This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts for Ableton Live 9. It includes shortcuts for browsing, transport controls, editing clips and tracks, zooming and grid snapping, quantization, and working with envelopes and the MIDI editor. Many common editing tasks like cutting, copying, pasting, and undo/redo can be done with keyboard shortcuts. Modifier keys allow shortcuts to be extended to multiple clips, tracks, or time selection simultaneously.
This document provides a summary of keyboard shortcuts for Ableton Live 9. It includes shortcuts for browsing, transport controls, editing clips and tracks, zooming and grid snapping, quantization, and working with envelopes and the MIDI editor. Many common editing tasks like cutting, copying, pasting, and undo/redo can be done with keyboard shortcuts. Modifier keys allow shortcuts to be extended to multiple clips, tracks, or time selection simultaneously.
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Showing and Hiding Views Browsing
Toggle Full Screen Mode F11 Scroll Down/Up up/down arrow Toggle Second Window CTRL - Shift - W Close/Open Folders right/left arrow Toggle Session/Arrangement View Tab Load Selected Item from Browser Enter Toggle Device/Clip View Shift - Tab or F12 Preview Selected File Shift - Enter CTRL - ALT - L Search in Browser CTRL - F Hide/Show Detail View or Shift - F12 Jump to Search Results down arrow key Toggle Hot-Swap Mode Q Toggle Drum Rack/last-selected Pad D Transport Hide/Show Info View Shift - ? Play from Start Marker/Stop Space Hide/Show Browser CTRL - ALT - B Continue Play from Stop Point Shift - Space Hide/Show Overview CTRL - ALT - O Play Arrangement View Selection Space Hide/Show In/Out CTRL - ALT - I Move Insert Marker to Beginning Home Hide/Show Sends CTRL - ALT - S Record F9 Hide/Show Mixer CTRL - ALT - M Back to Arrangement F10 Open the Preferences CTRL - , Activate/Deactivate Track 1..8 F1 ... F8 Close Window/Dialog ESC Editing Adjusting Values Cut CTRL - X Decrement/Increment up/down arrow Copy CTRL - C Finer Resolution for Dragging CTRL Paste CTRL - V Return to Default Delete Duplicate CTRL - D Type in Value 0 ... 9 Delete Delete Go to Next Field (Bar.beat.16th) .-, Undo CTRL - Z Abort Value Entry ESC Redo CTRL - Y Confirm Value Entry Enter Rename CTRL - R Select All CTRL - A By holding down an additional modifier key, some of the above commands Loop Brace and Start/End Markers can also be applied to: The loop brace and start/end markers must first be selected Clips and Slots Across all Tracks Shift Move Start Marker to Position Shift -click Time Across all Tracks Shift Nudge Loop Left/Right right/left arrow The Selected Part of the Envelope ALT Move Loop By Loop Length up/down arrow Tab can be used to move from one track or scene to another while Halve/Double Loop Length CTRL up/down arrow renaming. Shorten/Lengthen Loop CTRL right/left arrow Select Material in Loop CTRL - Shift - L Zooming, Display and Selections Zoom In + Session View Commands Zoom Out - Launch Selected Clip/Slot Enter Drag/Click to Append to a Selection Shift Select Neighboring Clip/Slot arrow keys Click to Add Adjacent Clips/Tracks/Scenes to Shift Multi-Selection Select all Clips/Slots CTRL - A Click to Add Nonadjacent Clips/Tracks/Scenes CTRLto a Multi-Selection Copy Clips CTRL drag Follow (Auto-Scroll) CTRL - Shift - F Add/Remove Stop Button CTRL - E Pan Left/Right of Selection CTRL - ALT Insert MIDI clip CTRL - Shift - M Insert Scene CTRL - I Clip View Sample Display Insert Captured Scene CTRL - Shift - I The shortcuts for zooming and loop/region settings also work in Move Nonadjacent Scenes Without CTRL up/down arrow the Sample Display. Collapsing Drop Browser Clips as a Scene CTRL Quantize CTRL - U Quantize Settings... CTRL - Shift - U Move Selected Warp Marker right/left arrow Select Warp Marker CTRL right/left arrow Scroll Display to Follow Playback CTRL - Shift - F Move Clip Region with Start Marker Shift right/left arrow Ableton Live 9 Keyboard Commands - page 2 dj.irvincee.com
Arrangement View Commands Clip View MIDI Editor
The shortcuts for zooming, snapping/drawing and loop/region settings also The shortcuts for zooming, snapping/drawing and loop/region settings also work in the Arrangement View. See also the editing commands. work in the MIDI Editor. Split Clip at Selection CTRL - E Quantize CTRL - U Consolidate Selection into Clip CTRL - J Quantize Settings... CTRL - Shift - U Create Fade/Crossfade CTRL - ALT - F Scroll Editor Vertically Page Up/Down Loop Selection CTRL - L Scroll Editor Horizontally CTRL Page Up/Down Insert Silence CTRL - I Copy Notes CTRL drag Pan Left/Right of Selection CTRL - ALT Change Velocity From Note Editor ALT drag Unfold all Tracks ALT unfold button Move Insert Marker to Beginning Home Scroll Display to Follow Playback CTRL - Shift - F Move Insert Marker to End End Scroll Display to Follow Playback CTRL - Shift - F Commands for Tracks Move Clip Region with Start Marker Shift right/left arrow Insert Audio Track CTRL - T Insert MIDI Track CTRL - Shift - T Grid Snapping and Drawing Insert Return Track CTRL - ALT - T Toggle Draw Mode B Rename Selected Track CTRL - R Narrow Grid CTRL - 1 While Renaming, Go to next Track Tab Widen Grid CTRL - 2 Group Selected Tracks CTRL - G Triplet Grid CTRL - 3 Ungroup Tracks CTRL - Shift - G Snap to Grid CTRL - 4 Show Grouped Tracks + Fixed/Zoom-Adaptive Grid CTRL - 5 Hide Grouped Tracks - Bypass Snapping While Dragging ALT Move Nonadjacent Tracks Without CTRL arrow keys Collapsing Global Quantization Arm/Solo Multiple Tracks CTRL click Sixteenth-Note Quantization CTRL - 6 Add Device from Browser Enter Eighth-Note Quantization CTRL - 7 Quarter-Note Quantization CTRL - 8 Commands for Breakpoint Envelopes 1-Bar Quantization CTRL - 9 The shortcuts for zooming, snapping/drawing and loop/region settings also Quantization Off CTRL - 0 work in the Envelope Editor and Arrangement View. See also the editing commands. Working with Sets and the Program Finer Resolution for Dragging CTRL New Live Set CTRL - N Enable Dragging Over Breakpoints Shift Open Live Set CTRL - O Create Curved Automation Segment ALT Save Live Set CTRL - S Save Live Set As... CTRL - Shift - S Key/MIDI Map Mode and the Computer MIDI Keyboard Quit Live CTRL - Q Toggle MIDI Map Mode CTRL - M Hide Live Toggle Key Map Mode CTRL - K Export Audio/Video CTRL - Shift - R Computer MIDI Keyboard CTRL - Shift - K Export MIDI file CTRL - Shift - E
Working with Plug-Ins and Devices
Show/Hide Plug-In Windows CTRL - ALT - P Open Second/Multiple Windows with CTRL Plug-In Edit Button Group/Ungroup Devices CTRL - G Activate/Deactivate All Devices in Group ALT device activator Click to Append Devices to a Selected Shift Device Load Selected Device From Browser Enter