Not quite as simple as in Ableton, but the way I usually do this is to stack all the samples I want to select from in an instrument, make a drum kit out of them in the keyzones editor, place c-4’s in the pattern editor, then select all the notes and use the transpose selection hotkey to shift the pitch until I find the one I want (option+F1/F2). Or I’ll just manually audition samples via pitch with the keyboard and then write the pattern.
Not sure if we have a good, quick, way to do this via macro. You •could• set up an instrument that has multiple modulation sets with a macro to select via volume stepper reset, like this:
selector example.xrni (2.1 MB)
and then load in whatever samples you want in each of the slots, but it’s kinda tedious that way, and kind of defeats the purpose of speed/time efficiency
If you have a sliced sample with multiple hits, the New Tool (3.3): value stepper is useful for auditioning slices, Write the notes to pattern with an Sxx command in the fx column, then select all the xx of the Sxx and step through values til you find the one you want. more useful for breaks or long samples you can slice, than for individual hits, though