Serato DJ Keyboard Shortcuts
The table below shows a list of all the latest keyboard shortcuts that you can use with Serato DJ to access some of the features in the software a bit faster and make your life easier.
Try them out for yourself and let us know your favorite and most useful shortcuts in the comments section.
A personal favourite around the office is control + Z. This is used to undo the latest track load which is good if you load a track to the wrong deck or eject a track accidentally. If you are using REL or ABS mode when using turntables or CDJ's, pressing control + Z will load the previous track and continue to play it from its original position when you accidentally ejected. This has saved a couple of lives for sure.
| PLAYBACK SHORTCUTS | LEFT DECK | RIGHT DECK |
| Load selected track | shift + left arrow | shift + right arrow |
| Double track | control + shift + left arrow | control + shift + right arrow |
| Eject Virtual Deck | shift + alt + left arrow | shift + alt + right arrow |
| Play/Pause | W | S |
| Reverse play direction | Q | A |
| Add Cue Point | control + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | control + 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 |
|
Delete Cue Point |
control + shift + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | control + shift + 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 |
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Set next Cue Point |
alt + ` | alt + - |
| Set/Jump to Cue Points in track | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 |
| Jump to temporary Cue Point | I | K |
| Load next track | alt + W | alt + S |
| Load previous track | alt + Q | alt + A |
| Rewind | alt + E | alt + D |
| Fast Forward | alt + R | alt + F |
| Pitch bend down | T | G |
| Pitch bend up | Y | H |
| Censor | U | J |
| Keylock | F5 | F10 |
LOOP SHORTCUTS |
LEFT DECK |
RIGHT DECK |
| Loop On/Off | [ | ' (apostrophe) |
| Autoloop On/Off | alt + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | alt + 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 |
| Loop Roll | control + alt + 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | control + alt + 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 |
| Reloop/Exit | alt + [ | alt + ' (apostrophe) |
| Set/Adjust loop in point | O | L |
| Set/Adjust loop out point | P | ; (semicolon) |
| Loop Slot Select Up | alt + O | alt + L |
| Loop Slot Select Down | alt + P | alt + ; (semicolon) |
SAMPLE PLAYER SHORTCUTS |
KEY |
| Load Sample from library (slot 1-8) | control + alt + Z, X, C, V, B, N, M and , |
| Play Sample (slot 1-8) | Z, X, C, V, B, N, M and , |
| Stop Sample (slot 1-8) | alt + Z, X, C, V, B, N, M and , |
LIBRARY ACTION |
KEY |
| Move Up/Down through tracks | up/down arrow |
| Move Up/Down through crates | control + shift + up/down arrow |
| Shift highlight focus | tab |
| Move cursor to search | control + F |
| Reveal track in Explorer (PC) or Finder (Mac) | control + R |
| Locate last loaded track (press again for other deck) | control + L |
| Select All | control + A |
| Undo Track load | control + Z |
| Delete track/crate | control + delete |
| Send file to trash | control + shift + delete |
| Add track(s) to prepare panel | control + P |
| Zoom main waveform display | + or - |
| Zoom library text size | control and + or - |
| Start new recording (mix, aux or mix) | control + N |
| Open track in default media player | control + O |
| (While editing BPM) Double/Halve PBM |
alt + up/down arrow |
| Enable AM Mode(hide track names) |
alt + / |
| Enter Beatgrid Edit Mode | alt + spacebar (repeat to toggle between decks) |
| Exit Serato DJ | Esc (escape) |
NOTE If the option 'playback keys use shift' is enabled on the setup screen all playback keys require either shift or caps lock to be pressed.The shortcuts described are the keys on a US keyboard. On other keyboards these key positions may be labelled differently.
For example, [control] on Windows is equivalent to [Command] on Mac OS X. Similarly, [Alt] on Windows means [Option] on Mac OS X.
NOTE For some Keyboard Shortcuts such as Load the highlighted song to a deck (shift + left or right arrows), control can be used as a substitute for shift.