Ableton Live keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 147 Ableton Live 12 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • Space — Play / Stop
  • Shift+Space — Play from Start
  • F9 — Record
  • Ctrl+R — Record (Alternative)
  • Ctrl+Space — Stop All Clips
  • Ctrl+L — Toggle Loop
  • Ctrl+Shift+L — Loop Selection
  • Ctrl+M — Toggle Metronome
  • T — Tap Tempo
  • Ctrl+Period — Nudge Tempo Up
  • Ctrl+Comma — Nudge Tempo Down
  • Ctrl+F — Follow Playhead
  • Home — Jump to Start
  • End — Jump to End
  • ArrowLeft — Move Insert Marker Left
  • ArrowRight — Move Insert Marker Right
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Toggle Automation Arm
  • Ctrl+Alt+A — Re-enable Automation
  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Ctrl+Y — Redo
  • Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo (Alternative)
  • Ctrl+X — Cut
  • Ctrl+C — Copy
  • Ctrl+V — Paste
  • Ctrl+D — Duplicate
  • Delete — Delete
  • Backspace — Delete (Backspace)
  • Ctrl+A — Select All
  • Escape — Deselect All
  • Ctrl+R — Rename
  • Ctrl+U — Quantize
  • Ctrl+Shift+U — Quantize Settings
  • Ctrl+J — Consolidate Time to New Clip
  • Ctrl+Shift+J — Crop Clip
  • Ctrl+E — Split Clip at Selection
  • Ctrl+Alt+F — Create Fade / Crossfade
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Reverse Clip(s)
  • Ctrl+G — Group Tracks
  • Ctrl+Shift+G — Ungroup Tracks
  • Ctrl+Shift+F — Freeze Track
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F — Flatten Track
  • Ctrl+1 — Narrow Grid
  • Ctrl+2 — Widen Grid
  • Ctrl+3 — Triplet Grid
  • Ctrl+4 — Toggle Snap to Grid
  • Ctrl+5 — Toggle Fixed / Adaptive Grid
  • Ctrl+B — Toggle Draw Mode
  • Ctrl+I — Insert Silence
  • Ctrl+Shift+X — Cut Time
  • Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste Time
  • Ctrl+Shift+D — Duplicate Time
  • Ctrl+L — Select Loop
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Zoom to Arrangement
  • Ctrl+Equal — Zoom In
  • Ctrl+Minus — Zoom Out
  • Ctrl+ArrowUp — Scroll Up
  • Ctrl+ArrowDown — Scroll Down
  • Shift+L — Set Locator
  • Ctrl+ArrowRight — Go to Next Locator
  • Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Go to Previous Locator
  • Ctrl+Delete — Delete Locator
  • Alt+ArrowLeft — Fold / Unfold Track
  • Alt+ArrowUp — Increase Track Height
  • Alt+ArrowDown — Decrease Track Height
  • ArrowDown — Select Next Track
  • ArrowUp — Select Previous Track
  • Enter — Launch Selected Clip
  • Shift+Enter — Launch Selected Scene
  • ArrowUp — Navigate Clip Grid Up
  • ArrowDown — Navigate Clip Grid Down
  • ArrowLeft — Navigate Clip Grid Left
  • ArrowRight — Navigate Clip Grid Right
  • 0 — Stop Selected Clip
  • Ctrl+I — Insert Scene
  • Ctrl+Shift+I — Capture and Insert Scene
  • Shift+L — Show / Hide Clip View
  • C — Arm Selected Track
  • S — Solo Selected Track
  • Ctrl+0 — Activate / Deactivate Selected Track
  • Ctrl+T — Insert Audio Track
  • Ctrl+Shift+T — Insert MIDI Track
  • Ctrl+Alt+T — Insert Return Track
  • Ctrl+F1 — Show Sends A
  • Ctrl+F2 — Show Sends B
  • Ctrl+F3 — Toggle Crossfader
  • Ctrl+F6 — Toggle Device / Chain / Mixer Section
  • Alt+Delete — Reset Pan to Center
  • Tab — Switch Arrangement / Session View
  • Shift+Tab — Toggle Detail / Clip View
  • Ctrl+Alt+F5 — Toggle Browser
  • Ctrl+Alt+F7 — Toggle Overview
  • Shift+Slash — Toggle Info View
  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Show / Hide Sends
  • Ctrl+Alt+M — Show / Hide Mixer
  • Ctrl+Alt+R — Show / Hide Returns
  • Ctrl+Alt+I — Show / Hide I/O Section
  • F11 — Toggle Full Screen
  • Ctrl+Shift+F11 — Open Second Window
  • Ctrl+Alt+F12 — Show / Hide Detail View
  • Q — Hot-Swap Mode
  • Ctrl+N — New Live Set
  • Ctrl+O — Open Live Set
  • Ctrl+S — Save Live Set
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Save Live Set As
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Export Audio / Video
  • Ctrl+Shift+E — Export MIDI
  • Ctrl+W — Close Window
  • Ctrl+Q — Quit Ableton Live
  • Ctrl+Comma — Preferences
  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Collect All and Save
  • Ctrl+Shift+M — MIDI Map Mode
  • Ctrl+Shift+K — Key Map Mode
  • Ctrl+E — Insert Audio Effect
  • I — Insert Instrument
  • Alt+0 — Activate / Deactivate Device
  • Shift+ArrowUp — Extend Selection Up
  • Shift+ArrowDown — Extend Selection Down
  • Shift+ArrowLeft — Extend Selection Left
  • Shift+ArrowRight — Extend Selection Right
  • Enter — Confirm
  • Escape — Cancel / Close Dialog
  • Ctrl+Shift+C — Capture MIDI
  • Ctrl+Alt+L — Add Locator
  • Shift+End — Select to End of Arrangement
  • Shift+Home — Select to Start of Arrangement
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Move Selected Clip Left
  • Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Move Selected Clip Right
  • Ctrl+Shift+W — Warp From Here
  • Ctrl+6 — Clip Launch Quantize
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Select All Clips in Scene
  • F10 — Back to Arrangement
  • Shift+M — Toggle Computer MIDI Keyboard
  • Shift+Z — MIDI Keyboard Octave Up
  • Shift+X — MIDI Keyboard Octave Down
  • Shift+C — MIDI Keyboard Velocity Up
  • Shift+V — MIDI Keyboard Velocity Down
  • Ctrl+Alt+ArrowLeft — Move Device Left
  • Ctrl+Alt+ArrowRight — Move Device Right
  • Z — Zoom to Selection
  • X — Zoom Back (Previous Zoom Level)
  • Ctrl+F — Scroll View to Follow
  • Ctrl+7 — Insert Time Signature Change
  • Ctrl+F — Search in Browser
  • Ctrl+Alt+P — Show / Hide Plugin Window
  • Ctrl+P — Print
  • Ctrl+ArrowUp — Adjust Value (Fine)
  • Shift+ArrowUp — Adjust Value (Coarse)
  • Ctrl+WheelUp — Zoom In Horizontally
  • Ctrl+WheelDown — Zoom Out Horizontally
  • Ctrl+Alt+WheelUp — Zoom In Vertically
  • Ctrl+Alt+WheelDown — Zoom Out Vertically
  • WheelUp — Scroll Arrangement Horizontally
  • MouseLeft — Select Clip
  • Shift+MouseLeft — Add to Selection
  • MouseLeft — Move Clip (Drag)
  • Alt+MouseLeft — Duplicate Clip (Alt+Drag)
  • MouseLeft — Launch Clip (Click Launch Button)
  • MouseRight — Context Menu
  • MouseLeft — Adjust Knob / Fader (Drag)
  • WheelUp — Fine Adjust Value (Scroll on Parameter)

Other Audio & Music apps

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  • Audacity shortcuts
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  • Cubase shortcuts
  • FL Studio shortcuts
  • Logic Pro shortcuts
  • Pro Tools shortcuts
  • REAPER shortcuts
  • Reason shortcuts

Related pages

  • Ableton Live shortcuts
  • Ableton Live cheat sheet
  • Learn Ableton Live shortcuts
  • All Audio & Music apps