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34. Live Keyboard Shortcuts

34.1 Showing and Hiding Views
Windows

Toggle Full Screen Mode

F11

Toggle Second Window

CTRL

Toggle Session/Arrangement
View

Tab

Toggle Device/Clip View

Shift

Macintosh

CTRL

Shift

CMD

CMD

Shift

or

Tab

or

Tab

F12

Shift

Tab

CTRL

F12

Hide/Show Detail View

CTRL

ALT

Shift

F12

or

CMD

Shift

ALT

F12

Toggle Hot-Swap Mode

Toggle Drum Rack/lastselected Pad

Hide/Show Info View

Shift

Hide/Show Browser

CTRL

ALT

CMD

ALT

Hide/Show Overview

CTRL

ALT

CMD

ALT

Hide/Show In/Out

CTRL

ALT

CMD

ALT

Hide/Show Sends

CTRL

ALT

CMD

ALT

Shift

or

CTRL

Hide/Show Mixer

CTRL

ALT

Open the Preferences

CTRL

Close Window/Dialog

ESC

CMD

ALT

CMD

ESC

34.2 Accessing Menus

Under Windows, you can access each menu by pressing ALT and the first letter of the menu (
ALT - F for File, for instance). While a menu is open, you can use:
the up and down arrow keys to navigate the menu items;
the right and left arrow keys to open the neighboring menu;
Enter to choose a menu item.

34.3 Adjusting Values

Decrement/Increment

Windows

Macintosh

up and down arrow keys

up and down arrow keys

Finer Resolution for Dragging

CTRL

CMD

Return to Default

Delete

Delete

Type in Value

...

Go to Next Field
(Bar.beat.16th)

Abort Value Entry

ESC

ESC

Confirm Value Entry

Enter

Enter

...

34.4 Browsing
In addition to the shortcuts shown here, the editing shortcuts can also be used in the browser.
Windows

Macintosh

Scroll Down/Up

up and down arrow keys

up and down arrow keys

Close/Open Folders

right and left arrow keys

right and left arrow keys

Load Selected Item from

Enter

Enter

Browser
Preview Selected File

Shift

Search in Browser

CTRL

Jump to Search Results

Enter

Shift

CMD

Enter

down arrow key

down arrow key

Windows

Macintosh

34.5 Transport
Play from Start Marker/Stop

Space

Continue Play from Stop Point

Shift

Play Arrangement View

Selection

Space

Space

Move Insert Marker to

Beginning

Home

Function

Record

F9

F9

Back to Arrangement

F10

F10

Activate/Deactivate Track
1..8

F1

Space

...

Space

F8

Shift

F1

...

F8

34.6 Editing
Windows

Macintosh

Cut

CTRL

CMD

Copy

CTRL

CMD

Paste

CTRL

CMD

Duplicate

CTRL

CMD

Delete

Delete

Undo

CTRL

CMD

Redo

CTRL

CMD

Delete

Space

+left arrow key

Rename

CTRL

CMD

Select All

CTRL

CMD

By holding down an additional modifier key, some of the above commands can also be applied to:
Windows

Macintosh

Clips and Slots Across all

Tracks

Shift

Shift

Time Across all Tracks

Shift

Shift

The Selected Part of the

Envelope

ALT

ALT

Tab

can be used to move from one track or scene to another while renaming.

34.7 Loop Brace and Start/End Markers

The loop brace and start/end markers must first be selected before any of the following commands
will apply to them.
Windows

Move Start Marker to Position

Macintosh

-click

Shift

Shift

-click

Nudge Loop Left/Right

right and left arrow keys

right and left arrow keys

Move Loop By Loop Length

up and down arrow keys

up and down arrow keys

Halve/Double Loop Length

CTRL

up and down arrow

keys
Shorten/Lengthen Loop

CTRL

CMD

up and down arrow

keys
right and left arrow

CMD

right and left arrow keys

CMD

keys
Select Material in Loop

CTRL

Shift

34.8 Session View Commands

See also the editing commands.

Shift

Windows

Launch Selected Clip/Slot

Select Neighboring Clip/Slot

Macintosh

Enter

Enter

arrow keys

Select all Clips/Slots

CTRL

Copy Clips

CTRL

Add/Remove Stop Button

arrow keys
CMD

drag

ALT

drag

CTRL

CMD

Insert MIDI clip

CTRL

Shift

CMD

Shift

Insert Scene

CTRL

CMD

Insert Captured Scene

CTRL

Shift

CMD

Shift

Move Nonadjacent Scenes

Without Collapsing

CTRL

up and down arrow

CMD

up and down arrow

Drop Browser Clips as a

Scene

keys

keys

CTRL

CMD

34.9 Arrangement View Commands

The shortcuts for zooming, snapping/drawing and loop/region settings also work in the
Arrangement View. See also the editing commands.
Windows

Macintosh

Split Clip at Selection

CTRL

CMD

Consolidate Selection into

Clip

CTRL

CMD

Create Fade/Crossfade

CTRL

ALT

CMD

ALT

Loop Selection

CTRL

CMD

Insert Silence

CTRL

CMD

Pan Left/Right of Selection

CTRL

ALT

CMD

ALT

Unfold all Tracks

ALT

ALT

unfold button

Scroll Display to Follow

Playback

CTRL

CMD

unfold button
-

Shift

Shift

34.10 Commands for Tracks

See also the editing commands.
Windows

Macintosh

Insert Audio Track

CTRL

Insert MIDI Track

CTRL

Shift

Insert Return Track

CTRL

ALT

Rename Selected Track

CTRL

While Renaming, Go to next

Track

Tab

Group Selected Tracks

CTRL

Ungroup Tracks

CTRL

Shift

Show Grouped Tracks

Hide Grouped Tracks

Move Nonadjacent Tracks

Without Collapsing

CTRL

arrow keys

CMD

arrow keys

Arm/Solo Multiple Tracks

CTRL

click

CMD

click

Add Device from Browser

Enter

CMD

CMD

Shift

CMD

ALT

CMD

CMD

CMD

Shift

Tab

Enter

34.11 Commands for Breakpoint Envelopes

The shortcuts for zooming, snapping/drawing and loop/region settings also work in the Envelope
Editor and Arrangement View. See also the editing commands.
Windows

Macintosh

Finer Resolution for Dragging

CTRL

CMD

Enable Dragging Over

Breakpoints

Shift

Shift

Create Curved Automation

ALT

ALT

Create Curved Automation

Segment

34.12 Key/MIDI Map Mode and the Computer MIDI

Keyboard
Windows

Macintosh

Toggle MIDI Map Mode

CTRL

CMD

Toggle Key Map Mode

CTRL

CMD

Computer MIDI Keyboard

CTRL

Shift

CMD

Shift

34.13 Zooming, Display and Selections

Windows

Macintosh

Zoom In

Zoom Out

Drag/Click to Append to a
Selection

Shift

Shift

Click to Add Adjacent

Clips/Tracks/Scenes to MultiSelection

Shift

Shift

Click to Add Nonadjacent

Clips/Tracks/Scenes to a
Multi-Selection

CTRL

CMD

Follow (Auto-Scroll)

CTRL

Shift

Pan Left/Right of Selection

CTRL

ALT

CMD

Shift

CMD

ALT

34.14 Clip View Sample Display

The shortcuts for zooming and loop/region settings also work in the Sample Display.
Windows

Quantize

CTRL

Macintosh
U

CMD

Quantize Settings...
Move Selected Warp Marker
Select Warp Marker

CTRL

Shift

right and left arrow keys

CTRL

CMD

Shift

right and left arrow keys

right and left arrow

CMD

right and left arrow keys

CMD

keys
Scroll Display to Follow
Playback

CTRL

Move Clip Region with Start

Marker

Shift

Shift

right and left arrow

keys

Shift

Shift

right and left arrow

keys

34.15 Clip View MIDI Editor

The shortcuts for zooming, snapping/drawing and loop/region settings also work in the MIDI
Editor.
Windows

Macintosh

Quantize

CTRL

Quantize Settings...

CTRL

Shift

Scroll Editor Vertically

Page Up/Down keys

CMD

CMD

Shift

Page Up/Down keys

Scroll Editor Horizontally

CTRL

Page Up/Down keys

CMD

Page Up/Down keys

Copy Notes

CTRL

drag

ALT

drag

Change Velocity From Note

Editor

ALT

CMD

drag

Move Insert Marker to

Beginning

Home

Function

Move Insert Marker to End

End

End

Scroll Display to Follow

Playback

CTRL

Move Clip Region with Start

Marker

Shift

drag

Shift

right and left arrow

keys

34.16 Grid Snapping and Drawing

CMD

Shift

keys

+left arrow key

Shift

right and left arrow

Windows

Macintosh

Toggle Draw Mode

Narrow Grid

CTRL

CMD

Widen Grid

CTRL

CMD

Triplet Grid

CTRL

CMD

Snap to Grid

CTRL

CMD

Fixed/Zoom-Adaptive Grid

CTRL

CMD

Bypass Snapping While

Dragging

ALT

CMD

34.17 Global Quantization

Windows

Macintosh

Sixteenth-Note Quantization

CTRL

CMD

Eighth-Note Quantization

CTRL

CMD

Quarter-Note Quantization

CTRL

CMD

1-Bar Quantization

CTRL

CMD

Quantization Off

CTRL

CMD

34.18 Working with Sets and the Program

Windows

Macintosh

New Live Set

CTRL

CMD

Open Live Set

CTRL

CMD

Save Live Set

CTRL

CMD

Save Live Set As...

CTRL

Shift

CMD

Shift

Quit Live

CTRL

CMD

CMD

Hide Live

Export Audio/Video

CTRL

Shift

CMD

Shift

Export MIDI file

CTRL

Shift

CMD

Shift

34.19 Working with Plug-Ins and Devices

Windows

Show/Hide Plug-In Windows

CTRL

Open Second/Multiple
Windows with Plug-In Edit
Button

CTRL

Macintosh
ALT

CMD

ALT

CMD

Open Mac Keystroke Plug-In

Window with Plug-In Edit
Button

Shift

Group/Ungroup Devices

CTRL

Activate/Deactivate All
Devices in Group

ALT

Click to Append Devices to a

Selected Device

Shift

Shift

Load Selected Device From

Browser

Enter

Enter

device activator

CMD

ALT

device activator

34.20 Using the Context Menu

A context menu is available in Live for quick access to many commonly used menu items. To access
the context menu, right-click (PC) / CTRL - click (Mac) on the part of the interface where
you would like to execute a particular command. It is worth noting that Lives context menu may
sometimes contain applicable settings from the Preferences. You should change these options with
care, as they will affect not only the currently selected item but the general settings of the program.
Some commands only appear in the context menu. Among these are: various options for working
with the browser (see 5.1); the special grid marker commands for directing Auto-Warp (see
Syncing Longer Pieces); detailed options for zoom-adaptive and fixed grid line width (see 6.9);
copying and pasting for Operators envelopes and oscillators (see 24.6); and numerous devicespecific commands.

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Ableton Reference Manual Version 9

1. Welcome to Live
2. First Steps
3. Authorizing Live
4. Live Concepts
5. Managing Files and Sets
6. Arrangement View
7. Session View
8. Clip View
9. Audio Clips, Tempo, and Warping
10. Editing MIDI Notes and Velocities
11. Converting Audio to MIDI
12. Using Grooves
13. Launching Clips
14. Routing and I/O
15. Mixing
16. Recording New Clips
17. Working with Instruments and Effects
18. Instrument, Drum and Effect Racks
19. Automation and Editing Envelopes
20. Clip Envelopes
21. Working with Video
22. Live Audio Effect Reference
23. Live MIDI Effect Reference
24. Live Instrument Reference
25. Max for Live
26. MIDI and Key Remote Control

27. Using Push

28. Using the APC Controllers
29. Using the Launchpad
30. Synchronization and ReWire
31. Computer Audio Resources and Strategies
32. Audio Fact Sheet
33. MIDI Fact Sheet
34. Live Keyboard Shortcuts
34.1 Showing and Hiding Views
34.2 Accessing Menus
34.3 Adjusting Values
34.4 Browsing
34.5 Transport
34.6 Editing
34.7 Loop Brace and Start/End Markers
34.8 Session View Commands
34.9 Arrangement View Commands
34.10 Commands for Tracks
34.11 Commands for Breakpoint Envelopes
34.12 Key/MIDI Map Mode and the Computer MIDI Keyboard
34.13 Zooming, Display and Selections
34.14 Clip View Sample Display
34.15 Clip View MIDI Editor
34.16 Grid Snapping and Drawing
34.17 Global Quantization
34.18 Working with Sets and the Program
34.19 Working with Plug-Ins and Devices
34.20 Using the Context Menu
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