Add instrument/device with command?

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Basically interested in whether it’s possible to access anything to do with the browser.

I have a folder of presets, just instruments and devices I’ve mapped to macros so when I open them I can immediately use my macro controls.

Wondering if there’s a way to map a button to open a specific device, even if there’s a way to send out keystrokes? For example if I could push a button, it sends ctrl+f, types ‘msatu’ then hits enter to open my mapped saturator device? I know I could set this up with autohotkey, but of course that can’t be triggered from a midi device that’s already being used in Ableton (I’m on Windows so only Ableton can see my controller). Currently looking into if there’s an M4L device that can do this or a way to make it in Max, but I have less Max experience than CSS experience, so not hopeful if I have to make it myself.

Failling this – I have it set up so I can open and close the browser, is there any way to then use an endless encoder to navigate this? This is a far less desirable option to me, as it’d be quicker just to type what I wanted.

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Wow this sounds really good! the browser is not mappable via scripts at all, so a work around like this is an awesome solution. Thanks for sharing.

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Hi fatherservo,

have you advanced on this topic and potentially a max for live plugin that you are going to share?
Finding this really interesting, as I am currently preloading plenty of instruments using multiple chains… This solution is rather bulky, as all plugins are loaded into RAM when launching the project making everything really slow!

Therefore I am looking for a solution where I can just load instruments from a predefined list just when I need them and keep the project itself small and efficient.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

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Hi fatherservo,

thank you for sharing! I tried it and it works!
An issue I found is that upper case letters do not work, but as searching is not case sensitive, using lower case letters fixes this

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