In the Arrangement View there are several handy keyboard shortcuts
that can really help you speed up your workflow. Let's take a look at these.
To split an audio or MIDI clip at a selection press Cmd + E on a Mac or Ctrl + E on windows.
To consolidate 2 or more clips together press Cmd + J on a Mac or Ctrl + J on a PC.
To toggle a loop selection press Cmd + L on a Mac or Ctrl + L on Windows.
To insert silence at the point of an Insert Marker press Cmd + I on a Mac or Ctrl + I on Windows.
To fold or unfold one or more selected tracks press U on your computer keyboard.
To fold or unfold all selected tracks hold down the Alt button on a PC or the Option button on a Mac
and press U on your computer keyboard.
In a Live project, if all of the tracks have a different height size, press H on your computer keyboard
to arrange all the track heights equally to fit the screen.
If you find yourself zoomed into a particular section of your arrangement
press W on your computer keyboard to allow the entire arrangement to fit the screen.
To allow the display to scroll hold Cmd + Shift + F on a Mac or Ctrl + Shift + F on Windows.
To deactivate a selection, press 0.
To nudge a selection left or right use the Left or Right arrow keys.
To reverse an Audio Clip selection press R.
To zoom into an arrangement time selection press Z on your computer keyboard.
If you wish to zoom out of the time selection press X on your computer keyboard.
If you wish to further zoom out from the time selection press X again.
If your computer's track-pad supports mouse gestures
you can use the track-pad to zoom into certain areas of your arrangement
by pressing Alt on a PC and Option on a Mac and using the mouse gestures.
You can also use the mouse gesture to resize the track height of the selected track.
To toggle the Automation Mode press A.
If you wish to add a specific break-point value to automation
simply select the automation and where you'd like to add the break-point
right-click on the automation line, and using the Context Menu select Add Value, then type in the value,
and press Enter. If you wish to edit a break-point value select the break point, right-click,
and using the Context Menu select Edit Value.
For a finer resolution of automation break-points or parameter changes hold Shift
while moving the break-point or changing the device parameter.
To create a curved automation segment
move the mouse cursor close to the automation segment until it's highlighted blue
hold the Alt button on a PC or the Option button on a Mac and drag the blue highlighted line to form a curve.
To add predefined automation curves in the Arrangement View
select a region in the automation lane and then right-click.
Using the Context menu you can select on of the predefined shapes to add it to that time selection.