Ableton Live 10 Key Commands

15-09-2021

Ableton Live 10 Key Commands

A long time Cubase user, I learnt Ableton Live about 15 years ago specifically for live show production that lasted a few years. I've recently installed LIve 10 to make certain warping-type work easier and faster, and it does a great job.

Ableton Live 10 Key Commands
Ableton Live 10 Key Shortcuts

Method 1: The Z Key Ableton 10 has included this new zooming shortcut that is really quite lovely. Select any area you would like to zoom in on and press the Z key. This will center your selection and zoom in as far as it can while still keeping the whole selection visible. Ableton 10 has a lot of new keyboard shortcuts in it that are great for speeding up your workflow. There are some incredible ones that are so useful you will never want to look back at Live 9. You can toggle automation on and off with A, you can show all tracks by pushing S, and that is just to name a couple. Keyboard shortcuts not working. Live Versions: 10; Operating System: All; Live 10 has introduced various keyboard shortcuts which work without a modifier. If these don't work, check the following: 1. Make sure that the Computer MIDI Keyboard is deactivated. Make sure that there are no Key mappings which conflict with the shortcuts. Ableton Live 10 Categories Dark green Midi controller keys Red Record Light green Midi controller keys Purple Navigation Blue green Octave range Peach Zooming Light blue Velocity range Dark blue Open & Preview Orange Direct toggle No color Mixed Yellow Transport & View Shortcut list Tips Press Ctrl/Cmd + F to activate Search field.

But I have a lot of 'muscle-memory' (actually, cerebellum-memory but let's not be pedantic) invested in Cubase, and I would like my keyboard shorcuts in Live to match those in Cubase.
Now, I always thought this was possible on a Mac, but I'm not having any luck. I thought it was done throught the Accessibilty part of System Preferences, however this won't let me assign alpha keys on their own to a function, there must be a modifier key held down as well. (On Cubase, using the f, g and h keys I can very quickly follow an audio file, zoom in, edit, then zoom out and follow again, all without using the dreaded mouse).
Ableton does allow you to customise both Key and Midi control for whatever you can see on the screens (both Arrangement view and Session view) but this does not apply to the drop-down menus.
Any suggestions?

(I'm on El Cap)

Intro

Just like any other software, learning to use key commands, speeds up your electronic music production flow. Using a mouse to point and click adds up the minutes and hours over the course of project. Instead, you could be pressing a couple of keys on the keyboard. Below you will find a table of the 13 essential Ableton Live 10 Keyboard Shortcuts that will increase the speed at which you work in!

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We’re starting a series of essential keyboard shortcuts that will help you use Ableton much more smoothly. Below are a few shortcuts to get you started. They will definitely help you free up your right-hand mouse, to do the more creative things with them. Separating your technical actions and mindset, leaving you with a more pleasurable music production session.

Shortcuts

The more key commands you use the better, faster and more productive you get. We can’t stress enough to start using the below key commands on your next project.

SPACE	Play/Stop	CMD+L	Loop Selection
0	Deactivate Notes/Clips	CMD+R	Rename
B	Pencil/Draw Mode	CMD+A	Select All
SHIFT+SPACE	Play from Stop Point	CMD+U	Quantise
CMD+J	Consolidate	CMD+SHIFT+U	Quantise with Settings
TAB	Toggle Arrangement/Session View	CMD+E	Split clip at the selection
SHIFT+TAB	Toggle between Device/Clip View