Is it possible to open the selected clip in an external editor directly with a M4L device?

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to create a m4l device that allows me to open a selected audio clip from the arrangement timeline in my external editor with a single button press, and I’m wondering if this is achievable with the Live API.

Here’s what I’m trying to streamline basically:

Currently, the process for opening an audio clip in an external editor (e.g., RX10) is quite cumbersome:

1. Select the audio clip from the timeline (Arrangement View).

2. Open the Clip View.

3. Right-click the clip and choose Manage Sample File.

4. Go to the top-right section of Ableton to the Manage File menu, then click the Edit button next to the sample name.

5. Only then does the sample open in the external editor I’ve already set up in Preferences > File/Folder.

This takes too many steps!

What I want is this:

• As soon as I select a clip, I press a MIDI or keyboard-mapped button that triggers a m4l to automatically open the clip in the external editor I’ve set up in Preferences.

I already know how to set up the MIDI/key mapping using a live.text object in Max for Live. The issue is how to script this behavior:

1. Is there a function in the Live API that allows the selected clip to directly execute the external editor set in Preferences?

2. If not, can I somehow specify the file path myself and automate the process through Max ?

I’ve done similar workflows before, but this one is quite challeging to me because it involves triggering Ableton’s internal file management/editor systemm which im not familiar with.

Hope somone could help with tips/hints, which I will be very grateful for.

Thanks in advance