Shortcuts, mono and long clips

Keyboard

Key	Action
Space	Play or stop the preview
← →	Jump to the start or end of the selection
Delete	Clear the loop, or the selection when there is no loop
Esc	Close the editor
Enter	Commit a new file name

Mouse

• Right-click inside the selection for Loop selection, which loops what you selected, and Clear selection.
• Right-click a loop region for Clear loop.
• Right-click a fade to choose its curve or clear it.
• Right-click the file name to rename the new sample.

Folding stereo to mono

With a stereo clip open, use the Channel row. Preview each mode with Space, keep whichever sounds fullest, then Process or send it to Simpler. Live cannot do this to the clip itself; Utility’s Mono switch only works while it plays.

Mode	What it keeps	Reach for it when
Stereo	Both channels	The stereo image matters and nothing cancels.
Mixed	The mono sum	The channels are in phase: the natural fold-down.
Left, Right	One channel only	Summing cancels, giving a thin snare or missing bass. Audition both and keep the better one.
Side	Only what differs between the channels	You want the room or cymbals on their own.

Long stems

• Opening takes a moment. Live prepares the clip’s audio before the waveform appears. It is working, not frozen.
• Pitch and stretch take time on long files. A moving progress bar, even a slow one, means it is working. Cancel stops the render and leaves your Set as it was.
• Very long clips open without preview. Above roughly 11 to 15 minutes of stereo, the editor shows the waveform outline and a note. Preview, sample zoom, ZC and Trim to Selection are off, but every edit and all the outputs still work on the full clip.
• If something fails, Clip Tool says what went wrong in a small dialog.