -> 120200
 *       "12.1.11 (2025-04-08_ce4b7c22b0)" -> 120111
 * @param {string} fullVersion - Full Ableton version string
 * @returns {number}
 */
function abletonFullVersionToNumber(fullVersion) {
    const match = fullVersion.match(/^([\d.]+)/);
    if (!match) throw new Error("Invalid Ableton version format");

    const version = match[1]; // Extracted "12.2" or "12.1.11"
    const parts = version.split('.').map(Number);
    const [major = 0, minor = 0, patch = 0] = parts;
    return major * 10000 + minor * 100 + patch;
}

let appVersion = abletonFullVersionToNumber(sf.ui.abletonLive.appVersion);

sf.ui.abletonLive.appActivateMainWindow();

// Store explicit reference to Ableton Main Window
let mainWindow = sf.ui.abletonLive.mainWindow;

// Store explicit reference to Session View
let sessionView = mainWindow.session;

// Store Whether Session View is Active
let isSessionView = sessionView.scenes.invalidate().exists;

// If we are in session view, switch to arrangement view
if (isSessionView) {
    sf.ui.abletonLive.menuClick({ menuPath: ['Navigate', 'Arrangement View'] }, `Could Not Select Arrangement View`)
}

// Ableton Session
let abletonSession = sf.app.abletonLive.song

// Get the Name of the selected track
let selectedTrack = abletonSession.view.selectedTrack.invalidate().name.stringValue;

// Get the track header for the selected track
let selectedTrackHeader = mainWindow.groups.first.groups.whoseTitle.is("Arrangement").first.children.whoseRole.is("AXOutline").whoseDescription.is("Track Headers")
    .first.children.find(trackHeaders => trackHeaders.title.value.startsWith(selectedTrack))

// Show menu for selected track headers
selectedTrackHeader.elementClick({ actionName: 'AXShowMenu' }, `Could Not Show Context Menu for Selected Track Headers`);

// Explicitly define the context menu
let contextMenuWin = sf.ui.abletonLive.windows.whoseTitle.is('').allItems.find(window => window.groups.first.groups.whoseTitle.is('Context').exists);

try {
    // Wait for the context menu to show up
    contextMenuWin.elementWaitFor({}, `Failed waiting for context menu to appear`);

    contextMenuWin.groups.first.groups.whoseTitle.is("Context")
        .first.menuItems.find(mi => mi.title.value.startsWith("Duplicate")).elementClick({ actionName: 'AXPick' }, `Could Not Pick "Duplicate" from Context Menu`);

    contextMenuWin.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Disappear" }, `Failed waiting for context menu to appear`);

} catch (err) {
    throw `Failed Duplicating Tracks: ${err}`;
}

// update the selected track
selectedTrack = abletonSession.view.selectedTrack.invalidate().name.stringValue;

// update the selected track header
selectedTrackHeader = mainWindow.groups.first.groups.whoseTitle.is("Arrangement").first.children.whoseRole.is("AXOutline").whoseDescription.is("Track Headers")
    .first.invalidate().children.find(trackHeaders => trackHeaders.title.value.startsWith(selectedTrack))

// Show menu for selected track headers
selectedTrackHeader.elementClick({ actionName: 'AXShowMenu' }, `Could Not Show Context Menu for Selected Track Headers`);

// Wait for the context menu to show up
contextMenuWin.elementWaitFor({}, `Failed waiting for context menu to appear`);

if (contextMenuWin.groups.first.groups.whoseTitle.is("Context")
    .first.menuItems.find(mi => mi.title.value.startsWith("Select Track Content")).isEnabled) {
    contextMenuWin.groups.first.groups.whoseTitle.is("Context")
        .first.menuItems.find(mi => mi.title.value.startsWith("Select Track Content")).elementClick({ actionName: 'AXPick' }, `Could Not Pick "Select Track Content" from Context Menu`);
} else {
    //dismiss menu
    sf.keyboard.internalPress({ virtualKey: `kVK_Escape` });
    throw 0;
}


contextMenuWin.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Disappear" }, `Failed waiting for context menu to appear`);

// Show Context Menu from Arrangement Window Selection
mainWindow.groups.first.groups.whoseTitle.is("Arrangement").first.children.first.elementClick({ actionName: "AXShowMenu" })

try {
    // Wait for the context menu to show up
    contextMenuWin.elementWaitFor({}, `Failed waiting for context menu to appear`);

    contextMenuWin.groups.first.groups.whoseTitle.is("Context")
        .first.menuItems.find(mi => mi.title.value.startsWith("Delete")).elementClick({ actionName: 'AXPick' }, `Could Not Pick "Delete" from Context Menu`);

    contextMenuWin.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Disappear" }, `Failed waiting for context menu to appear`);
    

} catch (err) {
    throw `Failed Deleting Track Content: ${err}`;
}

if (appVersion > 120111) {
    // Show menu for selected track headers
    selectedTrackHeader.elementClick({ actionName: 'AXShowMenu' }, `Could Not Show Context Menu for Selected Track Headers`);

    try {
        // Wait for the context menu to show up
        contextMenuWin.elementWaitFor({}, `Failed waiting for context menu to appear`);

        contextMenuWin.groups.first.groups.whoseTitle.is("Context")
            .first.menuItems.find(mi => mi.title.value.startsWith("Delete All Take Lanes")).elementClick({ actionName: 'AXPick' }, `Could Not Pick "Delete All Take Lanes" from Context Menu`);

        contextMenuWin.elementWaitFor({ waitType: "Disappear" }, `Failed waiting for context menu to appear`);

    } catch (err) {
        throw `Failed Deleting Take Lanes: ${err}`;
    }
}

OMG THIS WORKS LIKE A CHARM. THANK YOU!!!