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33. Live Ke oard hortcut
33.1 howing and Hiding View
Window Macinto h
Toggle Full creen Mode F11 CTRL - CMD - F
Toggle econd Window CTRL - Shift - W CMD - Shift - W
Toggle e ion/Arrangement Tab Tab
View
Toggle Device/Clip View Shift - Tab or F12 Shift - Tab or CTRL - F12
Hide/ how Detail View CTRL - ALT - L or Shift - CMD - ALT - L or CTRL -
F12 Shift - F12
Toggle Hot- wap Mode Q Q
Toggle Drum Rack/la t- elected D D
Pad
Hide/ how Info View Shift - ? Shift - ?
Hide/ how row er CTRL - ALT - B CMD - ALT - B
Hide/ how Overview CTRL - ALT - O CMD - ALT - O
Hide/ how In/Out CTRL - ALT - I CMD - ALT - I
Hide/ how end CTRL - ALT - S CMD - ALT - S
Hide/ how Mixer CTRL - ALT - M CMD - ALT - M
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Open the Preference CTRL - , CMD - ,
Clo e Window/Dialog ESC ESC
33.2 Acce ing Menu
Under Window , ou can acce each menu pre ing ALT and the fir t letter of the menu (
ALT - F for “File,” for in tance). While a menu i open, ou can u e:
· the up and down arrow ke to navigate the menu item ;
· the right and left arrow ke to open the neigh oring menu;
· Enter to choo e a menu item.
In O X, ou can acce individual menu entrie pre ing CMD - ? . Thi open a earch field
that will ugge t menu entrie a ou t pe. You can then navigate the ugge ted option pre ing
the up and down arrow ke and pre Enter to choo e one.
33.3 Adju ting Value
Window Macinto h
Decrement/Increment up and down arrow ke up and down arrow ke
Finer Re olution for Dragging CTRL CMD
Return to Default Delete Delete
T pe in Value 0 ... 9 0 ... 9
Go to Next Field ( ar. eat.16th) . - , . - ,
A ort Value ntr ESC ESC
Confirm Value ntr Enter Enter
33.4 row ing
In addition to the hortcut hown here, the editing hortcut can al o e u ed in the row er.
Window Macinto h
croll Down/Up up and down arrow ke up and down arrow ke
Clo e/Open Folder right and left arrow ke right and left arrow ke
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Load elected Item from row er Enter Enter
Preview elected File Shift - Enter Shift - Enter
earch in row er CTRL - F CMD - F
Jump to earch Re ult down arrow ke down arrow ke
33.5 Tran port
Window Macinto h
Pla from tart Marker/ top Space Space
Continue Pla from top Point Shift - Space Shift - Space
Pla Arrangement View Space Space
election
Move In ert Marker to Home Function +left arrow ke
eginning
Record F9 F9
ack to Arrangement F10 F10
Activate/Deactivate Track 1..8 F1 ... F8 F1 ... F8
33.6 diting
Window Macinto h
Cut CTRL - X CMD - X
Cop CTRL - C CMD - C
Pa te CTRL - V CMD - V
Duplicate CTRL - D CMD - D
Delete Delete Delete
Undo CTRL - Z CMD - Z
Redo CTRL - Y CMD - Y
R CTRL R CMD R
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Rename CTRL - R CMD - R
elect All CTRL - A CMD - A
holding down an additional modifier ke , ome of the a ove command can al o e applied to:
Window Macinto h
Clip and lot Acro all Track Shift Shift
Time Acro all Track Shift Shift
The elected Part of the ALT ALT
nvelope
Tab can e u ed to move from one track or cene to another while renaming.
33.7 Loop race and tart/ nd Marker
The loop race and tart/end marker mu t fir t e elected efore an of the following command
will appl to them.
Window Macinto h
Move tart Marker to Po ition Shift -click Shift -click
Nudge Loop Left/Right right and left arrow ke right and left arrow ke
Move Loop Loop Length up and down arrow ke up and down arrow ke
Halve/Dou le Loop Length CTRL up and down arrow ke CMD up and down arrow ke
horten/Lengthen Loop CTRL right and left arrow ke CMD right and left arrow ke
elect Material in Loop CTRL - Shift - L CMD - Shift - L
33.8 e ion View Command
ee al o the editing command .
Window Macinto h
Launch elected Clip/ lot Enter Enter
elect Neigh oring Clip/ lot arrow ke arrow ke
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elect Neigh oring Clip/ lot arrow ke arrow ke
elect all Clip / lot CTRL - A CMD - A
Cop Clip CTRL drag ALT drag
Add/Remove top utton CTRL - E CMD - E
In ert MIDI clip CTRL - Shift - M CMD - Shift - M
In ert cene CTRL - I CMD - I
In ert Captured cene CTRL - Shift - I CMD - Shift - I
Move Nonadjacent cene CTRL up and down arrow ke CMD up and down arrow ke
Without Collap ing
Drop row er Clip a a cene CTRL CMD
33.9 Arrangement View Command
The hortcut for zooming, napping/drawing and loop/region etting al o work in the
Arrangement View. ee al o the editing command .
Window Macinto h
plit Clip at election CTRL - E CMD - E
Con olidate election into Clip CTRL - J CMD - J
Create Fade/Cro fade CTRL - ALT - F CMD - ALT - F
Loop election CTRL - L CMD - L
In ert ilence CTRL - I CMD - I
Pan Left/Right of election CTRL - ALT CMD - ALT
Unfold all Track ALT unfold utton ALT unfold utton
croll Di pla to Follow CTRL - Shift - F CMD - Shift - F
Pla ack
33.10 Command for Track
ee al o the editing command .
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Window Macinto h
In ert Audio Track CTRL - T CMD - T
In ert MIDI Track CTRL - Shift - T CMD - Shift - T
In ert Return Track CTRL - ALT - T CMD - ALT - T
Rename elected Track CTRL - R CMD - R
While Renaming, Go to next Tab Tab
Track
Group elected Track CTRL - G CMD - G
Ungroup Track CTRL - Shift - G CMD - Shift - G
how Grouped Track + +
Hide Grouped Track - -
Move Nonadjacent Track CTRL arrow ke CMD arrow ke
Without Collap ing
Arm/ olo Multiple Track CTRL click CMD click
Add Device from row er Enter Enter
33.11 Command for reakpoint nvelope
The hortcut for zooming, napping/drawing and loop/region etting al o work in the nvelope
ditor and Arrangement View. ee al o the editing command .
Window Macinto h
Finer Re olution for Dragging CTRL CMD
na le Dragging Over Shift Shift
reakpoint
Create Curved Automation ALT ALT
egment
33.12 Ke /MIDI Map Mode and the Computer MIDI Ke oard
Window Macinto h
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Window Macinto h
Toggle MIDI Map Mode CTRL - M CMD - M
Toggle Ke Map Mode CTRL - K CMD - K
Computer MIDI Ke oard CTRL - Shift - K CMD - Shift - K
33.13 Zooming, Di pla and election
Window Macinto h
Zoom In + +
Zoom Out - -
Drag/Click to Append to a Shift Shift
election
Click to Add Adjacent Shift Shift
Clip /Track / cene to Multi-
election
Click to Add Nonadjacent CTRL CMD
Clip /Track / cene to a Multi-
election
Follow (Auto- croll) CTRL - Shift - F CMD - Shift - K
Pan Left/Right of election CTRL - ALT CMD - ALT
33.14 Clip View ample Di pla
The hortcut for zooming and loop/region etting al o work in the ample Di pla .
Window Macinto h
Quantize CTRL - U CMD - U
Quantize etting ... CTRL - Shift - U CMD - Shift - U
Move elected Warp Marker right and left arrow ke right and left arrow ke
elect Warp Marker CTRL right and left arrow ke CMD right and left arrow ke
croll Di pla to Follow CTRL - Shift - F CMD - Shift - F
Pla ack
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Pla ack
Move Clip Region with tart Shift right and left arrow ke Shift right and left arrow ke
Marker
33.15 Clip View MIDI ditor
The hortcut for zooming, napping/drawing and loop/region etting al o work in the MIDI
ditor.
Window Macinto h
Quantize CTRL - U CMD - U
Quantize etting ... CTRL - Shift - U CMD - Shift - U
croll ditor Verticall Page Up/Down ke Page Up/Down ke
croll ditor Horizontall CTRL Page Up/Down ke Shift Page Up/Down ke
Cop Note CTRL drag ALT drag
Change Velocit From Note ALT drag CMD drag
ditor
Move In ert Marker to Home Function +left arrow ke
eginning
Move In ert Marker to nd End End
croll Di pla to Follow CTRL - Shift - F CMD - Shift - F
Pla ack
Move Clip Region with tart Shift right and left arrow ke Shift right and left arrow ke
Marker
33.16 Grid napping and Drawing
Window Macinto h
Toggle Draw Mode B B
Narrow Grid CTRL - 1 CMD - 1
Widen Grid CTRL - 2 CMD - 2
Triplet Grid CTRL - 3 CMD - 3
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nap to Grid CTRL - 4 CMD - 4
Fixed/Zoom-Adaptive Grid CTRL - 5 CMD - 5
pa napping While ALT CMD
Dragging
33.17 Glo al Quantization
Window Macinto h
ixteenth-Note Quantization CTRL - 6 CMD - 6
ighth-Note Quantization CTRL - 7 CMD - 7
Quarter-Note Quantization CTRL - 8 CMD - 8
1- ar Quantization CTRL - 9 CMD - 9
Quantization Off CTRL - 0 CMD - 0
33.18 Working with et and the Program
Window Macinto h
New Live et CTRL - N CMD - N
Open Live et CTRL - O CMD - O
ave Live et CTRL - S CMD - S
ave Live et A ... CTRL - Shift - S CMD - Shift - S
Quit Live CTRL - Q CMD - Q
Hide Live CMD - H
xport Audio/Video CTRL - Shift - R CMD - Shift - R
xport MIDI file CTRL - Shift - E CMD - Shift - E
33.19 Working with Plug-In and Device
Window Macinto h
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how/Hide Plug-In Window CTRL - ALT - P CMD - ALT - P
Open econd/Multiple CTRL CMD
Window with Plug-In dit
utton
Open Mac Ke troke Plug-In Shift
Window with Plug-In dit utton
Group/Ungroup Device CTRL - G CMD - G
Activate/Deactivate All Device ALT device activator ALT device activator
in Group
Click to Append Device to a Shift Shift
elected Device
Load elected Device From Enter Enter
row er
33.20 U ing the Context Menu
A context menu i availa le in Live for quick acce to man commonl u ed menu item . To acce
the context menu, right-click (PC) / CTRL - click (Mac) on the part of the interface where
ou would like to execute a particular command. It i worth noting that Live’ context menu ma
ometime contain applica le etting from the Preference . You hould change the e option with
care, a the will affect not onl the currentl elected item ut the general etting of the program.
ome command onl appear in the context menu. Among the e are: variou option for working
with the row er ( ee 5.1); the pecial grid marker command for directing Auto-Warp ( ee
“ ncing Longer Piece ”); detailed option for zoom-adaptive and fixed grid line width ( ee 6.9);
cop ing and pa ting for Operator’ envelope and o cillator ( ee 24.6); and numerou device-
pecific command .
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1. Welcome to Live
2. Fir t tep
3. Authorizing Live
4. Live Concept
5. Managing File and et
6. Arrangement View
7. e ion View
8. Clip View
9. Audio Clip , Tempo, and Warping
10. diting MIDI Note and Velocitie
11. Converting Audio to MIDI
12. U ing Groove
13. Launching Clip
14. Routing and I/O
15. Mixing
16. Recording New Clip
17. Working with In trument and ffect
18. In trument, Drum and ffect Rack
19. Automation and diting nvelope
20. Clip nvelope
21. Working with Video
22. Live Audio ffect Reference
23. Live MIDI ffect Reference
24. Live In trument Reference
25. Max for Live
26. MIDI and Ke Remote Control
27. U ing Pu h
28. U ing Pu h 2
29. Link, nchronization, and ReWire
30. Computer Audio Re ource and trategie
31. Audio Fact heet
32. MIDI Fact heet
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33. Live Ke oard hortcut
33.1 howing and Hiding View
33.2 Acce ing Menu
33.3 Adju ting Value
33.4 row ing
33.5 Tran port
33.6 diting
33.7 Loop race and tart/ nd Marker
33.8 e ion View Command
33.9 Arrangement View Command
33.10 Command for Track
33.11 Command for reakpoint nvelope
33.12 Ke /MIDI Map Mode and the Computer MIDI Ke oard
33.13 Zooming, Di pla and election
33.14 Clip View ample Di pla
33.15 Clip View MIDI ditor
33.16 Grid napping and Drawing
33.17 Glo al Quantization
33.18 Working with et and the Program
33.19 Working with Plug-In and Device
33.20 U ing the Context Menu
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