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I know this thread is old, but after reading it I have just been trying to learn how do this exact and I think I've found an equivalent, if not better way using the sampler instead of instrument racks. This may not have been possible all those years ago but I'm pretty sure the sampler had velocity ...

Yes! One thins that's a pain in the ass about AU is if you create a sub-folder inside the folder where the AU's go call "components"[HD>Library>Audio>Plug-ins>components, it disappears in the Ableton. If you do this in the default VST folder, the folders show up, and can be sub-navigated within LIve ...