GETOUTOFMYWAY - Hide tracks in Ableton Live projects

DISCLAIMER: 
- This is a MaxForLive device so you’re gonna need either Live suite, or Live standard with MaxForLive. 
- Compatible with Live 10, 11, and 12.

OVERVIEW:

GetOutOfMyWay is designed to help you manage large projects more efficiently.

It lets you define up to 10 view groups, each with unlimited keywords. When you select a group, any tracks that match its keywords are displayed, while others are hidden away. This makes it easy to work on individual sections of your project without being distracted by other tracks.

In addition, you have the ability to zoom in or out on either the selected view group or the entire project, and also you can create more complex View Groups with „Exception” and „Include” keywords.

The device also includes two additional devices, Keep Opened and Keep Collapsed, which help you further organize your project.

(Works in both Session View too, except the zoom functionality which only works in Arrangement view)

GetOutOfMyWay will save you time and help you focus on the things you really want.

KEEP COLLAPSED AND KEEP OPENED:

GOOMW comes with two additional devices : Keep Collapsed, and Keep Opened.
When you put them on a track they'll be forced to stay collapsed, or opened.
(both of them works as individual devices without GOOMW ! )

THE VIEW GROUP EDITOR:

1.  Use the G1 - G10 buttons to apply the selected ViewGroup to your project.

2.  Enter keywords for the ViewGroup in the designated box (keywords are not case sensitive).

3.  Rename the ViewGroup itself, which will appear under the corresponding dials/buttons in the device interface.

4.  When the Latch mode is enabled you can combine multiple ViewGroups by activating more than one at the same time.

5.   Use the "CollapseAll" button to collapse all tracks in your project. (Note: In the CollapseAll and ExpandAll modes, the Hight buttons will affect every track in your project.)

6.   Use the "ExpandAll" button to Expand all tracks in your project.

7.   Decrease the height of the tracks of the selected ViewGroup to get a better overview of your tracks.

8.   Increase the height of the tracks of the selected ViewGroup to focus on specific tracks.

9.   Expand or Collapse all Return tracks in your project.

10. Same as the normal Height buttons, but for the Return tracks.

11.   If you type keywords into the "Always open Group," tracks that contain those keywords will be expanded regardless of the selected View Group (applies only to top-level tracks).

12.  Choose whether the AlwaysOpen Group should change size when you use the zoom buttons.

EXCEPTION AND INCLUDE PREFIXES:

(Note: you can also check out this YouTube tutorial for more details on this topic.)

For more advanced control, you can use "Exception" and "Include" keywords when setting up your ViewGroups. These keywords can help you exclude certain tracks from a ViewGroup, or include tracks that may be hidden in folder tracks without any matching keywords. Here's a brief explanation:

Let's say you have three types of tracks in your project:

1.    Some top layer Audio tracks (Piano, Guitar, Vocal),

2.   a folder track called "STUFF" with three tracks inside (Piano, Guitar, Vocal),

3.   and three individual folder tracks, each with one audio track (Piano bus, Guitar bus, Vocal bus).

THE MAIN INTERFACE:

1.   You can activate or deactivate the device.

2.   Use the Edit button to access the ViewGroup editor window.

3.   The GroupSelector Dial allows you to switch between ViewGroups,

4.   Open the Detail View by using this button.

5.   G1-G10 buttons correspond to specific ViewGroups and can be mapped accordingly.

6.   You can choose between two modes: Keep Last Selected Track (when you change a ViewGroup, it remains on the last selected track) or Jump to New First Track Mode (when you change a ViewGroup, it selects the first track with a matching keyword in your project).

7.   There are two modes available: Only Apply (after selecting a ViewGroup, you can manually adjust track height) or ForceView Mode (when you select a track in your project, the device will force the selected ViewGroup, preventing your project from changing).

8.   Use the "CollapseAll" button to collapse all tracks in your project.

9.   Use the "ExpandAll" button to Expand all tracks in your project.

10.  If Latch mode is enabled, you can combine multiple ViewGroups by activating more than one at the same time.

11.   Decrease the height of the tracks in the selected ViewGroup to get a better overview of your tracks. Or Increase the height of the tracks in the selected ViewGroup to focus on specific tracks.

12.   Expand or Collapse all Return tracks in your project.

13.   The same as the normal Height buttons, but for the Return tracks.

Release notes:

Version 1.2 - 2024.02.13.

• Live 12 support
• Undo history related fixes.

2023.04.11 - Version 1.1 :

• New Latch mode :
   If enabled you can combine multiple ViewGroups - you'll be able to enable more than one at the same time like Drums, and Bass for more flexibility. 
• New Return Group :
  Expand/Collapse all the Return tracks with a button.
  You can also change the Return track's height. 
• GOOMW no longer applies any of the ViewGroups on project load. 
• Updated the parameter mappings for the push controllers.
• Renamed multiple controls in the device (F.E.: Zoom - > Height Close -> Collapse and so on)
• Updated Info View Texts.  

Version 1.0 - 2023.03.21.

• Initial Release

CONTACT:

If you have any questions or difficulties with the device feel free to write me at :

elisabethhomeland@gmail.com

Or you can find me in Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ElisabethHom

Have Fun! :)