Live Keyboard Shortcuts — Ableton Reference Manual Version 11 | Ableton

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key/Mini Map Mode and the Computer Keyboard ; Ctrl+M · Toggle MIDI Map Mode ; Ctrl+K · Toggle Key Map Mode ; Ctrl+Shift+K · Computer MIDI Keyboard. Windows. Macintosh. Toggle Full Screen Mode. F CTRL – CMD – F. Toggle Second Window. CTRL – Shift – W. CMD – Shift – W. Toggle Session/Arrangement View. The Most Essential Keyboard Shortcuts For Ableton Live 11 On Mac · Consolidate Clips · Insert A Midi Clip · Splitting Midi or Audio Clips · Reverse Audio Clips.
 
 

 

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It would be a real pain to highlight everything, start moving things, and risk leaving out some parts or shifting something to the wrong place. Customer Reviews. Unfold all Tracks. Play Arrangement View Selection. Continue Play from Stop Point. To turn it off, just click on the loop switch on the upper right corner of Ableton.

 
 

The Most Essential Keyboard Shortcuts For Ableton Live 11 On Mac

 
 

You can consolidate clips on multiple tracks too. That means a lot of notes to write in Midi clips. This will insert a new blank Midi clip within the highlighted area you selected. R — I used to spend a ton of time opening the clip view to searching for the reverse button. Reversing your clips with keyboard shortcuts is much quicker. Just click on the clip you want to reverse and tap the R button on your keyboard.

To reactivate the clip tap 0 again. F — Sometimes finding the right fade curve to adjust is tough, holding the F key will show the fade sections of all of the audio clips. This is especially helpful in automation mode. An easy way to stretch a sample to fit where you need it.

Working in the piano roll can be a lot easier too! Check out these shortcuts to speed up your composing. Hold the SHIFT key and press the right arrow to extend the note and the left arrow to shorten the note.

The selected notes will be the same musical note but transposed an octave. Arrow Keys — You can move the selected notes around using the arrow keys on your keyboard. Use the Up and Down keys to change the notes pitch. The Left and Right arrows will move the notes around the grid timeline. This will remove the grid lines and allow you to move the note around freely in time. When you press CMD and hover over the note you should see the mouse icon change to up and down arrows.

Follow the shortcuts below. TAB — Sometimes you have multiple tracks that you need to rename. H or W — Rearranging and resizing your tracks to fit the screen can be time consuming.

Thankfully there is a quick way to do this. Pressing the H key will arrange your tracks to fit the height of the session view. Pressing the W key will fit all of the tracks to the width of your session. Pressing either key again will set the tracks back to the heights they were before fitting to screen.

Select Material in Loop. CMD – Shift – L. Copy Clips. Insert MIDI clip. CMD – Shift – M. Insert Scene. Insert Captured Scene.

CMD – Shift – I. Move Nonadjacent Scenes Without Collapsing. Drop Browser Clips as a Scene. Deactivate Selected Clip. Split Clip at Selection. Consolidate Selection into Clip. Toggle Loop Selection. Insert Silence. U or left and right arrow keys. Unfold all Tracks. Adjust Height of Selected Tracks. Scroll Display to Follow Playback. CMD – Shift – F.

Optimize Arrangement Height. Optimize Arrangement Width. Deactivate Selection. Reverse Audio Clip Selection. Zoom to Arrangement Time Selection. Zoom Back from Arrangement Time Selection. Play from Insert Marker in Selected Clip. Show Take Lanes. Audition Selected Take Lane. Add Take Lane. Shift – ALT – T. Duplicate Selected Take Lane. Insert Audio Track. CMD – Shift – T. Insert Return Track. Rename Selected Track. While Renaming, Go to next Track. Group Selected Tracks.

Ungroup Tracks. CMD – Shift – G. Show Grouped Tracks. Hide Grouped Tracks. Move Nonadjacent Tracks Without Collapsing. CTRL arrow keys. CMD arrow keys. Arm Selected Tracks. Solo Selected Tracks. Add Device from Browser. Deactivate Selected Track. Toggle Automation Mode. Create Curved Automation Segment. Momentarily Toggle Fade Controls. CTRL – Backspace. CMD – Backspace. Toggle Key Map Mode. X and Z keys. C and V keys. Follow Auto-Scroll. CMD – Shift – K. Quantize Settings CMD – Shift – U.

Move Selected Warp Marker. Select Warp Marker. Move Clip Region with Start Marker. Shift right and left arrow keys. Zoom to Clip Selection. Zoom Back from Clip Selection. Scroll Editor Vertically. Scroll Editor Horizontally.

Copy Notes. Move Insert Marker to End. ALT up and down arrow keys. Toggle Draw Mode. Narrow Grid.