Ableton Live shortcuts for Mac
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Ableton Live is a professional music production software that allows users to create, edit, and perform music in real-time. Download Ableton Live
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Mac keyboard shortcuts for Ableton Live
Showing and Hiding Results
- Toggle Full Screen Modef11 Add →
- Toggle Second Window⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + w Add →
- Toggle Session/ArrangementView⇥ Add →
- Toggle Device/Clip View⇧ (shift) + ⇥ Add →
- Hide/Show Detail View⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + l Add →
- Toggle Hot-Swap Modeq Add →
- Toggle DrumRack/last-selected Padd Add →
- Hide/Show Info View⇧ (shift) + ? Add →
- Hide/Show Browser⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + b Add →
- Hide/Show Overview⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + o Add →
- Hide/Show In/Out⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + i Add →
- Hide/Show Sends⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + s Add →
- Hide/Show Mixer⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + m Add →
- Open the Preferences⌘ (command) + , Add →
- Close Window/Dialogesc Add →
Adjusting Values
Browsing
Transport
- Play from Start Marker/Stopspace Add →
- Continue Play from StopPoint⇧ (shift) + space Add →
- Play Arrangement ViewSelectionspace Add →
- Recordf9 Add →
- Back to Arrangementf10 Add →
- Activate/Deactivate Track 1f1 Add →
- Activate/Deactivate Track 2f2 Add →
- Activate/Deactivate Track 3f3 Add →
Editing
Session view Commands
- Launch Selected Clip/Slot↵ Add →
- Select all Clips/Slots⌘ (command) + a Add →
- Add/Remove Stop Button⌘ (command) + e Add →
- Insert MIDI clip⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + m Add →
- Insert Scene⌘ (command) + i Add →
- Insert Captured Scene⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + i Add →
- Drop Browser Clips as aScene⌘ (command)Add →
Arrangement View Commands
- Split Clip at Selection⌘ (command) + e Add →
- Consolidate Selection intoClip⌘ (command) + j Add →
- Create Fade/Crossfade⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + f Add →
- Loop Selection⌘ (command) + l Add →
- Insert Silence⌘ (command) + i Add →
- Pan Left/Right of Selection⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option)Add →
- Scroll Display to FollowPlayback⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + f Add →
Commands for Tracks
- Insert Audio Track⌘ (command) + t Add →
- Insert MIDI Track⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + t Add →
- Insert Return Track⌘ (command) + ⌥ (option) + t Add →
- Rename Selected Track⌘ (command) + r Add →
- While Renaming, Go to nextTrack⇥ Add →
- Group Selected Tracks⌘ (command) + g Add →
- Ungroup Tracks⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + g Add →
- Hide Grouped Tracks- Add →
- Add Device from Browser↵ Add →
Commands for Breakpoint Envelopes
Key/Mini Map Mode and the Computer Keyboard
Zooming, Display and Selection
Clip view Sample Display
Clip View MIDI Editor
- Quantize⌘ (command) + u Add →
- Quantize Settings⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + u Add →
- Scroll Editor Verticallypage up Add →
- Scroll Editor Verticallypage down Add →
- Scroll Editor Horizontally⇧ (shift) + page up Add →
- Scroll Editor Horizontally⇧ (shift) + page down Add →
- Scroll Display to FollowPlayback⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + f Add →
Grid Snapping And Drawing
Global Quantization
Working with Sets and the Program
- New Live Set⌘ (command) + n Add →
- Open Live Set⌘ (command) + o Add →
- Save Live Set⌘ (command) + s Add →
- Save Live Set As...⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + s Add →
- Quit Live⌘ (command) + q Add →
- Hide Live⌘ (command) + h Add →
- Export Audio/Video⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + r Add →
- Export MIDI file⌘ (command) + ⇧ (shift) + e Add →
Working with Plug-Ins and Devices
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