Visual Browser by Elisabeth Homeland

VB 2.8 – Released July 2025

• The UI has been widened to match the new minimum device width introduced in Live 12.2.
• Based on recurring feedback, I’ve made my logo significantly smaller.

VB 2.7 – 2025.01.01.

• New: If there’s an update available, you’ll see a small message (Update available: *version* ) on top of the ElisabethHomeland logo. If you click on it’ll open my website where you can download the latest release.

VB 2.6.3 – 2024.11.20

• Fixed an issue that caused VB to generate a special characters in some keyboard layouts if the first letter was a vovel (Like Ömnisphere)
• The “Close browser after load” option now works as it should in Live 12.1

VB 2.6.2 – 2024.07.22

• Compatibility with Live 12.1 Beta

VB 2.6.1 – 2024.03.12

• The settings parameters are now recalled correctly.
• The settings panel shows up correctly.
• On some Windows systems VB became a bit laggy since Live 12. So I fixed that. Sadly I had to remove the Window Transparency option on Windows in order to do that.
• The device no longer generate any undo steps when you insert it into your project.

VB 2.6 – 2024.02.13.

• Live 12 support
• NEW: Select the default Main category.
• Undo history related fixes.

VB 2.5 – 2023.8.01.

• Windowed mode for different use cases:
  Change between FullScreen and Windowed mode, and put VB anywhere in your screen:
  replacing Live’s browser, or using it on an external monitor/Ipad , setting it to the side… and so on.
• TouchScreen support: 
  VB now officially supports External Displays, and Touchscreen devices:
• Dice:
  Press the Dice to load a random card into the project from the selected SubCategory:
• Random place load:
  Load a random preset of the selected Device/effect.-New (Resizable) Settings panel–new LayoutPresets panel :
  Save custom Window layouts for different use cases and recall them on the fly.
  (Press the disc icon to reveal it)
  Everything in the settings panel will be saved into these presets (except the Misc settings).-Better Card editing:
  From now on if you select a card in the editor and it’ll automatically fill the Card/Place input field so if you want to replace the name/place it’ll be a lot easier:
  And you don’t have to use underscores (_)  instead of space anymore,
  The Device will format the text for you automatically.
  (If you want to add multiple cards use a comma to separate them (,) :::: Card 1, Card 2, )
• Drag n drop files to create Cards: 
  It’s now possible to select (even multiple) things from Live’s browser and drop it into the editor to automatically create new cards:
  (Drag the files directly to the “Name: Place” text where you see the purple frame)
• Highlight the selected subcategory:
  The Browser now highlights the selected subcategory. –Remember last selected Category/Subcategory on reopen-New customization options: Margin, Close after load,  windowed mode
• Updated GUI / better interface with custom themes. 
• Loading samples auto creates a midi track if none is selected. 
  ( if the card’s name ends with .waw or .aif)

VB 2.2 – 2023.02.14.

• New: You can decide if you want to close Live’s Browser after plugin/device load or not.
• New: You can now change the text size of the Categories, and Cards.
• New: You can now decide where to load the next plugin/device :
  At the end of the chain/Before the selected device / after the selected device.
• Rearranged tweaks section in the main window.
• Improved AHK mode (fixed an issue with third party plugin load using AHK mode)
• the search field in Live’s browser now gets cleared every time after you use VB.
• Updated documentation

VB 2.1 – 2023.02.14.

• New: Now there’s option to change the Category buttons size. (for better compatibility if you want to use the device with touchscreen) -New: AHK mode for Windows:
  If you’re using Windows with certain languages like Korean, there’s a chance that the device will not work properly when you try to load the devices in your project.
  In that case you can enalbe AHK mode.If you’re using this option the device will load the devices into your project using AutoHotkey, instead of a PowerShell script .It’s important that if you want to use this mode, you need to install AutoHotkey firt.
  (Version 1. not Version 2 or later.)

VB 2.0 – 2023.02.07.

• New card rendering engine, that’s faster, more reliable and supports HDPI screens too.
• Option to add your own subCategories.
• Built in editor for SubCategories, and Cards.
• Built in Backup system.
• Added options: Card resizing, Positioning, and the ability, to change the window’s top.
• Added a mappable button to close the editor.
• Various under the hood fixes, and optimalization.

VB 1.1 – 2023.01.23.

• Fixed an issue on Winsows: The device was only able to load the first search result.

VB 1.0 -2023.01.17.

• Initial Release

Our Products are generally provided as Zip file downloads which in all cases will need to be extracted and saved to your hard drive prior to installation. Details on the different file type provided and what to do with them are below.

.alp Files – These are Ableton Live Packs and will either install directly into the Packs Section of the browser of Ableton Live or ask you to save them to your hard drive. For packs that install to the library, when you double click on them you will see a pop up window asking you to confirm that installation is ok as the files are described as “Legacy”. This is fine and you are ok to proceed, the packs are created using the format for an earlier version of Live and so remain compatible with the current version.

.amxd files – These are individual MaxforLive Devices and can be stored anywhere on your hard drive. We’d advise creating a folder for them and then adding that folder as a location within the Places section of Lives Browser.

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