Keyboard shortcuts
Get more efficient with your music production workflow in Soundation by learning these shortcuts.
| Global | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action | Soundation | Ableton Live | Logic | Info |
| Add audio channel | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| Add instrument channel | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| Show master channel | 0 | Cmd/Ctrl + 0 | 0 | Show/hide master channel |
| Toggle metronome | Shift + M | Cmd/Ctrl + M | K | Turn metronome on/off |
| Toggle recording | R | F9 | R | Toggle recording for selected channel |
| Toggle loop | O | Cmd/Ctrl + L | C | Toggle loop locators for playback on(off |
| Show/hide library | Cmd/Ctrl + L | Cmd/Ctrl + B | Y | Show/hide loop library |
| Bypass effect | Alt | Alt | Alt | |
| Close window | Esc | Esc | Esc | Close the active window |
| Close all windows | Shift + Esc | Shift + Esc | Shift + Esc | Close all open windows |
| Channels | ||||
| Toggle automation lane | A | A | A | Show/hide automation for selected channel |
| Toggle all automation lanes | Shift + A | Shift + A | Shift + A | Show/hide automation for all channels |
| Toggle solo | S | S | S | Solo on/off for selected channel |
| Toggle mute | M | Shift + M | M | Mute on/off for selected channel |
| Unsolo/Unmute all | Alt + M, Alt + S, Alt | Alt + M, Alt + S, Cmd/Ctrl | Alt + M, Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S, Alt | Unsolo/unmute all channels |
| Toggle effects | F | F | F | Show/hide effect list for selected channel |
| Virtual keyboard | ||||
| Activate | K or Cmd/Ctrl + K | M | Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + K | To play selected channel with computer keyboard |
| Change octave | X, Z | X, Z | X, Z | Toggle between octaves on virtual keyboard |
| Change velocity | V, C | V, C | V, C | Increase/decrease velocity on virtual keyboard |
| Play virtual keyboard | A, W, S, E, D, F, T, G, Y, H, U, J, K, O, L, P | A, W, S, E, D, F, T, G, Y, H, U, J, K, O, L, P | A, W, S, E, D, F, T, G, Y, H, U, J, K, O, L, P | |
| File | ||||
| New song | Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + N | Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + N | Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + N | Create a new song |
| Open song | Cmd/Ctrl + O | Cmd/Ctrl + O | Cmd/Ctrl + O | Open a song from the project list |
| Publish | Cmd/Ctrl + P | Cmd/Ctrl + P | Cmd/Ctrl + P | Publish the song to community |
| Edit | ||||
| Undo | Cmd/Ctrl + Z | Cmd/Ctrl + Z | Cmd/Ctrl + Z | |
| Redo | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z | |
| Copy (notes, clips, effects) | Cmd/Ctrl + C | Cmd/Ctrl + C | Cmd/Ctrl + C | Copy notes, clips, effects |
| Paste (notes, clips, effects) | Cmd/Ctrl + V | Cmd/Ctrl + V | Cmd/Ctrl + V | Paste notes, clips, effects |
| Cut (notes, clips, effects) | Cmd/Ctrl + X | Cmd/Ctrl + X | Cmd/Ctrl + X | Cut notes, clips, effects |
| Duplicate (notes, clips, channels, effects) | Cmd/Ctrl + D | Cmd/Ctrl + D | Cmd/Ctrl + D | Duplicate notes, clips, channels, effects |
| Delete (notes, clips, channels, effects) | Del or Backspace | Del or Backspace | Del or Backspace | Delete notes, clips, channels, effects |
| Mute/unmute clip | Cmd/Ctrl + M | 0 | Cmd/Ctrl + M | Mute/unmute selected clips |
| Consolidate clips | Cmd/Ctrl + J | Cmd/Ctrl + J | Cmd/Ctrl + J | Consolidate selected clips (MIDI only) |
| Arrangement view | ||||
| Pointer tool | 1 | 1 | 1 | Activate pointer tool |
| Scissor tool | 2 | 2 or Ctrl + E | 2 | Activate scissor tool |
| Stretch tool | 3 | 3 | 3 | Activate velocity tool |
| Pitch tool | 4 | 4 | 4 | Activate pitch stretch tool |
| Time stretch clip | Shift | Shift | Shift | Hold and drag edge of clip to time stretch |
| Pitch stretch clip | Shift + Alt | Cmd/Ctrl + Alt | Cmd/Ctrl + Alt | Hold and drag edge of clip to pitch stretch |
| Note clip view | ||||
| Arrow tool | 1 | 1 | 1 | Activate arrow tool |
| Pen tool | 2 | 2 | 2 | Activate pen tool |
| Velocity tool | 3 | 3 | 3 | Activate velocity tool |
| Toggle pen tool | B | B | B | Toggle between pen and pointer tool |
| Selection | ||||
| Multiselect | Shift | Shift | Shift | Add/remove to selection (notes, clips, effects) |
| Select all | Cmd/Ctrl + A | Cmd/Ctrl + A | Cmd/Ctrl + A | Select all clips, notes |
| Piano roll key select | Cmd/Ctrl | Cmd/Ctrl | Shift | Select keys in pitch |
| Add or remove notes in pitch to note selection | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift | |
| Select regions in channel | Cmd/Ctrl | Cmd/Ctrl | Shift | |
| Movement | ||||
| Slippy move (temporarily) | Cmd/Ctrl | Cmd/Ctrl | Cmd/Ctrl | |
| Restricted move | Shift | Shift | Shift | |
| Move notes | Up, Down, Left, Right | Up, Down, Left, Right | Up, Down, Left, Right | |
| Move notes in octaves | Shift + Up, Shift + Down | Shift + Up, Shift + Down | Shift + Alt + Up, Shift + Alt + Down | |
| Fine tune knob value | Shift | Shift | Shift | |
| Duplicate clip | Alt | Alt | Alt | |
| Navigation | ||||
| Play / pause | Space, Cmd/Ctrl + Space or Shift + Space | Space, Cmd/Ctrl + Space or Shift + Space | Enter or Space, Cmd/Ctrl + Space or Shift + Space | |
| Reset playback | Enter | Home | Cmd/Ctrl + . | |
| Move playhead 1 bar backwards | Left | Left | , | |
| Move playhead 1 bar forwards | Right | Right | . | |
| Zoom horizontally | Cmd/Ctrl | Cmd/Ctrl | Cmd/Ctrl | |
| Zoom vertically | Cmd/Ctrl + Alt | Cmd/Ctrl + Alt | Cmd/Ctrl + Alt | |
| Zoom horizontally one step | Plus, Minus | Plus, Minus | Cmd/Ctrl + Left, Cmd/Ctrl + Right | |
| Zoom vertically one step | Cmd/Ctrl + Plus, Cmd/Ctrl + Minus | Cmd/Ctrl + Plus, Cmd/Ctrl + Minus | Cmd/Ctrl + Up, Cmd/Ctrl + Down | |
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