Shortcut Buddy3

Comments (14)

• Breity · April 26 2023
  Maybe you should list this as Commercial
• dekmantel · July 21 2023
  been looking for something like this for ages. works like a charm. 100% workflow improvement. thank you!
• denork · September 29 2023
  Isn't this the same as using a rack and grouping the plugins you want?
• dekmantel · October 02 2023
  @denork: no, not at all.. i mean, it's all there in the description really. you can use this device to bind the insertion of any device to a key on your computer's keyboard as part of your default live template.
  for instance; in my case the [1] key puts the native 'utility' device onto the selected track, [2] 'eq-eight', [3] drum buss etc.
  i find the live browser increasingly cumbersome to use with its (for me) pointless separation of plugin types, so it's useful to have my most-used devices bound to key strokes. and then elisabethhomeland's visual browser helps with keeping track of the rest.
• JensBertelsmann · December 14 2023
  Hi there,
  I've got vers. 3.02 of Shortcut buddy (using Ableton Live 11).
  Whatever effect, plug-In or whatsoever I put in the device, it always starts a new window of Ableton live and not what I wanted.
  So on first try I was wondering why Ableton opens up half a douzen times.
  Anybody know this issue?
• JensBertelsmann · December 14 2023
  ok, I got a very fast reply by Noir Labs.
  It doesn't work if you enabled "multiple Instances" in the Ableton Preferences.
  So disabling this will fix the problem immediately.
• Torley · May 26 2024
  Is this confirmed compatible with Ableton Live 12 in general?
• touchgrass · June 03 2024
  maybe I'm missing something, but is there a reason I can't patch this plugin? I'm pretty new to max for live, but when I try and open the max device editor for this plugin nothing shows up.
• tbone1088 · September 10 2024
  My shortcut buddy has stopped working! When I go to drag a rack into the Insert Effect slot, it doesn't do anything. It was just working an hour ago, anyone else having an issue?
• illimay · December 20 2024
  i'm having an issue with live 12.1.5, windows 11.
  when i try to open up pro-q 3 with a shortcut, it opens up a windows dialogue asking what app i want to use to open the vstpreset
  it works fine with native plugins like live's saturator
• davidbirdwell42 · January 15 2025
  I can't imagine working with Ableton without Shortcut buddy now!
  I've setup shortcuts then made custom keyboard shortcut in my Logitech MX Console (updated loupedeck)
  Just amazing, I've used almost all available slots so thanks for including soooo many!
• srrealist · March 10 2025
  also wanted to report the issue of not being able to open certain vsts. Pigments, for example (as reported by davidbirdwell42 in this thread) will not open. Live 12.1.5, Win 11 23h2
• Torley · March 10 2025
  I, too, have been having an awesome time with Shortcut Buddy. I put my usual "channel strip" in there, triggered by the _`_ (tilde in the upper-left) key so it's easy for me to reflex-activate.
  I have a number of fave effects racks mapped to _0-9_ and another row mapped to _Shift + 0-9_ so that's another row. These don't seem to conflict with anything else I've been using. With repetition, muscle memory kicks in, some of them are mnemonic like _7_ = Seventh Heaven reverb, and _8_ = Infiltrator (because get it, Infiltr8r 🤣). I may have to start a third row for more!
  It's so elegant to replace an earlier rack in the same directory location, then pressing the hotkey will load the new version. I find it's easier and consistent to work with all .adg rack files.
  I wish I could visually partition the rows into my chosen groupings.
  And I have an idea for "random slots" that load a surprise each time from the same slot. But maybe there's another way to accomplish that?
  How are y'all using Shortcut Buddy?
• cateto · May 01 2025
  also wanted to report the issue of not being able to open certain vsts even by wrapping them in an .adg