madeofoak said: "i know people write little patches in max to streamline their ableton setup (maybe a patch that records into the next open audio track when it recieves a certain midi command, etc)"

hcj said: "
also i think it's a GREAT idea to get started by building pluggo plugins to add into ableton and elsewhere. i'd work on making little fun widgets based on help files and tutorials patches to start, and then learn how to convert them into a format that can be built as a pluggo (it's fairly painless, but there is a thing or two to know)."