Force Hotkey/Shortcut List

AKAI FORCE
BUTTON SHORTCUT's= FUNCTION
Edit + Assign A/B= Crossfader Edit screen.
Edit + Knob 1-8= Knobs Macro screen.
Edit + Knobs button= Macro page.
Edit + Pad= Clip settings: set name, color, launch quantization, Launch mode (Toggle/Trigger) Program Change (From track/clip)
Edit + Scene Launch= Edit Row Options: Insert 1 or 8 Rows, Insert & Capture (copies any active clips to a new Scene, Clear, Take Snapshot.
Edit + a Track button or Double tap the Track header (the top box on the screen that has the track name & number)= Track Editor
Shift + Double tap a Track button= Track setting: name, track/pads colors, transpose, & MIDI settings.
Shift + ARP= Arpeggiator & Note Repeat Settings.
Shift + Clear Automation (Button under Track 4)= Clears all automation on that track.
Shift + Clip /Edit + Track button= Edit Track (like program edit; not available for audio tracks)
Shift + Cursor Buttons: Left, Right, Up or Down= Matrix jumps to next 8 tracks.
Shift + Data Dial= Fine Adjustments parameters values.
Shift + Double (Bottom under Track 3)= Double Clip Length.
Shift + Edit + Pad= Convert a drum pad to keygroup program.
Shift + Knobs= 1 of the 4 Banks of Pad Grid in the Macro section.
Shift + Launch (while in Launch Mode)= Launch Config settings: Default bar lenght, Empty Slot Off/Dim, Tapping a clip selects it (Play notes on one track while launching clips on another won't automatically change tracks), Show arrangement in clip matrix
Shift + Matrix= Ableton Live Control.
Shift + Menu= Open up the last selected Prefernce Tab.
Shift + Metronome (Bottom under Track 5)= Metronome Settings.
Shift + Mixer= Open Pad Mixer on Drum.
Shift + Mute/Solo/Rec Arm/Clip Stop= Mixer Config settings.
Shift + Navigate= XYFX Settings.
Shift + Note (while on a Drum Track)= Note Config options: pad Velocity Levels (As played, 12-93%, Half, Full)
Shift + Note (while on a Non-Drum Track)= Note Config options: Types; Note Modes, Root Note, Octave, Scale, Velocity Levels, Filter Input, Pads Generate Aftertouch.
Shift + Play= Play from where the seq was stopped.
Shift +(Oct -/Oct +)= Change Drum Pad Bank/Note octaves.
Shift + Rec= Record to Arrangement.
Shift + Save= Saves to the Project.
Shift + Step Seq= Step Seq Config options: Mode (Drum, Melodic, Lanes, Mono Steps 8x4, 8x8), Velocity, Step Size & Pads Generate Aftertouch.
Shift + Tap Tempo= Set BPM/Tempo.
Shift + Undo= Redo.
Press Step Seq= Cycles thru the different modes: Drum, Melodic, Lanes, Mono Steps 8x4, 8x8.
Hold any of these buttons: Clip/Launch/Knobs/Menu/Matrix/Mixer/Note/Rec/Step-Seq/Tap Tempo (release to return to previous view)= Quickly view that button's window with the ability to edit it. Then jump back to last screen.
Delete + Pad(s)= Will deletes the note(s) of that pad(s) as it plays in a seq while on that Track
Delete + Mute/Solo/Arm= Popup screen with the option to clear Mute/Sole/Arm on all tracks. You''ll have to be in Pad view to clear Mutes/Solos for pads.
Delete + A/B= Clears A/B Assignments.
Hold Assign A/B= Quickly assigns a parameter to the Crossfader.
Press and hold an insert FX slot on the mixers insert page.= Quickly add a channel strip.

MIDI Learn (while in Track Edit's Edit-All mode)= Assigns all 128 pads to the Macro: Knob, Crossfader A/B, XYFX, Pad Grid, & ENV Followers with the MIDI Learned parameter.
Long press a blank Track select button= Quickly add a track.
Hold Launch + Pads (while in Launch mode)= Move Tracks by 8 sections. The pad under Knob#1 takes you to Tracks 1-8 on row 1. The next pad goes to Tracks 9-16. The last pad under Knob#8 goes to Tracks 57-64. The 8 pads on the next Rows goes to lower Scenes on the Matrix - if you made more than 8. You just to play it this feature to get how it works. It even works while your in other window like Navigate - where you can really see in action if you got a lot of tracks & clips.
While in the browser, select a clip slot or drum pad. while looking at a list of samples, press the + and - buttons to load the next / previous in the list= Load samples/clips, overwritten sample is automatically cleared out of memory.

K. Rah wrote:Heyyy thank you for this! Didn’t know about shift + cursor. I hated swiping the screen left and right to line things up correctly.

mario-g wrote:Thank you very much for this cheatsheet!
Are all of these shortcuts documented officially or you discovered them?