;anything after a semicolon is just a comment to explain what i did

#IfWinActive, ahk_exe Ableton Live 10 Suite.exe ; makes this script only run when your ableton window is active (when you're "using it")

^w:: ; makes ctrl+w perform delete because i hate reaching over to the delete key lol
    Send, {Delete}
    Return

!q:: ; makes alt+q perform ctrl+u (quantize) because i use this a lot. ctrl+u is way too difficult to reach.
    Send, ^u
    Return

!a:: ; makes alt+a perform ctrl+j (consolidate) because i also use this a lot and it's annoying to reach
    Send, ^j
    Return

F1:: ;probably the coolest thing. let's you automatically insert a plugin with one shortcut. here i set F1 to insert serum for me. you can have it search whatever text but make sure it's unique so it's the only search result.
    Send, ^f
    Send, "serum.vst" ; put what you want to search in the ableton search bar here
    Sleep 300 ; waits for 300 milliseconds because sometimes ableton is slow
    Send, {Enter 2}
    return