Emma Partnow

A Very Warm Welcome to You Mike :);
I Love Hard House and Hardcore; and I will Still Mix it Today 😀

Unfortunately I can’t find a Shortcut for Volume; so I Presume it would have to Midi-Mapped to a Controller;
Here are ‘some’ Shortcut Keys I have found as I am unable to Copy & Paste from the Manual I am Sorry;

1. Duplicate = COMMAND+D.
2. Disable Grid = COMMAND+4 (or hold COMMAND whilst selecting note or note start/end).
3. Select Looped = COMMAND+SHIFT+L.
4. Resize/Move Loop braces = cursor keys or COMMAND+cursor keys.
5. In arrange view loop selected = COMMAND+L.
6. In arrange view consolidate multiple selected clips = COMMAND+J.
7. Playback from current position = SHIFT+SPACEBAR.
8. Trigger selected clip slot = RETURN.
9. Switch Clip/Track view = SHIFT+TAB.
10. Move clip from session to arrange & vica versa = Click and hold on clip then press TAB.
11. Stop focus moving when triggering clips (all clips) = In prefs > Record/Warp/Launch > Select on Launch > select ‘off’.
12. Stop focus moving when triggering clips (selected clips) = CTRL+Click desired clip > select ‘Select on Launch (Pref)’.
13. Preferences = COMMAND+,.
14. Adjust all track widths = hold ALT while adjusting.
15. Record Enable Track = F9.
16. Slower response while changing track levels = Hold COMMAND while moving fader.
17. Show hide plugin windows = COMMAND+ALT+P.
18. Stop browser preview = ESC.
19. In browser alternate navigation/previewing = left & right cursor keys.
20. Zoom to loop = Click on the word “length”.
21. Zoom to position = Click on the word “position”.
22. Zoom out 100% = Double click the bottom clip overview tab.
23. Zoom to specific portion = Use start and end of bottom clip overview like loop braces.
24. Alternate scrolling in MIDI clips = COMMAND+ALT+Drag.
25. Show/Hide overview in session view = COMMAND+ALT+O.
26. Show/Hide Info View = SHIFT+/.
27. Mute/Unmute tracks 1-8 = F1-F8.
28. Time compress/expand MIDI notes = right-click with all notes selected then select ‘stretch notes’.
29. Insert silence in arrange view/scene in session view = COMMAND+I.
30. Drag multiple files to individual tracks = Hold COMMAND whilst dragging files in.
31. Unfold all arrange tracks = ALT+Click a track arrow icon.
32. Alternative velocity control in MIDI editor = COMMAND+Click note+drag.
33. Duplicate note in MIDI editor = ALT+Click note+drag.
34. Render tracks as individual files = In render dialog change “Master” to “All Tracks”.
35. Assign twice as many qwerty keys to live = SHIFT.
36. Restrict automation point movement to vertical axis = COMMAND+Drag.
37. Scroll drum racks 1 row at a time = COMMAND+Drag.
38. View multiple plugin windows = In prefs > Look/Feel > Auto-Hide Plugin Windows > select ‘off’.
39. Edit info text for tracks and devices to make notes = CTRL+Click > select ‘Edit Info Text’.
40. Create note with draw mode off = Double Click.
41. Remove stop buttons to avoid clips stopping when changing scenes = Select clip slot > COMMAND+E (or enable ‘Legato’ launch mode).

General Tips

• Hidden buttons visible when in midi or key assign mode = scene up/down (in master track).
• per track play button – launches selected clip in track.
• Entering bpm in the scene launch buttons title sets bpm when launched.
• Click the headphone icon in midi editor to enable vertical keyboard to preview related sound.
• While MIDI synced to external machine hosting Live ALT+SPACEBAR on the sync slave causes it to sync to the masters current song position. (remedy for sync drifting without stopping and starting).
• Remember to experiment with the default live rack presets especially the DJ/Performance ones.
• GIGA libraries can be exported to Sampler then deleted (if required), as all samples are copied to the library.
• Mac users check out a free app called Soundsource. It adds an audio prefs selector to the menu-bar.
• OSX Function keys = ALT+F1/F2 opens Display Prefs, ALT+F3/F4/F5 opens Sound Prefs, ALT+F8/F9/F10 opens Keyboard & Mouse Prefs.
• When a new version of Live is released. Open Info Window (SHIFT+/) and hover any new parameters, fields or preferences.
• Multiple tracks can be selected and frozen simultaneously.
• Drag and drop tracks directly from iTunes for DJing.
• Dragging a sample onto a plugin instrument will replace the instrument with an instance of Simpler containing that sample.

Haroon K, post: 2913 wrote: You can change the settings in traktor so that it analyses files as you load it to a deck, which takes seconds too, rather than doing the collection as a whole. However, taking three weeks to analyse a collection is an exagertation, no? In the past I have just let it run when I’ve gone out for the night and I’ve come back its done. I dont understand why people, like my mates missus sit infront of a computer waiting for it to do something that will take time, like back ups, virus scans etc.

I think Females (including Myself) are Too Impatient in Life; and Need Things Done Quickly 🙂
Many Apologies; I may have meant 72 hours rather than 3 weeks – I was going by what somebody said on here about 3,000 Tracks and how long it would take; the Challenge with my Laptop is that although I have switched off the Screensaver; after about 8 minutes the Screen goes Black; and in order for me to continue Scanning/Analysing I have to rub the Mouse Thing to get my Screen back; and then it will continue doing what I need it to do; if I don’t rub the Mouse Thing the Laptop will actually go into Hibernation and so Everything Stops; it is a Nuisance 🙁

Hello Kevin 🙂
I live in Bristol; so about 3-4 hours from down the M5 and then the A38 I think 🙂

A Very Warm Welcome to you Stuze :);
I don’t have the Option of using iTunes Unfortunately; so as long as I have the ‘Key’ of the Track (from Mixed In Key); the BPM of the Track (from Ableton); the Genre of the Track (my Assumption); and the Length of the Track; that is enough Information for me to be able to pull Tracks from my 3,000 Track Collection into my DJ Software;
So; for instance; a Track in my Collection would look like this:
2A – 128 – Green Velvet – Answering Machine (Techno) (8.10)