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ESSENTIAL ABLETON LIVE 11

SHORTCUTS
APRIL 30, 2022  S O U N D S A N D D O W N LOA D S

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Ableton Live is a program with some serious

depth and power. In order to harness this
power it’s essential to have a working
knowledge of the Ableton Live shortcuts. Being
able to access Live’s essential features with a
few keystrokes can speed up your work>ow
and help you stay in the zone when that big
idea strikes.

With every new version of Live there are more

shortcuts to master, which is why we have
compiled this list of all Ableton Live shortcuts
into one handy PDF, updated to re>ect all new
features and work>ow enhancements for Live
11.1.

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Ableton Live 11
Keyboard
Shortcuts
Showing and Hiding Views

Windows Macintosh

Toggle Full Screen

F11 CTRL–CMD–F
Mode

Toggle Second CTRL– CMD–Shift–

Window Shift–W W

Toggle
Session/Arrangement Tab Tab
View

Shift–
Toggle Device/Clip Shift–
Tab or CTRL–
View Tab or F12
F12

CTRL–ALT– CMD–ALT–
Hide/Show Detail
L or Shift– L or CTRL–
View
F12 Shift–F12

Toggle Hot-Swap
Q Q
Mode

Toggle Drum Rack

D D
/last-selected Pad

Hide/Show Info View Shift–? Shift–?

Hide/Show Video CTRL–ALT–

CTRL–ALT–V
Window V

CTRL–ALT–
Hide/Show Browser CMD–ALT–B
B

CTRL–ALT–
Hide/Show Overview CMD–ALT–O
O

CTRL–ALT–
Hide/Show In/Out CMD–ALT–I
I

CTRL–ALT–
Hide/Show Sends CMD–ALT–S
S

CTRL–ALT–
Hide/Show Mixer CMD–ALT–M
M

Open the
CTRL–, CMD–,
Preferences

Close Window/Dialog ESC ESC

Adjusting Values

Windows Macintosh

up and up and
down down
Decrement/Increment
arrow arrow
keys keys

Finer Resolution for

Shift Shift
Dragging

Return to Default Delete Delete

Type in Value 0…9 0…9

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

Abort Value Entry ESC ESC

ConZrm Value Entry Enter Enter

Browsing

Windows Macintosh

up and up and
Scroll
down arrow down arrow
Down/Up
keys keys

right and right and

Close/Open
left arrow left arrow
Folders
keys keys

Load Selected
Enter Enter
Item Browser

Preview Shift– Shift–

Selected File Enter Enter

Search in
CTRL–F CMD–F
Browser

Jump to down arrow down arrow

Search key key
Results or Enter or Enter

Assign
Color(s) to
Selected 1…7 1…7
Browser
Item(s)

Reset
Assigned
Color(s) 0 0
for Selected
Browser Item

Transport

Windows Macintosh

Play from
Space Space
Start Marker/Stop

Continue Play Shift–

Shift–Space
from Stop Point Space

Play Arrangement
Space Space
View Selection

Move Insert
Function+left
Marker Home
arrow key
to Beginning

Record F9 F9

Back to
F10 F10
Arrangement

Activate/Deactivate
F1…F8 F1…F8
Track 1..8

Editing

Windows Macintosh

Cut CTRL–X CMD–X

Copy CTRL–C CMD–C

Paste CTRL–V CMD–V

Duplicate CTRL–D CMD–D

Delete Delete Delete

Undo CTRL–Z CMD–Z

Redo CTRL–Y CMD–Y

Rename CTRL–R CMD–R

Select All CTRL–A CMD–A

By holding down an additional modiZer key,

some of the above commands can also be
applied to:

Windows Macintosh

Clips and Slots

Shift Shift
Across all Tracks

Time Across all

Shift Shift
Tracks

The Selected Part of

ALT ALT
the Envelope

Tab can be used to move from one track or

scene to another while renaming.

Loop Brace and Start/End

Markers

Windows Macintosh

Move Start
Shift- Shift-
Marker to
click click
Position

right and right and

Nudge Loop
left arrow left arrow
Left/Right
keys keys

up and
up and
Move Loop By down
down
Loop Length arrow
arrow keys
keys

CMD up
CTRL up
Halve/Double and down
and down
Loop Length arrow
arrow keys
keys

CMD right
CTRL right
Shorten/Lengthen and left
and left
Loop arrow
arrow keys
keys

Select Material in CTRL– CMD–

Loop Shift–L Shift–L

Session View Commands

Windows Macintosh

Launch Selected
Enter Enter
Clip/Slot

Select
arrow
Neighboring arrow keys
keys
Clip/Slot

Select all
CTRL–A CMD–A
Clips/Slots

Copy Clips CTRLdrag ALTdrag

Add/Remove
CTRL–E CMD–E
Stop Button

CTRL– CMD–
Insert MIDI clip
Shift–M Shift–M

Insert Scene CTRL–I CMD–I

Insert Captured CTRL– CMD–

Scene Shift–I Shift–I

Move CMD up
CTRL up
Nonadjacent and down
and down
Scenes Without arrow
arrow keys
Collapsing keys

Drop Browser
CTRL CMD
Clips as a Scene

Deactivate
0 0
Selected Clip

Arrangement View Commands

Windows Macintosh

Split Clip at
CTRL–E CMD–E
Selection

Consolidate
Selection into CTRL–J CMD–J
Clip

Create CTRL–ALT–
CMD–ALT–F
Fade/Crossfade F

Toggle Loop
CTRL–L CMD–L
Selection

Insert Silence CTRL–I CMD–I

Pan Left/Right
CTRL–ALT CMD–ALT
of Selection

Unfold
U U
Selected Tracks

Unfold all
ALT–U ALT–U
Tracks

Adjust Height
ALT– ALT–
of Selected
+ and ALT–- + and ALT–-
Tracks

Scroll Display
CTRL– CMD–
to Follow
Shift–F Shift–F
Playback

Optimize
Arrangement H H
Height

Optimize
Arrangement W W
Width

Deactivate
0 0
Selection

Nudge right and right and

Selection left arrow left arrow
Left/Right keys keys

Reverse Audio
R R
Clip Selection

Zoom to
Arrangement Z Z
Time Selection

Zoom Back
from
X X
Arrangement
Time Selection

Play from
Insert Marker ALT–Space ALT–Space
in Selected Clip

Commands for Tracks

Windows Macintosh

Insert Audio
CTRL–T CMD–T
Track

CTRL– CMD–
Insert MIDI Track
Shift–T Shift–T

Insert Return CTRL–ALT– CMD–ALT–

Track T T

Rename Selected
CTRL–R CMD–R
Track

While Renaming,
Tab Tab
Go to next Track

Group Selected
CTRL–G CMD–G
Tracks

CTRL– CMD–
Ungroup Tracks
Shift–G Shift–G

Show Grouped
+ +
Tracks

Hide Grouped
- -
Tracks

Move
Nonadjacent CTRL arrow CMD arrow
Tracks Without keys keys
Collapsing

Arm/Solo
CTRL click CMD click
Multiple Tracks

Solo Selected
S S
Tracks

Add Device from

Enter Enter
Browser

Deactivate
0 0
Selected Track

Commands for Breakpoint

Envelopes

Windows Macintosh

Toggle
Automation A A
Mode