Ableton Live 10 Key Commands



Mastering the keyboard shortcuts for Ableton Live is an essential skill to make your writing and production sessions more fluid, maintaining creative flow and more effortlessly executing your ideas as they come to mind (and to hand).

For beginners, this list and PDF is also a great resource to learn key features of Ableton Live.
For advanced producers, we’d added in bold the new shortcuts added in Live 10.

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Ableton Live 10 Keyboard Shortcuts

Bold = new or updated in Live 10

FLIPPABLE VIEWS

tabtabToggle Session/Arrangement view
⇧ tab⇧ tabToggle Device/Clip view

COLLAPSIBLE VIEWS

(Remember it: ‘SLIMBORG’)
⌘⌥ SCTRLALTSSends
⌘⌥ LCTRL-ALT-LLower section (aka Detail View)
⌘⌥ ICTRL-ALT-IInput/output routing panel
⌘⌥ MCTRL-ALT-MMixer
⌘⌥ BCTRL-ALT-BBrowser
⌘⌥ O CTRL-ALT-OOverview
⌘⌥ RCTRL-ALT-RReturns
⌘⌥ GCTRL-ALT-GGroove Pool

FLOATING WINDOWS

⇧⌘W ⇧CTRL-WLaunch a second window
⌘⌥ PCTRL-ALT-PPlug-in window (for non-Ableton plug-ins) – hides/shows selected device
⌘⌥ VCTRL-ALT-VVideo window (there must be a video on arrangement view timeline first)
⌘,CTRL-,Preferences

BROWSE

⌘ F CTRL-FSearch in browser
Preview selected browser item
EscEscStop previewing selected browser item
ReturnReturnLoad selected browser item onto track
QQHot swap the selected device (when device is on a track). Hit Q again after loading
1,2,3…71,2,3…7Assign colour to selected browser item (adds item to a “collection”)
00Remove all colours from selected browser item (removes item from all “collections”)

PLAYBACK and RECORD

Fn ← HomeMove insert marker to beginning of arrangement timeline
SpaceSpacePlay (from start, or from insert marker, or from start of selection)
SpaceSpacePause
SpaceSpaceUn-pause
SpaceALT-SpacePlay selected time only, then pause
⌘⇧ FCTRL⇧ FScroll display to follow playback
F9F9Record to arrangement
F10F10Back to arrangement

ZOOMING

++Zoom in
Zoom out
ZZZoom to selected clip/time
⇧ Z⇧ ZZoom out from selected clip/time. Do this again to zoom all the way out
⌥ scrollALT-scrollZoom height of selected track (arrangement view)
SSFold height of all tracks (arrangement view)

ALL THE SINGLE-LETTER COMMANDS

Remember it: BRAS ZOMQ
BBToggle draw mode (for programming within MIDI Clips or drawing automation)
RRReverse selected audio – in arrangement view only
AAAutomation (hide / show) – in arrangement view only
SSFold height of all tracks (arrangement view)
ZZZoom to selected clip/time (then ⇧ Z to zoom out) in arrangement view or detail view
0 (zero)0 (zero)Deactivate (clips, tracks, devices, & notes)
MMToggle computer MIDI keyboard
QQHot swap the selected device (when device is on a track). Then arrows, Return, Q

PARAMETER MAPPING

⌘ M CTRL-MMIDI map mode – assign a MIDI controller to any purple-shaded parameter
⌘ K CTRL-KKey map mode – assign a QWERTY key to any orange-shaded parameter

CREATE AND CAPTURE

⌘ TCTRL-TInsert new audio track
⌘⇧ TCTRL⇧ TInsert new MIDI track
⌘ ICTRL-IInsert new scene (in session view)
⌘⌥ TCTRL-ALT-TInsert new return track
d-clickd-clickCreate new MIDI clip (in session view clip slot or on arrangement view timeline)
⌘⇧ ICTRL-ALT-I“Capture and Insert scene” Creates new scene from currently playing clips
⌘⇧ CCTRL⇧ CCapture MIDI (if you forgot to hit record while jamming)
⌘⇧ SCTRL⇧ SSave Live Set As… (new name and / or version number)
⌘⇧ RCTRL⇧ RExport your song or selection. Choose to export as audio file, mp3 and / or video

ARRANGEMENT VIEW

← →← →Move selected clip left/right
⇧ ←→⇧ ←→Nudge selected clip left/right
Hold Hold CTRLFiner resolution when dragging clips
RRReverse selected audio
Hold shift and drag the edge of a warped audio clip to stretch it

ARRANGEMENT TIMELINE EDITING

⌘⇧ delCTRL⇧ delDelete time
⌘⇧ VCTRL⇧ VPaste time
⌘⇧ XCTRL⇧ VCut time
⌘ ICTRL-IInsert silence
⌘ JCTRL-JConsolidate selection into clip
⌘ ECTRL-ESplit clip at selection
⌘⇧ DCTRL⇧ DInsert duplicated time
⌘ LCTRL-LLoop the current timeline selection

MIXER AND DEVICE PARAMETER EDITING

deldelReturn value to default (on selected parameter). Double-clicking also works
Hold ⇧Hold ⇧While moving parameters, moves in finer increments
r-clickr-clickShow automation or Show modulation

AUTOMATION

AAToggle automation mode
BBDraw stepped automation
Hold Hold altCurve the automation
⌘ delCTRL-delDelete automation (on automated parameter)
Hold ⇧Hold ⇧For finer increments
Hold ⇧Hold ⇧To restrict automation movements to either horizontal or vertical
Hold ⌘Hold CTRLWhen drawing: freehand lines | When moving: overrides grid snapping

GROUP TRACKS and RACKS

⌘ GCTRL-GTracks: Group selected tracks | Devices: Create rack from selected device/s
Tracks: Hide grouped tracks | Devices: Collapse device
++Tracks: Unfold grouped tracks | Devices: Expand device if collapsed

MIDI EDITING

BBDraw mode
⌘ UCTRL-UQuantize
⌘⇧ UCTRL⇧ UQuantize settings
←→←→Move selected notes left/right/up/down
Transpose MIDI notes up / down in octaves
←→CTRL ←→Nudge MIDI notes
←→←→Lengthen / Shorten MIDI note
⌘⇧ DCTRL⇧ D Insert duplicated time

COMPUTER MIDI KEYBOARD

MMToggle computer MIDI keyboard
A to LA to LThis row triggers white notes from C (the A key).
W to OW to OThis row triggers black notes from C# (the W key). Actual keys are: WE – TYU – O
ZZOctave down
XXOctave up
CCDecrease note velocity
VVIncrease note velocity
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